What Could This Be?

Eddie B

This, what looks to be part of a little skull almost went up through my foot. Looks like very sharp teeth that face backwards.

Any ideas?

Birdnuts

Eddie B wrote: »

This, what looks to be part of a little skull almost went up through my foot. Looks like very sharp teeth that face backwards.

Any ideas?

White toothed shrew??

Eddie B

Birdnuts wrote: »

White toothed shrew??

That was my first thought, but a quick google search, it doesn't seem to be a match. Seldom i get totally stumped with something like this. Maybe its something else, that just looks like animal bone parts. The teeth (if they are teeth) are needle sharp.

Tiercel Dave

What sort of area was it found, sea, mountain or whatever?.....

Eddie B

Tiercel Dave wrote: »

What sort of area was it found, sea, mountain or whatever?.....

In my garden lad

Alun

The odd thing is that the "teeth" look to be an integral part of the "jaw" part and not separate.

Tiercel Dave

Eddie B wrote: »

In my garden lad

Ok, are they real teeth, could you pull one out of the socket?
It looks very 'fishy', more like cartilage than bone.....

Alun

Yes, looks more like a fish jaw dropped by a passing bird.

Eddie B

Tiercel Dave wrote: »

Ok, are they real teeth, could you pull one out of the socket?
It looks very 'fishy', more like cartilage than bone.....

You might be onto something. It seems to be cartilage to me. Yes, something fishy maybe