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Diane Rigg of Ramsey writes:
"I know this is kind of gross, but found a skull yesterday in my yard.
"Having the Great Horned Owl nearby, I'm thinking it’s his work. but have no clue what it was.
"It’s very hard, like a shell, and from front to back was 4 inches from side around top to side about 6 inches.
"Any clues what it might have been???"
Photos follow. (Click to enlarge.)
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Yes, will check with my neighbor that has a coi pond—-but the shell is very whoops was very hard-did not think fish heads were that hard. – almost like a sea shell–not a bunny rabbit head—-neighbors grandkids found one of those the day before i found this, no where near alike—happy day. diane rigg
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A fish head. Do you have a body of water that had been frozen over this winter?
(Full disclosure — I had been a pathologist in my former career, although not a forensic one). -
Call CSI!!! Looks like a rabbit maybe, and on Easter, oh no!
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diane rigg
Yes, will check with my neighbor that has a coi pond—-but the shell is very whoops was very hard-did not think fish heads were that hard. – almost like a sea shell–not a bunny rabbit head—-neighbors grandkids found one of those the day before i found this, no where near alike—happy day. diane rigg
Diane L.
A fish head. Do you have a body of water that had been frozen over this winter?
(Full disclosure — I had been a pathologist in my former career, although not a forensic one).
Carol Flanagan
Call CSI!!! Looks like a rabbit maybe, and on Easter, oh no!