Roccobot@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareRecreational PlaceboslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·1 year agoWhat you have is the posterior portion of a fish mandible, known as the articular.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoHow did you know that?
minus-squareRecreational PlaceboslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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!
You can tell by the pixels
They’re a fish boner
Schwing!
Thanks! 😍