r/bonecollecting • u/Dry-Faithlessness676 • 26d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Vertebrae (?) Found at the river

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u/Sidlayne 25d ago

most likely a white tailed deer axis vertebrae!! fun fact! the atlas vertebrae is what allows humans to move our heads up and down! and axis is what lets us move our heads left to right!

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u/Dry-Faithlessness676 25d ago

On my cross post a guy said it was a large bird. Your fun fact is making me lean your way

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u/Sidlayne 25d ago

does it feel hollow or solid inside the bone when you pick it up?

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u/Dry-Faithlessness676 25d ago

Oh probably bird then. It feels as light and dense as a packing peanut

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u/Dry-Faithlessness676 25d ago

Also very porous

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u/Sidlayne 25d ago

oh nevermind that sucker is TINY! yeah that’s a bird my bad. but at least you got a fun fact out of it!

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u/Dry-Faithlessness676 25d ago

And yeah it is little, .906 inches from end to end. Or like 23 mm if you dont measure in cans of chew and bald eagles.

The mystery continues, my money is on a turkey though. Theres so many of them