42,000-year-old prehistoric horse found with liquid blood in Siberia. Scientists extracted actual liquid blood from a prehistoric horse found in the Batagaika crater This constitutes the oldest liquid blood ever recorded, with the horse estimated at 42,000 years old The horse was identified as a Lena horse (Equus caballus lenensis), only 1-2 weeks old at death
🐎 LIQUID BLOOD was extracted from a 42,000-year-old horse in Siberia—the oldest ever recorded. The Lena horse was only 1-2 weeks old when it died. Hairs, tissues, and traces of urine were preserved.
Key Facts
- Scientists extracted actual liquid blood from a prehistoric horse found in the Batagaika crater
- This constitutes the oldest liquid blood ever recorded, with the horse estimated at 42,000 years old
- The horse was identified as a Lena horse (Equus caballus lenensis), only 1-2 weeks old at death
- It likely drowned in soft mud which then froze rapidly
- Individual hairs, delicate tissues, and even traces of urine in the bladder were preserved
- Researchers are attempting to extract viable DNA for potential cloning using ancient genetic material
- Scientists have struggled to recover usable genetic sequences despite months of effort due to DNA degradation
Source: Unexplained Frozen Discoveries from an Ancient Apocalypse by Universe Inside You