Yachaq
Yachaq is the larger of the two mummies of the species named Cauda Bifurca Lacerta Nascensis.
Features
Size: 51.20 cm
Species: Cauda Bifurca Lacerta Nascensis
Genus: unknown
Hands with 3 fingers comprising 3 phalanges
Feet with 3 toes comprising 3 phalanges
Presence of an 11 cm long tail, composed of 9 vertebrae and ending in a fork shape.
Like Sullka, this specimen does not appear to have ribs.
The head
There are 6 teeth: 2 upper teeth and 6 lower teeth.
The tail and the eggs
Presence of an 11 cm long tail, composed of 9 vertebrae and ending in a fork shape.
According to the discoverer, this mummy had three oval objects in the palms of its hands.
The “huaquero” broke one of these objects to check whether it was indeed an egg. According to his testimony, it gave off a very unpleasant smell of rot, suggesting that it was organic matter and probably an egg.
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