Rhino 'cooked to death' 9 million years ago
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:05
in Paleontology & Archaeology
About 9.2 million years ago, a teenage two-horned rhinoceros was literally cooked to death when a Mt. Vesuvius-like eruption enveloped it in lava reaching more than 750 degrees Fahrenheit (400 degrees Celsius), scientists say.