# Wolfpup found mummified! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolfpup-found-mummified/928659 "2020-12-22T16:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolfpup-found-mummified/928659/1 "2020-12-22T16:33:06Z")
Fortunately, not our @Wolfpup ! > **[Mummified wolf pup found in Yukon is most well-preserved specimen of a gray...](https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/mummified-wolf-pup-found-in-yukon-is-most-well-preserved-specimen-of-a-gray-wolf-researchers-say-1.5240897)** > > In 2016, a gold miner discovered a tiny mummified wolf puppy in permafrost; a new paper describes how well-preserved the specimen is, with fur, skin and claws intact. > **[Mummified ice age wolf pup's last meal was likely salmon, 1st published study...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-ice-age-wolf-pup-research-paper-1.5847730)** > > A perfectly preserved ancient wolf pup found in Yukon in 2016 was likely seven weeks old when it died in its den 57,000 years ago and ate fish for its last meal, scientists who studied the rare find said as they shared some of their... ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolfpup-found-mummified/928659/2 "2020-12-22T19:12:12Z")
> “We are connected to this wolf pup,” says Debbie Nagano, the director of heritage for the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and a member of the First Nation’s wolf clan … > > … “We really want it to be able to have the respect behind it also. Not in the way it’s respected physically; it also need to be respected spiritually.” > > … “This wolf pup is bringing us together in a good way, that we can all learn from it,” she said. “That part is a good way to be thankful for this wolf pup.” You tell 'em, Deb! But I think readers should focus on the cute pup in the artist’s impression in the CBC article and not the mummified thingie. Not to brag, but I myself sport a handsome coat of tri-coloured fur and big floppy ears, and a lovely smile with my tongue hanging out, that make quite a fetching impression (see avatar). 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolfpup-found-mummified/928659/3 "2020-12-22T20:56:01Z")
Maybe the spiritual connection to humanity is that those bastards Romulus and Remus stole all its milk.