r/whatisthisbone

Image 1 — thought it was a tooth at first
Image 2 — thought it was a tooth at first

thought it was a tooth at first

not sure if these photos are enough, but i am perplexed by this bone, im thinking its a joint bone of some sorts. found in morelos MX

u/Competitive-Diver-97 — 8 hours ago

Found next to the Elora gorge in Ontario.

As the title says, I found this in the Elora Gorge near the river. I believe it is a bird of prey. Google is telling me it’s an owl. I’m unsure. What do you guys think?

I found 3 bones. One is a skull with relatively huge eye sockets.
2. I found a vertebrae with a spine process and transverse spine process . and to be honest I am not sure what the 3rd big bone is. I believe it has some very tiny ribs attached to it still.

Free apps are telling me it is a duck or an otter, which doesn’t feel correct to me. Google said it is a northern saw-whet owl based on the skull being approx 3.5-4 cm across.

Thank you so much!!!

u/pisceshead — 8 hours ago

Are they human or animal

I was metal deceting old WWII trenches in local forest, found these at around 20cm deep

u/Tookie310 — 12 hours ago

ID bones

Found these while clearing a rock pile at a home I recently purchased. Assuming they are cow, but posting just in case I'm wrong.

u/TheeWoodsman — 11 hours ago

Skull with no eyes found on dog walk (NoVA)

Found this apparently eyeless skull (which appears to have been munched on) walking my dogs in a local park today. To my knowledge there are no eyeless mammals in the Northern Virginia area. Roughly 2" x 3". Can anyone ID?

Obligatory banana for scale l.

u/LeprousGinger — 18 hours ago
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very very strange mouthpart?

found this on the shore of lake champlain in vermont. it seems to be a plate bone with about twenty rounded teeth of varying sized on top. they definitely feel like teeth. its not a fossil, it is a bone. does anyone have any ideas? i have never seen anything like it.

u/Crafty-Housing3447 — 1 day ago

Could this be human? In a graveyard.

Just to start off I didn't touch them or anything, it was at the base of a super old yew tree in a church graveyard. I don't think all the white pieces are bones but a few definitely were. Ik they are quite fragmented so I'm not sure it's even identifiable, but I figured I'd ask here cuz tbh I'm just curious.

u/codElephant517 — 1 day ago

Found in my moms backyard. Ontario, Canada

Hoping not someone's pet of some sort. Appears to be rabbit/cat sized

u/stinkytootz — 1 day ago

The pine martens dropped this:

So, I‘m posting this for my parents who were gifted this lower jaw today. There are pine martens living in the neighbours house and my mom is kinda sure they dropped it.
For me, it lokls like a shark, but where should they have gotten a shark from?
My parents live in eastern germany in a rual area. :)

u/spearcy_brit — 3 days ago

Not sure if this even is bone but I think it is

Found on a forest hike in the UK (southeast England), partner thinks it could just be tree bark but it feels similar to other bones I’ve found out and about.

u/Agreeable_Sense_6598 — 2 days ago
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Shell or bone found in ocean near beach

I found this thing in shallow water in the ocean, near the beach on the Pacific side of Panama. It feels kinda dense and it’s a little yellowed. Can’t figure out if it’s a bone or a shell. Is it something cool?

u/lumpy_wombat — 2 days ago

I can't tell if human or dog femur

Out fishing right now, found it in a river. Checking with you guys to see if i need to make a phone call.

u/CIAstakeoutvan — 3 days ago