Roccobot@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoFound on a beach in Italylemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down12
arrow-up186arrow-down1imageFound on a beach in Italylemmy.worldRoccobot@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareRecreational Placebos@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·10 months agoWhat you have is the posterior portion of a fish mandible, known as the articular.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoHow did you know that?
minus-squareRecreational Placebos@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 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-down1·10 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! 😍