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AmyDavid

Apr 10th 2011 12:16 am

Animal Skull - What is it?

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Found this on the beach yesterday - any ideas what animal it came from?

jrhodes

Apr 10th 2011 12:41 am

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Shame there is not an Iphone app for that one! - Maybe one day soon, eh?

Thydney

Apr 10th 2011 1:09 am

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You might not want to do beach combing for much longer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

fledermaus

Apr 10th 2011 3:49 am

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It's a sacrum.

Greenhill

Apr 10th 2011 6:02 am

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Agreed.

We think it's a [soon to be in the garbage] seagull's butt.

http://courses.washington.edu/chorda...ull_pelvis.jpg

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Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 9296414)

It's a sacrum.

fledermaus

Apr 10th 2011 6:40 am

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Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 9296583)

Agreed.

We think it's a [soon to be in the garbage] seagull's butt.

http://courses.washington.edu/chorda...ull_pelvis.jpg

I'm thinking rabbit

mardyarse

Apr 10th 2011 6:51 am

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Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 9296414)

It's a sacrum.

you see thats why I'm not a radiologist, I just thought it was an animals skull with lots of eyes!!:ohmy:

Jingsamichty

Apr 10th 2011 7:50 am

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Originally Posted by mardyarse (Post 9296634)

you see thats why I'm not a radiologist, I just thought it was an animals skull with lots of eyes!!:ohmy:

"Congratulations, Mrs Smith! You're having a ..... ummmmm... a little manatee?"

fledermaus

Apr 10th 2011 7:51 am

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Originally Posted by mardyarse (Post 9296634)

you see thats why I'm not a radiologist, I just thought it was an animals skull with lots of eyes!!:ohmy:

(radiographer, moi)

I could be wrong of course ;) but it those holes look like sacral foramina. If I'm right then the ilium and pubis are attached as you can see the acetabulum and the obturator foramen.

Who knows, anyone want to boil up a rabbit and let us know the result?

Novocastrian

Apr 10th 2011 8:47 am

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Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 9296716)

There you go trying to blind us with science again.

It's an octopus arse bone: you can still see the liquid ink tank in the first photo.

fledermaus

Apr 10th 2011 8:48 am

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 9296801)

There you go trying to blind us with science again.

It's an octopus arse bone: you can still see the liquid ink tank in the first photo.

Of course it is. Obvious innit

Alberta_Rose

Apr 10th 2011 1:37 pm

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Bird pelvis. Seagull, very possibly.
http://www.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=...w=1259&bih=816

The4BellsLondon

Apr 10th 2011 5:09 pm

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Originally Posted by Thydney (Post 9296259)

You might not want to do beach combing for much longer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

pfft we have been having the severed feet for years - it's a twighlight zone curio of BC!

Oink	Apr 10th 2011 6:25 pm

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I thought it was a lamp? :confused:

chanceUK

Apr 10th 2011 8:08 pm

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Originally Posted by AmyDavid (Post 9296205)

Found this on the beach yesterday - any ideas what animal it came from?

isnt it upside down? it looks like a bottom jaw (mandible). can you photograph it the other way up?

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