Ice Age (as in the movie) tells the heartwarming tale of a mammoth, sloth, and saber-toothed cat that – against the odds – work together to protect a baby human. There was, however, another star who really stole the show: Scrat, the Ice Age squirrel. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

We follow Scrat’s endless quest to secure some kind of Ice Age acorn, something extant squirrels do today to keep themselves stocked up on food. One, however, took it that bit further, as the impressive cache of ancient seeds frozen in its burrow enabled scientists to resurrect a plant over 31,000 years later (where’s their movie?).

A great account of this discovery features in The Secret Lives Of Dinosaurs , a new book from palaeontolo

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