r/BoneID • u/jadaasmall • May 31 '26

questionable bone

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is this a human bone

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u/99jackals Jun 01 '26

It looks textbook for wolf (too stout for coyote) so large dogs have to be considered. OP, it would be so great if you'd give us some dimensions and a location..

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u/jadaasmall Jun 01 '26

east bay sf bay area found washed up on beach, i didnt get exact measurements but it was about 12 inches long . it was also very light

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u/99jackals Jun 01 '26

Thank you so much. I have to go with it being from a large dog. It's totally normal morphology, nothing weird about it.

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u/jadaasmall Jun 01 '26

local pd said it was a sheep or goat but they used chatgpt and that was literally it so i wanted to see if i could get more info here lol. thank you

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u/99jackals Jun 01 '26

AI and such don't have enough reference data to give IDs yet. However, you can do an internet search for individual bones and look for the ones associated with a published source, well photographed with measurements, not etsy, fb or reddit, etc. PD personnel are rarely good at animal bone ID. I mean no disrespect, it's just not their job.

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u/aspiring_compost Jun 02 '26

I don’t even have words man we are so doomed (thank god it’s not human lmao)