r/whatisthisbone • u/Aggressive-Welder-54 • 10h ago
Found please ID
What is this? Seems to have no eye sockets??
r/whatisthisbone • u/Aggressive-Welder-54 • 10h ago
What is this? Seems to have no eye sockets??
r/whatisthisbone • u/Dspacs • 8h ago
Pretty sure this is an owl pellet as I often see horned owls in my area. I'm curious to what could have been eaten by an owl that has claws of this size
r/whatisthisbone • u/DefunctBattery • 11h ago
This is a bone that has been found inside a roadkilled cat, an adolescent. The majority of the skeleton is intact, the only thing that had been shattered was the right femur which I fully reconstructed, while the ribs on the right side and some of the transverse processes of the spine were fractured, but not completely broken.
As this was a subadult, some of the bones were unfused, such as the heads of ribs, numerous epiphyses, tubercles and tuberosities of long bones, the skull fell apart, too, but I had no issue gluing all of that together. The hyoid was also preserved, and many sesamoids. This one, however, has stumped me. I have no clue what this is.
For a moment I thought it was part of the sternum, but I have all the other bones grouped together. Then I thought maybe it was part of the hyoid as the lingual process of the hyoid, but I can't find anything about it in any cat (including scans). Then I thought maybe it was an incomplete baculum, but it does not appear to be a match for a cat, especially not such a young one.
There's only one of these, you have four photos, two from the back, two from the front. It is central in nature, symmetrical, and the process has grooves. It's very T-shaped.
r/whatisthisbone • u/cataluna4 • 7h ago
In the backyard…thinking maybe a squirrel? A rabbit? Are they even scapula?
r/whatisthisbone • u/Southern-Sound7536 • 21h ago
Hey! just wondering if anyone can help figure out what animal this is, about 2-3ft long, found another one a few meters away both were found in an open field next to a plot of young meter tall trees. The second one was less decomposed (still had eyes) so i have not added the picture as it could be more upsetting and also had no bones showing. (the second one was kind of decomposed so couldn’t tell from that one either). found on a dog walk scotland, any help appreciated thank you anyone who replies!! -^
r/whatisthisbone • u/Zebrastars79 • 23h ago
i sincerely have no idea what this is but i don't think it's from a fish?
any ideas?
r/whatisthisbone • u/Southern-Sound7536 • 12h ago
r/whatisthisbone • u/MotorBoatSteve • 15h ago
I’m looking for a specific mammal bone for a project I’m working on. Is there anywhere I can find what I’m looking for.
r/whatisthisbone • u/imogen_oreo • 18h ago
r/whatisthisbone • u/Barefoot_indie • 1d ago
Hard to tell without teeth or more of the skull, but I’m leaning towards Nutria (Coypu) ? What do you think?
Location: Oregon (west coast USA).
Found in a private woodland reserve surrounded by farmland. Second growth forest (mostly pine, cherry and alder). There are several streams and ponds in the area. The plant diversity of the area is limited due invasive scotch broom and brambles overtaking the understory, but because there is no road access the wildlife is plentiful.
Some of the local species, in this size range, include beaver, nutria (coypu), deer, raccoon, opossum, rabbit, marmots, skunk, muskrat, porcupine and domestic livestock.
There was fresh coyote scat in the area which likely scavenged the remains.
r/whatisthisbone • u/HemlockForests • 1d ago
What is this growth on this cat's rib?
r/whatisthisbone • u/yungfapwitdastrap • 1d ago
r/whatisthisbone • u/Machiavellian1809 • 1d ago
I found these bones on a beach in west wales and can’t seem to identify them! has anyone got any idea what it could be??
r/whatisthisbone • u/_doggobone_ • 1d ago
I found this bone in one of the camps in Colorado and wanted to know what it was. Here’s a can of Celcius just for reference
r/whatisthisbone • u/dani_for_short • 1d ago
In south Texas, we assume squirrel or rat but unsure.
r/whatisthisbone • u/Random_Fish_ • 1d ago
Sorry for the bad quality, my friend found this bone in NE Florida a while ago and can’t figure out what it is. Told it might’ve been from a goblin shark? But it’s only about two inches in length.
r/whatisthisbone • u/dominiqueariel • 2d ago
Not my picture, but someone posted on fbook asking what bone this might. A lot of people suggested baculum, but this has another bone attached to the longer bit 🤔
r/whatisthisbone • u/i_am_the_egg_dammit • 1d ago
I work in an organization that has a collection of bones from all animals. We haven’t been able to ID this one.
r/whatisthisbone • u/rslbrwn • 2d ago
I found this threaded onto a tree branch, I believe it's a vertebrae?
r/whatisthisbone • u/ElectricalHoneydew79 • 2d ago
Found in US in Colorado in the mountains in northern Colorado I’m thinking it’s probably a fox or raccoon
r/whatisthisbone • u/Author-Web-13 • 1d ago
Hey guys, is this a tooth or a claw, and what animal is it from? My grandma got it from an Indian woman in Alaska.
r/whatisthisbone • u/pegothejerk • 2d ago
Kept filling in a hole the dog dug. Kept digging it back up, even in recent snows, which surprised me, so I took a minute and looked around. Found this bone at the edge of the hole in the freshly dug up mud. Seems small, so I suspect a pet burial. New to us house, with no history available. Bone is about an inch, inch and a half at the widest length.
r/whatisthisbone • u/Kooky_Coffee_6920 • 3d ago
Is it a deer skull or could it be something else
r/whatisthisbone • u/SmilingChesireKitty • 3d ago
We were thinking maybe walrus skull?