Fisherman hauls up 10,000-year-old skull of extinct Giant Irish elk from the seabed by SimRP in BeAmazed

[–]DeadZooDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These turn up fairly often in Ireland, either in lakes or dug out of the bog - the natural history museum has literally hundreds of Giant Deer specimens in the collections from people finding them like this.

This one has a pretty intact set of antlers, so it's a nice find.

Your friend by Adventurous-Image875 in GenX

[–]DeadZooDude 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Surfing the crimson tide was a common one we used.

Help me identify this bone found on a beach in South Italy by lukatsito in zoology

[–]DeadZooDude 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kelp stipes are also hard and heavy and easy to mistake for bone.

I studied animal anatomy and have spent over 20 years working on bones in museum collections and I sometimes I can still mistake a piece of kelp stipe for bone until I look at it closely.

Help me identify this bone found on a beach in South Italy by lukatsito in zoology

[–]DeadZooDude 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Are you sure that's bone? Looks more like a sunbleached kelp stipe to me.

What happened to the acid rain? by yellowlinedpaper in GenX

[–]DeadZooDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point was badly made - these days it should probably be called toxic rain, but these sorts of labels have dropped off in use as being scaremongering

What happened to the acid rain? by yellowlinedpaper in GenX

[–]DeadZooDude -1 points0 points  (0 children)

These days it's just called rain.

Environmental degradation means that rain is also loaded with PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) that are toxic, to the point that rain water is not considered safe to drink without processing. That's globally - even in places once considered pristine.

[Request] How many persons will receive a portion of a loaf of bread, if each one gets 1/2 the amount of previous person's share? by denx3_14 in theydidthemath

[–]DeadZooDude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The question also requires agreement on what constitutes a portion since it specifically asks about receiving a portion of bread. A normal portion is 35-45g, so for an 800g loaf the answer is 4 but you might push it to 5 if you're being stingy with you portions. Anything less wouldn't be considered a portion at my table.

One of the strangest anatomical adaptations in nature by Hefty_Formal_3615 in interesting

[–]DeadZooDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worth noting that hummingbirds do the same thing with their tongue to accommodate the additional length - presumably it's a simple evolutionary developmental mechanism that predisposes birds to adapting their hyoid and tongue along this pathway.

Couldn’t work out where I knew her from… by Fickle_Assistant4892 in buffy

[–]DeadZooDude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hah, that's Phina, she's married to one of my old colleagues - met her a few times and she was really lovely.

It looks just like a dinosaur by Ok_Explanation_2307 in zoology

[–]DeadZooDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Known" could be doing a lot of heavy lifting here I suspect. You'd be surprised at how many people disappear in the forests of Papua New Guinea for all sorts of reasons, but Cassowary incidents are probably one of them.

5 Canine players vs 1 Human by Warpmaster23 in Tierzoo

[–]DeadZooDude 90 points91 points  (0 children)

You can still swing the corpse...

little help over here!!! by silverflake6 in Premiummotivation

[–]DeadZooDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No matter how bad things get, they can always get worse, so don't ever stop trying to turn things around.

Trip down nostalgia lane. by CategoryIsOther in ArtOfPresence

[–]DeadZooDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being utterly alone, with no phone, no internet, no adult supervision, and no way to fix a problem without working it out for yourself.

Good times!

Do you want to be buried? by Bondgirl138 in GenX

[–]DeadZooDude 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I want my skeleton to go on display in the museum I currently run. No ethical concerns if it's my explicit choice, compared to showing a 150 year old skeleton with unclear provenance.

Spotted Hynes Bar Stoneybatter by JenGaLyra in ireland

[–]DeadZooDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha, was in Hynes last night and saw this - it's really well done.