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Monday’s Skull Mystery Thickens
On Monday, I asked regarding the photo above:
What skull could be this size? I photographed it on Saturday.
Folks thought it might be the skull of a vole or mouse.
The strange thing is, when I posted a photo of the same skull as part of a Monday mystery last month, folks thought it was a much larger mammal. How can that be?
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Muskrat.
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You are getting warmer, but that is definitely a quarter!
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Chipmunk?
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The coin in this phot is definitely a quarter…..
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Last month’s skull is next to a ?foreign coin (I can’t make out the imprint) much smaller than a quarter.
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You could certainly pick up a lot of leaves, though!
On the use of a nickel for scale. . . The plot does thicken, and size does matter. It is not pointy enough for a vole.
Find out how to clean one here. Ah, the things you can learn on the internet! http://m.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/naturalist-skills/how-identify-small-mammal-skulls -
Was the original coin a quarter or a dime? I cannot make it out.
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Because you originally did not give a picture of the scale of the skull relating to a quarter? But since you have been so obsessed with skulls I need to show you something. Anyone interested in this mystery? What designer created this shoe? It is based on a bird skull. It may not be a good fit for trekking the Celery farm though:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/526310_380384938713206_1905641076_n.jpg?oh=420d1469192991cf62d784a49400b3fb&oe=5B1D4091
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Loren Anderson
Muskrat.
Jim Wright
You are getting warmer, but that is definitely a quarter!
Carol Flanagan
Chipmunk?
Jim Wright
The coin in this phot is definitely a quarter…..
Diane
Last month’s skull is next to a ?foreign coin (I can’t make out the imprint) much smaller than a quarter.
Diane Van Kempen
You could certainly pick up a lot of leaves, though!
On the use of a nickel for scale. . . The plot does thicken, and size does matter. It is not pointy enough for a vole.
Find out how to clean one here. Ah, the things you can learn on the internet! http://m.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/naturalist-skills/how-identify-small-mammal-skulls
Marianne Herrmann
Was the original coin a quarter or a dime? I cannot make it out.
Loren Anderson
Rat skull?
http://skullbase.info/skulls/mammals/brown_rat.php
Marianne Herrmann
Because you originally did not give a picture of the scale of the skull relating to a quarter? But since you have been so obsessed with skulls I need to show you something. Anyone interested in this mystery? What designer created this shoe? It is based on a bird skull. It may not be a good fit for trekking the Celery farm though:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/526310_380384938713206_1905641076_n.jpg?oh=420d1469192991cf62d784a49400b3fb&oe=5B1D4091