What kind of skull is this? (fotofed.nl)

submitted 11 months ago by h3mlocke@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask but I couldn't find the skull identifying community.

Found in Western US

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 11 months ago

Bird

[-] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

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[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I think I can provide the detail OP is looking for.

It is a Dead bird

[-] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Think its a raptor of some sort?

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Pretty hard to say without the outer part of the beak. Looks like a bird of prey of some kind. Most are protected, if not all, so be careful who you show it to....unless you're a teacher, then you can say it's for class.

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Would they assume OP killed the bird, or is it illegal to pick up the skull? (Are the bones beneficial to other organisms?)

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What I understand of the law is, if you can't hunt it, you can't have any part of it. Unless you are planning on using it for educational purposes. Rodents will eat bones.

[-] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Probably illegal in US, much like hawk feathers etc

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 months ago

Even if OP is a teacher they probably need a state permit to possess bones from native birds.

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Very possible. I just remember it saying "except for educational purposes" or something similar.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 13 points 11 months ago

I'm not an expert but I believe what looks like the eye socket at first glance is actually the nasal fenestra or whatever name the nose opening has. It's a fragment without a beak or eye sockets.

[-] Theroddd@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

I agree, the "beak" would be oriented wrong if the opening is an eye socket. If the "beak" is vertical then the eye socket would be a vertical hole as well.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Rooster? Chicken?

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 11 months ago

I think it's a fish. To check, we count the number of bones in the skull.

[-] lesnout27@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I hoped for an answer like from him. This skull looks especially confusing because i don't see where the eyes would be.

this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023

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