SAEDNEWS: In 2016, a prospector digging for gold in northern Canada stumbled upon something far more valuable than the precious metal.
In 2016, a gold prospector in northern Canada was digging in search of the precious metal when he uncovered something far more valuable—at least to paleontologists: the body of a 57,000-year-old female gray wolf pup, astonishingly well-preserved.
Named Zhur, she is the most complete wolf mummy ever discovered. Buried for millennia beneath frozen soil, Zhur was shielded from air and moisture. Her fur, skin, and teeth remain intact; only her eyes are missing.
X-rays revealed that she was roughly six to eight weeks old at the time of her death, and her teeth indicate a diet dominated by fish and other aquatic animals rather than larger mammals like caribou or bison.
Zhur was in excellent health when she died, suggesting her death was unlikely due to predation or starvation. Scientists believe she may have perished after being trapped under a sand collapse in her den.
Studying Zhur has provided researchers with remarkable insights into the lives of wolves that roamed what is now Yukon, Canada, tens of thousands of years ago.
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