Scientists reveal near-pristine prehistoric lion cubs discovered in Russia: 'She even had whiskers'

A team of researchers led by Russian scientists recently revealed two near-pristine prehistoric lion cubs discovered frozen in the banks of a Siberian river. 

Berezhnev found the first cub, a male specimen nicknamed Boris, in 2017; he discovered the second cub, a female specimen nicknamed Sparta, in 2018, just 15 meters (around 50 feet) from the first cub, EcoWatch reported.  Sparta was preserved in near-perfect condition.  "Sparta is probably the best-preserved Ice Age animal ever found, and is more or less undamaged, apart from the fur being a bit ruffled," Love Dalén, co-author of a new study on the find, said Friday in a news release from Stockholm University. "She even had the whiskers preserved."