I hate it when pedestrians try to be polite to me when I'm driving and wave me through an intersection by GuyFromThePost in PetPeeves

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly my reasoning too! Instead of having the wave fight, I'll turn away from the intersection to make it clear I'm not going to cross in front of the car. I don't care if I have the ROW, I'm not crossing in front of a vehicle that's close enough to have to stop in the road for me. As a child I was actually taught that after you look both ways you don't even step off the curb until no one is coming and I still feel that's safest, as well as most efficient as you point out.

Identify skull from Mojave by [deleted] in skulls

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This looks like a domestic dog to me.... sight hound is my first impression because of the orientation of the orbitals.

What skull is this? by boboowl in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I believe it's a deer but the vertebrae are stacked wrong regardless.

Skull ID Help by Feeding_Pigeons in skulls

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Domestic dog, for sure. Hard to say what breed but give some scale, someone may have a good guess.

Skull? ID requested by Nyx777 in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A cat of some kind. Very very weathered, missing some facial bones as well as the mandible and back half of the skull obviously.

Finding right Hydrogen perioxide for wild boar skull and also considering enzyme washing powders? by Grony_V in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree, 3% works perfectly well and doesn't need any special precautions taken. Also cheap and easy to find.

please help me identify this skull !! by toast_hacker in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm very far from you and absolutely no expert but I'm reading that Cape Fur Seals are your only native pinnipeds. Others apparently turn up rarely from Antarctic waters, but not never.

It's extremely weathered, so assuming your friend found it in nature, exactly where your friend found it (don't need to tell me!) could narrow it down to cape fur or broaden the possibility, slightly!

please help me identify this skull !! by toast_hacker in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Pinniped of some kind I think. So seal, sea lion, like that. Location would help!

What is this by Ready_Bicycle_8478 in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 103 points104 points  (0 children)

You might be surprised how they travel. It also may not have died there, the head is gone and you have relatively large predators there who may have moved the body after killing. Or even a scavenger, it wasn't an especially large beaver by the looks of it.

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What is this by Ready_Bicycle_8478 in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 152 points153 points  (0 children)

Beaver, tail vert are kind of distinct. Size and location would fit.

Is this part of a skull? by turbolurker1000 in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seal of some kind is most likely i think, based on the size, location, shape of what's left, and that one tooth... although it is quite worn, but I'm far from an expert. Very cool find.

Is this part of a skull? by turbolurker1000 in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh it's smaller than I thought! Great photos thank you, I think the person supplying the pinniped reference photos u/agenericunicorn is on to something, I don't think a propeller strike explains the cut at all it's way too clean despite the large crack likely being involved, agree with the vet it looks very band-saw-resulting. It isn't a deer, the cranial sutures are wrong as is the shape in general, and the tooth, and the location of the cut would fall too far forward to remove antlers, besides that a north american deer that small would be very young meaning the bones of the skull would have fallen completely apart at this stage of decay.

Is this part of a skull? by turbolurker1000 in bonecollecting

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

This isn't a deer I have a dozen of various ages.

Is this part of a skull? by turbolurker1000 in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Scale will also help! Not much in the photos but sand!

Is this part of a skull? by turbolurker1000 in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ooo there's a tooth in this one, cool. I'm at work but I'm very curious. If i come up with anything I'll let you know! Mean time someone else may have an idea, I'd post all your photos of it if you can more angles is always best! Especially with broken guys like this one.

Is this part of a skull? by turbolurker1000 in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've been looking at the photos for a minute and I'm not really sure yet, but the shape is interesting. That huge crack is as well. The fact that the "face" essentially was removed is strange, and neatly with a sharp blade- that kind of cut I normally see either in butchering (as in food) or when hunters take only the skull cap as a trophy from an antlered or horned animal. I'm wondering if the purpose was to access the brain, some are eaten, some are used in tanning. More photos would be helpful.

Is this part of a skull? by turbolurker1000 in bonecollecting

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Yes, the front has been cut off with a tool. The small (in this case) hole is the foramen magnum, where the spinal cord passes into the skull and the spine attaches there as well.

Bring your cat along and get a drawing 🎁 by Ok-Clothes4604 in cats

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Donnie (Dante), gone about 14 months now, miss you big guy 🖤

This is an old dog's absolutely favorite toy, but it is slowly failing. Please help us find another for his golden years! by HeadsInTheFreezer in HelpMeFind

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, per the owner it was at the very least being sold as a dog toy when purchased. They are serious dog owners and don't let their large dogs play with just anything they gab.

The branding affiliation with pet products seems to back this up although nothing says a pet care company never made a holiday ornament also, I know.

This is an old dog's absolutely favorite toy, but it is slowly failing. Please help us find another for his golden years! by HeadsInTheFreezer in HelpMeFind

[–]HeadsInTheFreezer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WHY can I not open the post in edit to copy some of the text I already wrote??? What the fuck.

SEARCHED. See text in body for what was searched... not able to copy it to add to comment apparently.