Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Wrong profession again, but cool Archaeologists unearth ancient pregnant rhino

Archaeologists in eastern China have excavated a fossilised pregnant hornless rhinoceros thought to have lived 18 million years ago, state media reported Monday.

The fossil was dug up during a recent excavation at the Shanwang Ruins of Ancient Extinct Life near Linqu County in the central province of Shandong, the China Daily said.

The rhino, 2.7m long and 1.7m high, was well-preserved. The foetus, inside its mother's uterus, had an almost fully developed skeleton and teeth.


Paleontologists. P-a-l-e-o-n-t-o-l-o-g-i-s-t-s.