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The Skull Riddle Thread

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    #92
    aidoh
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    Yay!

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    #93
    Sid_Justice
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    looked like a piranha and eventually came across this

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambaqui


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    #94
    aidoh
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    Yep. That's the one.
    I like his teeth:
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    #95
    Sid_Justice
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    was this covered on a bbc news or one of those "stranges animals ever" due to their human like teeth


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    #96
    aidoh
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    Don't know.
    I only heard about them in a functional morphology course.


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    #97
    Sid_Justice
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    aidoh wrote: »
    Don't know.
    I only heard about them in a functional morphology course.

    where bouts?


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    #98
    steddyeddy
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    Sid_Justice wrote: »
    where bouts?

    Sounds like a ucd module but correct me if im wrong.


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    #99
    aidoh
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    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Sounds like a ucd module but correct me if im wrong.

    Yep. It sure was.


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    #100
    steddyeddy
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    Sid_Justice wrote: »
    looked like a piranha and eventually came across this

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambaqui

    Your turn now sid!


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    #101
    Sid_Justice
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    skull9.jpg


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    #102
    steddyeddy
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    Sid_Justice wrote: »
    skull9.jpg

    Thats an interesting one. Some sort of bear or hyena?


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    #103
    Sid_Justice
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    no


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    #104
    aidoh
    Registered Users Posts: 620 ✭✭✭aidoh


    Can I try narrow it down a bit; is it a feline?


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    #105
    Sid_Justice
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    no clues


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    #106
    aidoh
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    Damn.
    I'm thinking it's a mustelid now, anyway.
    Would I be poking in the right direction if I guessed Hog or Honey Badger?
    This is a good one.


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    #107
    steddyeddy
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    aidoh wrote: »
    Damn.
    I'm thinking it's a mustelid now, anyway.
    Would I be poking in the right direction if I guessed Hog or Honey Badger?
    This is a good one.

    It is interesting alright the skull ridge hints that it could have a powerful bite. The canines arent huge either.


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    #108
    Yitzhak Rabin
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    Sid_Justice wrote: »
    skull9.jpg

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    Is it a wolf coyote hybrid??


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    #109
    Sid_Justice
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    no to everything


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    #110
    aidoh
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    An opossum species?


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    #111
    aidoh
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    steddyeddy wrote: »
    It is interesting alright the skull ridge hints that it could have a powerful bite. The canines arent huge either.
    The whopper zygomatic arch is confusing me. It better be a sickeningly cute animal, with the chubbiest cheeks ever.


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    #112
    Yitzhak Rabin
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    Is it some kind of domesticated dog, because that will take forever trying to figure out which one.


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    #113
    Sid_Justice
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    no


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    #114
    Yitzhak Rabin
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    Sid_Justice wrote: »
    no

    Man, this is tough!!


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    #115
    Sid_Justice
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    not really

    guesses so far have been, is it a dog, is it a cat, is it a hyena, is it a opossum

    it's obviously a skull from an animal in the order carnivora, you're crossed off most of the groups, all that are left are the pinnipeds, mustlelids and the bears. it is extant, if it was extinct i would have said so.


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    #116
    Yitzhak Rabin
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    Is it a panda?


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    #117
    aidoh
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    I thought it looked like a bear as well until you said no to Eddy's guess.
    I also went fishing for a clue when I asked if it was a badger, but, is it a skunk?

    Can we have a better look at the jaw, Sid?
    If it's hefty then it might be a pinniped, if not then we can probably rule them out.


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    #118
    Sid_Justice
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    no


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    #119
    Sid_Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,720 ✭✭✭Sid_Justice


    my friend who has no science back ground, certainly no zoological training got this in 20 minutes...


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    #120
    aidoh
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    cool-story-bro.jpg


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    #121
    aidoh
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    Haha, sorry. I couldn't resist.
    I don't know, is it a ferret or something?


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