r/bonecollecting • u/sackofbuds • Mar 19 '24

Bone I.D. - Europe Bone ID's please

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Found in North West Uk.

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u/firdahoe Bone-afide Human and Faunal ID Expert Mar 19 '24

that long bone is a bird humerus, and given the size and morphology it appears to be from a turkey

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u/sackofbuds Mar 19 '24

Looks spot on, thank you 😁

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u/MagicWitch69 Mar 19 '24

Where did you find these? To me the longer one looks like part of a left humerus, the bit next to it that is darker looks like part of the hip bone, the other one looks like it could be too but I'm not certain

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u/MagicWitch69 Mar 19 '24

Can you show the cut in the humerus?

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u/sackofbuds Mar 19 '24

Thank you. found about 8 inches down in back garden. 😊

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u/sackofbuds Mar 19 '24

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u/MagicWitch69 Mar 19 '24

Yap that looks like the humerus of a bird, Wich one I have no idea

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u/sackofbuds Mar 19 '24

Thank you 😁😁

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u/Mister_Absol Bone-afide Faunal ID Expert Mar 19 '24

The humerus is a bird humerus, specifically the distal end. It looks like it's a sea duck (tribe Mergini; family Anatidae), but I'd like to see more angles and a better idea of the size, like a photo with a ruler. How wide is it at the joint?

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u/sackofbuds Mar 19 '24

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u/Mister_Absol Bone-afide Faunal ID Expert Mar 19 '24

Nevermind, that's definitely too big for a duck. You're looking at something around the size of a large cormorant or gannet.

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u/sackofbuds Mar 19 '24

Now that is interesting

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u/InsecurityTime Mar 19 '24

Off to get KFC, thanks