A dog has been spotted living at the peak of the Kilimanjaro Mountain, Africa’s highest mountain, over 5,800 metres above sea level.
A group of four tourists who climbed the mountain recently reported seeing the dog at Uhuru peak.
The sighting of the dog on top of Africa‘s rooftop has puzzled animal scientists who wonder how the canine could have scaled its way up and had managed to survive.
The snow-capped tip of the mountain is freezing cold with temperatures of between minus 4 and 15 degrees centigrade. Its desert-like stony plains stand between 5,730 and 5,895 metres above sea level.
A vet doctor Wilfred Marealle said it was common for a dog to live in cold weather but it was uncommon for the animal to climb to such heights.
“A dog climbing to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro is not something common. The dog might be rabid,” said Dr Marealle, cautioning people to stay away from it.
