Roccobot@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoFound on a beach in Italylemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down12
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkFound on a beach in Italylemmy.worldRoccobot@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareRecreational PlaceboslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·11 months agoWhat you have is the posterior portion of a fish mandible, known as the articular.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoHow did you know that?
minus-squareRecreational PlaceboslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·11 months agoMy background is in zooarchaeology, so I’ve spent a lot of time identifying and analyzing bones from archaeological sites. (Although I’m not good with fish and reptiles. Mostly mammals and birds where I’m at.)
minus-squareKingJalopy @lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoYou can tell by the pixels
What you have is the posterior portion of a fish mandible, known as the articular.
How did you know that?
My background is in zooarchaeology, so I’ve spent a lot of time identifying and analyzing bones from archaeological sites. (Although I’m not good with fish and reptiles. Mostly mammals and birds where I’m at.)
Neat!
They’re a fish boner
Schwing!
You can tell by the pixels
Thanks! 😍