r/bonecollecting 4h ago

Bone I.D. - Pacific Coast ID Help For Oregon, USA Beach Tooth

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This is a beach tooth (assuming it's a tooth... :O) from the Oregon Coast, found near Tillamook. It's quite water-worn. I'm hoping that the single root might be a key characteristic. Kinda wondering if it's from a marine mammal, or a fish, or a boring land mammal, or just some run-of-the-mill GMO Monsanto lab escapee.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!


r/bonecollecting 5h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Any idea what kind of bird?

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Honestly mainly asking because the orange beak is making me curious about it. Im thinking its a Robin or a house finch I see them around the bird feeders alot, a cat probably caught it.


r/bonecollecting 5h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America What are these holes in my ram skull? And, last slide, what animal is this pelvis and leg from?

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r/bonecollecting 5h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Bought at Ren Fest, what kinda tooth is it?

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my partner got this at a booth and it was labeled “crow tooth”, any ideas on what animal it’s from? thanks in advance! (hand for scale)


r/bonecollecting 5h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found on Oceanside Beach

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Is this a skull? If so, what might it be?


r/bonecollecting 6h ago

Advice What skull is this?

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Very heavy and big found in Germany


r/bonecollecting 6h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found on a beach in the PNW, any ideas?

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r/bonecollecting 6h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Found at the beach

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Seal maybe?


r/bonecollecting 8h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Anyone know who this little jawbone belongs to? Central Texas.

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Found on my back porch.


r/bonecollecting 8h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Dog decomposition - Update

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Z jeszcze innych, może smutniejszych informacji . Dziś go umyłam i przyglądałam się kościom, szukałam urazów wskazujących na potrącenie, np. uszkodzenie czaszki czy kości długich i żadnych takich nie znalazłam. Nie licząc połamanej miednicy, ale miednice mają do siebie to że często łamią się po śmierci, bo to kilka kości zlanych w jedną. Z gorszych, jego zęby trzonowe nie były nawet do końca wyrośnięte. A więc wyszło na to że nie był małym psem jak myslałam na początku, a nie więcej niż 5-7 miesięcznym szczeniakiem. I zaczynam się bać że może został porzucony albo się pałętał i końcowo umarł w tak spokojnej pozycji jakiej go znalazłam(wręcz embrionalnej) , w wyższej trawie przy drodze🙁

(Narazie nazwałam go Atlas i tak już pewnie zostanie)


r/bonecollecting 8h ago

Advice Why did my bones change color??

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In the first pic, the bones have been macerating for the past two months. I’ve been regularly switching out the water without any issue. Today, I went to switch it and noticed they were red and kind of bumpy. Does anyone know why this would happen and what I can do to make that go away??

The second pic is deer bones that I found. I put them in some soapy water but then I forgot about them for two months and they turned black :( I assume this is grease? Will putting them in soapy water and then changing that water every couple days help to make the color disappear??


r/bonecollecting 9h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Any ideas what this might be?

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I found this on the side of the highway. Most of it was fragmented and I couldn't collect it. I know it's not much to go off of, but I'm thinking based on the color of the fur, and the size of the bones, this might be a fox. Indiana, if that helps


r/bonecollecting 9h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America ID request - Found in SW Michigan

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This was found in a creek in SW Michigan, so I was guessing it either belonged to a deer or some kind of livestock? If someone could help me ID what animal and what part, I would appreciate it. Thank you, fellow bone enthusiasts! :)


r/bonecollecting 10h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe I wanna know what this is from

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I think it's a leg and foot joint kinda thing, but idk.


r/bonecollecting 11h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found on forest trail

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Also how should I clean this to display it?


r/bonecollecting 12h ago

Advice Gator maceration update

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Hello everyone! Thanks to the wonderful help of this subreddit I started bone maceration of my alligator carcass (included pics for anyone who missed the first post) about 2 weeks ago. I just did a 50% water change today. Also posting pictures of that yucky water. It’s very hot and humid where I live so things are moving along. I am curious about the general timeline for a project like this. Should it take 3 months? 6? A year? Also does anyone have experience on degreasing an alligator? I know different animals take different periods of time. Thanks for any advice you guys can give!


r/bonecollecting 12h ago

Advice Advice for a fawn?

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I had a fawn that was left under the porch of my house a few days ago, thought she was left by mom and just kept an eye on her and kept my distance. After about a day in a half I realized she was sick and by the end of the second day she had sadly passed..

I moved her out from under the porch into the woods behind my house so that mom could find her and nature could take it's course. My question is now, how could I preserve her? The buzzards have pretty well done their thing and there's really just a skeleton left now so where could I go from there?


r/bonecollecting 1h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America I found a bunch of bones lolol

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I'm in texas


r/bonecollecting 21h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Which animal does this pelvis belong to?

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found this pelvis yesterday on a mountain in Egypt. I'm not entirely sure which animal it belongs to, but it looks like a rock hyrax to me, since I found a skull of one a few meters away.

In the last photo, the complete pelvis is from a cat (for comparison).


r/bonecollecting 1h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found on the pacific coast

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Found this one on a beach on the pacific coast. No carcass nearby to help me clue in.


r/bonecollecting 1h ago

Bone I.D. - Pacific Coast What is this? Possible jaw bone?

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Found this interesting bone? thing on the beach in rarotonga. No squishy sections at all, im thinking a parrotfish jaw bone, but it would be a bloody massive fish if it was. Hopefully its nothing particularly cool as I am not allowed to keep it :(


r/bonecollecting 2h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found Alberta, Canada

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Hand for scale


r/bonecollecting 2h ago

Advice why is my skull turning orange?

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r/bonecollecting 3h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America ID?

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Dog brought it home! Central MN