The hound from he ll: Severed 16-inch head of a giant Ice Age wolf - nearly TWICE the size of its modern-day descendants - is found amazingly preserved in Siberian permafrost after 40,000 years Decapitated head was found preserved in permafrost within the Yakutia region The head is almost 16 inches long and the wolf is still baring its teeth The head of a modern Gray wolf in the Siberia region is 9.1 -11 inches Unlikely to have been the trophy of ancient hunter as predated early man there