30,000-Year-Old Mummified Squirrel Discovered in Canada
X-ray scans have revealed a 30,000-year-old mummified ground squirrel from the ice age, found by a gold miner in the Klondike gold fields near Dawson City, Yukon. The frozen hairball was actually a young, curled-up Arctic ground squirrel that likely died in hibernation, possibly during its first year. The Klondike gold fields of the Yukon have been covered in permafrost since the ice age, making the area perfect for preserving creatures that died back then. As global temperatures continue to rise, discoveries like these are likely to become more common.