What the h*ll is this!??

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steelhead1

• Feb 6, 2014

While fishing above trail bridge last year, I found this strange skull. I have researched and shown this thing to biologists, and still have not been able to identify. I think it may belong to a fish, but I need more insight! Guesses or even some tips for more resources would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

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LuckyFisher

• Feb 6, 2014

I don't think it is a fish.

 

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Throbbit _Shane

• Feb 6, 2014

Big ass nutria?

 

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eugene1

• Feb 6, 2014

???

Maybe Modest man can tell?

Interesting,

 

GungasUncle

• Feb 6, 2014

I think you found a dead alien's skull. Take more pix, sell 'em to the Star or National Enquirer. Thing could be from Zeta Reticuli or Ceti Alpha V...

 

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bigboy70

• Feb 6, 2014

X2 ^ I'm Wit GungasUncle definitely an alien. crazy with those bone antenna things i would not wana run into that thing on the river thats forsure!!!!!

 

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waco

• Feb 6, 2014

A dragon skull!! :lol:

 

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JeannaJigs

• Feb 6, 2014

Kinda looks avian but I don't think it is. Who knows. I've found some bizarre bone piles above trail bridge, weird stuff up there...

 

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steelhead1

• Feb 6, 2014

LuckyFisher said:

It's not a fish - not sure which biologists you've spoken with, but jeese - if you spoke with a biologist they should have been able to tell you it's not a fish.

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How can you tell its not a fish?

 

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steelhead1

• Feb 7, 2014

Throbbit _Shane said:

Big ass nutria?

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I don't think so, this critter doesn't appear to have had teeth.?

 

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steelhead1

• Feb 7, 2014

This is what the biologist thought, too. No beak on this one, but if it had one and it decomposed faster than the skull, this would be a very large bird.

 

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steelhead1

• Feb 7, 2014

Oy, there is a structure that looks like a vertebrae, I think this may be a sacrum, not a skull.

 

Casting Call

• Feb 7, 2014

s h 1 is correct! It's a sacrum of a large turkey/bird, not a scull. Ever carve up a turkey? See the oyster pockets. Tony

 

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FishFinger

• Feb 7, 2014

It's Ja Ja Binks.....

 

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Modest_Man

• Feb 7, 2014

steelhead1 said:

Oy, there is a structure that looks like a vertebrae, I think this may be a sacrum, not a skull.

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For sure.

 

troutdude

• Feb 7, 2014

Casting Call said:

s h 1 is correct! It's a sacrum of a large turkey/bird, not a scull. Ever carve up a turkey? See the oyster pockets. Tony

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Winner winner; turkey dinner!!!

 

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eugene1

• Feb 7, 2014

OK, that's what it is, but now there is another mystery. Why would someone discard their turkey carcass at the river??

LOL,

 

GungasUncle

• Feb 7, 2014

eugene1 said:

OK, that's what it is, but now there is another mystery. Why would someone discard their turkey carcass at the river??

LOL,

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Crawfish bait.

 

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Knot Fishing Sober

• Feb 7, 2014

Fried chicken bones is the best craw bait I've ever used. Maybe fried turkey works just as well. I dunno how that would fit in a craw trap though!