A miniature dachshund out for a walk on a beach found a bone which turned out to be part of a woolly mammoth's leg.

Daisy spotted the fossilised remains sticking out of a beach near the low tide mark.

Her owner said: "Daisy just stood staring at it so I went over to see what it was. She looked quite pleased with herself."

The retired turf salesman, 69, from Witham, Essex, showed the 13ins find to a geologist who identified it as part of a two million year old giant woolly mammoth.

The 8lb section of leg is believed to have lain hidden at Dunwich, Suffolk, for centuries until uncovered by storms.

Woolly mammoths were 14ft tall and weighed up to eight tons. They died out 11,000 years ago.
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I imagine the look on that dog when it found the bones... OMG IT'S THE BONE HEAVEN! lol

Yep.

Wonder what that dog was thinking when it found that big ol bone
"whats that smell? wait it looks like...nah couldnt be...Man this must be heaven"