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In ~1970, I found this partial skull displayed on the mantel of the my great-grandparents farm house in western PA. After making the rounds at my 2nd grade elementary school show & tell it was largely forgotten until recently. I suspect it may be from a fox though I'm not sure. This remaining section appears to have been deliberately removed from the whole skull with a saw. Any thoughts? Thanks!     | ||
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Let me see. (takes the skull) Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, HSJ157, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times, and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. —Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? Your songs? Your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now to mock your own grinning? Quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady’s chamber and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come. Make her laugh at that.—Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Is it a fox? Yes, a red fox skull appeareth it to be Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Probably a fox skull. Could be most any kind of canine. Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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Poor oral hygiene | |||
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If you happen to have a university near you you could ask the vertebrate morphology professor to ID it. When I took that course several decades ago the prof made us learn what each vertebrate was by identifying each of the several cranial bones in the skull. "Know 'em by position" was his mantra and although I can't help you here his saying still rings in my head... ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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Hard to be exact without something for scale, but if you google “fox skull” it appears a very close match. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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lol- Well done, sir! . | |||
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Looks like he has lost weight! End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Doesn't the ruler in the photos provide scale? | |||
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Obviously a remnant of a juvenile Chupacabra. | |||
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Duh...haha, it does indeed. I guess I was so focused on morphology I glossed right over tithe obvious. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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It's clearly a chupa cabre didnt know they were in your area. | |||
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Thanks for the replies. What puzzles me now is why it was prominently displayed on my great-grandparent's fireplace mantle.This message has been edited. Last edited by: hjs157, | |||
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