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Found in permafrost in Alaska

1,164 points · submitted Sep 2023 by u/raining_redcaps

This is a company I follow on insta that finds mammoth remains, direwolf remains, and other ice age bones and mummies in permafrost. They are using their gold production runoff to spray down the permafrost to thaw out the fossils. Anyways, what do you folks think this prehistoric creature could be? It reminds me of the neonatal raccoons at my wildlife rehab, but I'm not very in-tune to skeletal/mummified ID.

Sidenote- give them a follow they find insane fossils and groundbreaking archeological finds

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beebsaleebs 770 points · Sep 2023

Poor little bastard never got that acorn after all…

idkevenbruh 164 points · Sep 2023

Rip Scrat :(

michaelshing 15 points · Sep 2023

Came here to mention scrat too lol!

Successful_Act65 21 points · Sep 2023

😂🤣😂

snomisaimassilem 10 points · Sep 2023

I love you.

ParvatiKaur 5 points · Sep 2023

😂

FockTheIRS 1 points · Sep 2023

💀💀

zapburne 1 points · Sep 2023

That's Scrat's Nazi uncle, SScrat.

nutfeast69 175 points · Sep 2023

It looks a lot like rodentia to me.

diancephelon 1 points · Sep 2023

The long tail, the shape of the paws, it sure looks like a rat

[deleted] 63 points · Sep 2023

I follow these guys. It's a rodent.I think it was sent off to be looked at.

Pineapple254 110 points · Sep 2023

I’m seeing a baby squirrel. Curious about this one, especially how long ago it lived!

LaMadreDelCantante 84 points · Sep 2023

They're melting the permafrost on purpose? How is this not a terrible idea?

WelaraThing 24 points · Sep 2023

my thoughts exactly…

Aggressive_Smile_944 29 points · Sep 2023

Me too. I had to go to far down to find this comment. Seriously can't be good.

MaceWinnoob 16 points · Sep 2023

Yeah the private market makes it worse. People shred through layers of mud out there with just water in order to find mammoths to sell.

Here’s a Vice video from Siberia:

https://youtu.be/REgVkpWkh-o?si=EV6G5OorgTKN55qH

LaMadreDelCantante 9 points · Sep 2023

This makes me angry. What the hell. It's irreplaceable and if it's "gonna melt anyway" should at least be used for the educational benefit of all mankind. We need international cooperation to stop this like yesterday. Not that we're gonna get it for Siberia presently, unfortunately.

raining_redcaps [OP] 17 points · Sep 2023

As far as I can tell they're using the runoff from their mining operations and the area they're excavating is melting anyways, they're just speeding it up with water. It might be lmao

mrszubris 72 points · Sep 2023

Nope. They do it for fossils and hoard them away from science. The guy is a MAGA.whack job.

raining_redcaps [OP] 35 points · Sep 2023

I actually got blocked on my main account for calling out his racism lmao. I'm in it to see what they discover but I'm definitely not a fan of him. I just wish he hadn't deleted the photos of the ice age horse they defrosted. I didn't get a good enough look at it lol

TheBigSmoke420 20 points · Sep 2023

For fucks sake, these are unique finds and they’re just defrosting them for insta pics

LaMadreDelCantante 15 points · Sep 2023

They believe in evolution now?

[deleted] 2 points · Sep 2023

Doubt it. These are the same people who gave us alternative facts and will tell you that what you obviously see in a video is not what you're seeing but something else entirely. My favorite is the new Epoch times video on Jan 6. They're like find out what really happened! Lol pretty easy to tell what happened theres thousands of hours of video but unfortunately we lack the critical thinking skills to actually know what's happening in the videos we see. Plus "ma gran pa-pa ain no munkey"

LaMadreDelCantante 18 points · Sep 2023

Still terrible. They need to let it be. Even just waiting for melt and grabbing what's uncovered should be left to science, not for-profit corporations.

Plus if their mining operations are melting permafrost that's not better.

Batherick 14 points · Sep 2023

Hosing the fossils down with industrial runoff also washes dirt, pollen, and other materials away that could give us clues as to ancient migratory patterns.

It also washes away the saliva of the animal that killed it, making it harder to positively identify who ate/was eaten by what and how.

mrszubris 55 points · Sep 2023

I actually know this group and told them not to chuck this mummy in a pile. They are incredibly irresponsible with their finds. A friends mom works there and I was able to use enough buzzword bingo to get them to not chuck it.

DDESTRUCTOTRON 14 points · Sep 2023

Was one of these buzzwords perhaps "not" or "chuck"?

Waverly_Hills 26 points · Sep 2023

Yeah they’re awful. Actively destroying what could’ve possibly been considered a UNESCO heritage site because they want the mammoth ivory. The main guy has alluded to them having discovered human remains and have not let the proper authorities know which is not only highly illegal under the NAGPRA laws but also unethical to not let the proper people know of a site of archaeological importance for preservation. I’m glad it looks like they’re now working more with accredited experts, but for the longest time they had this vendetta against academia because supposedly the museum of natural history took a bunch of stuff and dumped it into the Hudson River in the 20s. They act like the museum has stayed this way for a hundred years and refused to work with them or really anybody else. If you critique or suggest something on any of their socials, they block you you (why I said it seems because I’ve been blocked since 2020).

Mean-Professional596 31 points · Sep 2023

Small squirrel or rat I’m convinced, but very interested in seeing what they find out!

loudflower 21 points · Sep 2023

They’re melting permafrost? And water damages specimens

BackDoorBalloonKnot 11 points · Sep 2023

I think they collect chunks and then they do the spray down process, but don’t quote me on that I’m not sure but I’ve seen similar for gold mines that run into permafrost

Tacticowl04 17 points · Sep 2023

Some Type of rodent

Comfortable-Ad-5793 7 points · Sep 2023

Oh yeah let me just melt all the permafrost I can find can't be a bad idea

[deleted] 7 points · Sep 2023

That place in Alaska is the most fascinating trove of ice age treasures not being studied right now

Pixichixi 6 points · Sep 2023

I thought I was in "whatisthisbug" and was absolutely horrified for a minute

scaredpitoco 11 points · Sep 2023

which company is that?

raining_redcaps [OP] 18 points · Sep 2023

It's in the pic. They're gold miners and they also excavate any fossils etc they find as like a by product to mining. (At least that's what I've gathered) they're a bit sketchy

[deleted] 24 points · Sep 2023

Yes from what OP wrote they sound dodgy af??

kcolgeis 7 points · Sep 2023

Master shredder?

Successful_Act65 2 points · Sep 2023

Okay Michaelangelo.

Neon_Hippie 11 points · Sep 2023

Whatever it is put it back, before it revives the black plague

justanotherptaq 7 points · Sep 2023

Had to scroll too far to find this comment

7863828296 5 points · Sep 2023

Skrat.

primeline31 4 points · Sep 2023

We really can’t tell until we see its teeth.

Cloud0017 5 points · Sep 2023

Looks like a rat to me, squirrel could be too, but the fail seems hairless

[deleted] 3 points · Sep 2023

Wow interesting shapes

jhoadles 3 points · Sep 2023

Skaven

bulanaboo 3 points · Sep 2023

I’m in all these hash and rosin groups, I’ve seen many pics just like this but it’s hash lol

G0ld_Ru5h 1 points · Sep 2023

Mushroom grower here. I just knew it was a magic truffle lol.

smell-my-elbow 2 points · Sep 2023

You can either put it back in a hole or a new covid will start.

ThEricJ 2 points · Sep 2023

Peter Pettigrew

Jacobysmadre 2 points · Sep 2023

Awww poor Scrat..

suspectdevice87 2 points · Sep 2023

RIP Master Splinter

DaBusStopHur 2 points · Sep 2023

Ahhh yes. How the zombie apocalypse begins.

nhaluta567 2 points · Sep 2023

Looks like a squirrel

UndedMeowth 2 points · Sep 2023

Pour one out we found scrat

BloodLocke 2 points · Sep 2023

Joe Rogan interviewed the owner of that place, a pretty interesting listen:

https://spotify.link/mg4ntrfSiDb

raining_redcaps [OP] 1 points · Sep 2023

Thank you for reminding me lol

JazzyThom 2 points · Sep 2023

It’s Scrat from Ice Age reaching for his acorn. 😂

23pyro 2 points · Sep 2023

Covid 23, released.😔

Hawkeye7310 0 points · Sep 2023

Pet rat gummy candy!

Wii_wii_baget 0 points · Sep 2023

I’d suggest reading the full description of the post as we can’t fully see it, there is probably more info there.

raining_redcaps [OP] 3 points · Sep 2023

Nope, they sent it off for lab work, that's all the post says. That's why I posted here

Wii_wii_baget 2 points · Sep 2023

Ah ok. Looks like a rat or squirrel. I remember having a day where my dad and I peeled dead rats off paintings to clean them (the paintings not rats) some of the rats were so old that their fur and entire body melted and glued the skeleton onto the painting. Looks likes like one of the rats. Idk why I’m not more traumatized by this.

Toblogan 1 points · Sep 2023

It's a alien!

Shlorben 1 points · Sep 2023

Rats Drive me crazy

BulletSpectre 1 points · Sep 2023

Rat

Raaa1ph 1 points · Sep 2023

Master Splinter?

hrvywllbngr 1 points · Sep 2023

Poor rat was reaching out for help

BackDoorBalloonKnot 1 points · Sep 2023

Awww I don’t think the rat had a peaceful death

Organic-Cat1203 1 points · Sep 2023

I think you found my spirit animal

Calgary_Calico 1 points · Sep 2023

Looks like a rat of some kind, probably an ancestor of most of the rodents we have around now

Winter_Platypus9197 1 points · Sep 2023

Master splinter we found you

BigMeatyPawsOwO 1 points · Sep 2023

Zach :'>

[deleted] 1 points · Sep 2023

Nikodeamus from the secret of Nhim.

[deleted] 1 points · Sep 2023

This is actually an alien corpse from Mexico, congratulations!

-_Apparition_- 1 points · Sep 2023

THAT'S NOT A BONE THATS THE WHOLE RAT

MingaMonga68 1 points · Sep 2023

Baby Chupacabra

ProgrammingFlaw13 1 points · Sep 2023

Gotta love Alaska.. with their weird everything, and what not

Killer_Moons 1 points · Sep 2023

You guys seeing Scrat, I’m seeing Han Solo in carbonite

prey4villains 1 points · Sep 2023

Aliens

Grouchy_Aspect_7423 1 points · Sep 2023

Yum. Yes, let’s totally revive it totally not enough shit in this world today.

onesmallfairy 1 points · Sep 2023

SCRAT!

Worth-Perception8482 1 points · Sep 2023

Rat

socalrockhound 1 points · Sep 2023

“Breaking news, the bubonic plague has surfaced in Alaska after an individual donates mummified rat to local university.” -Fox News next week

WalkingInmyskies 1 points · Sep 2023

this is fake. this has to be a psychicpebbles drawing

libsk91 1 points · Sep 2023

Boneyard is so good

lvcironman42 1 points · Sep 2023

Bro people getting mad about melting the already melting permafrost to find fossils and ancient animal remains for science💀 People getting pressed really need to watch the history channel and stuff💀

txcouple1989 1 points · Sep 2023

Squirrel