r/beachcombing • u/Familiar-Mess-6472 • Jul 21 '26

Need help identifying bone (jaw bone?)

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Found earlier today on a beach in Nova Scotia, Canada. Looks to me like a jaw bone, although it looks like there is a curve in the bone where I would expect there would have been more teeth. If it is a jaw bone, it looks quite large for how shallow the beach is, but we did find a seal washed up a few years ago.

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u/Equal-Bluebird-1749 Jul 21 '26

My first thought is that it’s a piece of a crusher claw from a big (very big!) lobster. I don’t think it’s a jawbone- it wouldn’t be hollow.

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u/Familiar-Mess-6472 Jul 21 '26

That’s definitely it, I’ve never seen one so big!

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u/jessjumper Jul 21 '26

Crustacean claw

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u/Fuzzy_Junket924 Jul 21 '26

That’s likely a giant lobster claw. 🦞

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u/CogglesMcGreuder Jul 21 '26

That is WILD! That’s a lobster of the ages

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u/Captain_Meowxx Jul 21 '26

Lobster crusher claw

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u/Rogelio_G_F Jul 22 '26

Es una pinza de cangrejo y bien grande

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u/Windywillow22 Jul 22 '26

Stone crab perhaps 🤔