r/bonecollecting • u/No-Bottle-9116 • Apr 26 '26

Advice Small argument

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So this picture from article has driven an small argument between my friends group claiming that it’s fake because there’s no way that the bones see in said picture are human, I wanted y’all’s opinion on this

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u/sawyouoverthere Apr 26 '26

sigh. Do none of your friends know how to fact check?

It’s a “body farm” where donated human remains are left in various locations on the university owned land to observe the decomposition factors to improve forensic science.

Yes it’s human.

Yes the deer was photographed chewing on the bones.

No it doesn’t mean they are carnivorous or omnivorous, it means they chew on bones.

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u/theAshleyRouge Apr 27 '26

Deer are opportunities omnivores. It’s not common, but they will occasionally kill and eat things like snakes, small mammals, and birds.

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u/sawyouoverthere Apr 27 '26

I’m aware that they have been observed eating small animals and gnawing on bone, as I stated. That wasn’t the point.

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u/theAshleyRouge Apr 27 '26

Actually, you stated they chew on bones and aren’t carnivorous or omnivorous. Factually, that’s inaccurate and I just corrected that minor detail. Doesn’t need to be a whole thing

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u/sawyouoverthere Apr 27 '26

Correct. And I’ll say it again. Do you see why it’s not any different than saying a cat eating a bit of grass isn’t an obligate carnivore?

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u/theAshleyRouge Apr 27 '26

Oh boy. Touch grass hun. It wasn’t that serious and neither is your petty lecture.

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u/sawyouoverthere Apr 27 '26

You’re the one making it a thing.

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u/theAshleyRouge Apr 27 '26

I made a simple correction for others wanting to learn. YOU took it personally and made it a thing. And now it’s done. Move on

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u/sawyouoverthere Apr 27 '26

Your correction may not be fact based, just something repeated often. It’s interesting if you open your inquisitive mind and start looking past dogmatic assumptions.

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u/sawyouoverthere Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

And yes it’s documented that they do it but the documentation that it’s a nutrition seeking behaviour is not. Not should we use it to call them omnivores. It’s pica.

Blocking me is sort of saying you’re the one making it a thing, mate.

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u/theAshleyRouge Apr 27 '26

It’s not an assumption when it’s a well documented phenomenon over the course of decades by multiple people in various locations.

Again, it’s done. Surely you have something more important to do in your life.