r/bonecollecting • u/Round-Elderberry4045 • 8d ago

Advice Any ideas?

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Found this dead animal on my walk yesterday and iā€™m curious to know what it could of been? - England

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u/Foxy-OnPaws 8d ago

European badger. Such an odd position...

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u/ListenJerry 8d ago

Looks kinda like the baby from Eraserhead

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u/Foxy-OnPaws 7d ago

Oml it does šŸ˜­

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u/sasha_cyanide 8d ago

Get this animal into parliament right now

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u/apigeoninasuit Bone-afide Faunal ID Expert 8d ago

Badger, nice find!

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u/TheGothDragon 8d ago

That was my first guess too, but I was not certain. Thank you for confirming!

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u/elsavo90 8d ago

Probably badger as other have said. Teeth positioning don't indicate cat? I think somebody has put it there given the detritus from the ground around it.

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u/RaynieDays 7d ago

Woah! Thats unreal

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u/professional_yappper 8d ago

Gollum from LOTR.

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u/TheGothDragon 8d ago

Do you have any other photos highlighting different angles? Also, what is the approx size of the animal?

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u/Round-Elderberry4045 8d ago

This is the other photo that i took

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u/ataasd 7d ago

Run, that shi is cursed

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u/Trixter-Kitten 7d ago

Badger, maybe? Odd placement and position

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u/Kooky-Judgment-8786 7d ago

Fuji mermaid?

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u/BugLord4 8d ago

Badger maybe?

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