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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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[-] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

It is a Dead bird

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Think its a raptor of some sort?

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years 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.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Probably illegal in US, much like hawk feathers etc

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years 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.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years 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.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Rooster? Chicken?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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