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400-year-old mummified goat found frozen in Alps by champion skier – Live Science
The goat died 400 years ago but is still recognizable.
A hairless, leathery horror found encrusted in Alpine ice is a chamois that died 400 years ago.
The long-dead goat
-antelope was discovered in Val Aurina, South Tyrol, Italy by Italian alpinist and champion skier Hermann Oberlechner, who was on a 6-hour hike from civilization when he noticed something strange sticking out of the ice.
“Only half of the animal’s body was exposed from the snow,” Oberlechner said in a statement.
“The skin looked like leather, completely hairless; I had never …
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