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What 2

"a ruler next to a small animal"

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fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: February 09, 2013 11:13PM

bed bug
ImNotLikeEverybodyElse Report This Comment
Date: February 10, 2013 01:05AM

Bird or tortius
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 10, 2013 01:23PM

Nope, nope, nope.

Bed bug Fossil? Seriously?

It is the top view of this

[plus613.net]

The auto-exposure on the camera got tweaked by the reflection from the ruler.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/02/2013 03:43PM by BlahX3.
pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 10, 2013 09:26PM

badger
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 10, 2013 10:27PM

No.
pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 10, 2013 11:43PM

zebra
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 11, 2013 12:04AM

No, it's not a horse or an elephant either. 3 cm is about 1 1/16 inches PJ.

Hint, it is not a mammal.
pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 11, 2013 01:37AM

3 centimeters is about 30 millimeters...spinning smiley sticking its tongue out
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 11, 2013 02:09AM

Exactly.
quasi Report This Comment
Date: February 11, 2013 02:16AM

1 1/16 inches - that's one inch and one little mark on my tape measure, right?
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 11, 2013 02:22AM

Depends on the particular tape measure. On mine for the first 1 foot one edge has marks in 1/32nd increments, the other has 1/16th.
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 11, 2013 06:51PM

Are we giving up on this one?

Let's review some info about it.

It is a skull of an animal.

It has no lower jaw bone to speak of, although I have found there is what could e considered a "residual" jaw bone and several other very tiny bones not attached to the skull none of which would help any of us ID it anyway unless someone was a scientist specializing in this kind of creature. So that tells you a lot abut how it doesn't eat; it does not chew or bite. So how does it eat?

It does not have a long tongue so it doesn't get food that way like an anteater or hummingbird or lizard. Not having a long tongue or lower jaw bone pretty much rules out snakes too.

It is not a mammal.

It is not a bird.

It is not a toad or frog.

It is not a shark or ray or seahorse.

This skull is 3cm in length although the size of the creature can be larger or smaller and I understand they are capable of getting much bigger in the right conditions.

Fossil, please tell us what you think or thought it is for fun. I don't think you know, at least not for sure, but it would be interesting to get your thoughts. You might know, it would not surprise me if you did but I think everyone else has given up on it and you are as close to an expert as we've got here on such things.

One more BIG clue... it is a fish.

Put on the thinking caps. smiling
smiley



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/02/2013 08:07PM by BlahX3.
pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 12, 2013 01:11AM

starfish
GAK67 Report This Comment
Date: February 12, 2013 01:52AM

Starfish have an exoskeleton.
woberto Report This Comment
Date: February 12, 2013 07:06AM

Fish without bottom jaws are right up FD's alley.
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 12, 2013 01:59PM

He's not saying what he thinks, probably doesn't want to be wrong cuz he's not sure.
pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 12, 2013 11:01PM

large mouth bass
quasi Report This Comment
Date: February 12, 2013 11:41PM

Nah, blah's Bass-O-Matic would've busted it all to hell.
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 13, 2013 12:42AM

No functional lower jaw.
pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 13, 2013 12:49AM

no, I was saying that he is a large mouth bass..not guessing at the pic up
yours
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 13, 2013 12:55AM

Oh, ok.

Yeah Q, that Bass-O-Matic would pulverize this little sucker. The skull is pretty fragile and in this top shot you can see that it has already started to separate. We were fortunate to have found it as intact as it is.

I'll reveal what it is shortly. I think everyone has given up. No blame, it is a tough one to guess. That is why I chose it, but I have also given a lot of clues, even in this edited comment, if anyone figures that out.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 13/02/2013 03:59AM by BlahX3.
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 13, 2013 02:47PM

Bzzzt. Alright, time's up.

It is the skull of a plecostomus.
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: February 13, 2013 04:31PM

damn! i have 2 regulars and one albino Bristle nose in my 2 tanks. (*facepalm*)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 13/02/2013 04:32PM by fossil_digger.
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 13, 2013 04:48PM

I knew it would be a tough one. This skull was all we could find after our pleco disappeared a few months ago. It was poking out of the rocks in the bottom of the tank and my daughter saw it and pulled it out. we were pretty sure it was the fish's skull but had to look up things to make sure.

Here is the image I found that most closely matched:
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: February 13, 2013 08:57PM

my big one is a foot long and the head is much larger than that.
quasi Report This Comment
Date: February 13, 2013 09:07PM

Sure, sure it is.
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: February 13, 2013 10:29PM

i can't get a good pic with the flash on the glass. and he does not want to pose.
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 14, 2013 01:36AM

Have you tried turning the flash off?

I've read plecos can get pretty darn big and seen some big ones in pictures. How long have you had it?
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: February 14, 2013 04:11AM

he's 2 years old in a 55 gallon tank.
i have a friend that has a 1200 gallon with 3 that are 2 foot long each, but they are like most fish....they will not out grow their tank.
BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: February 14, 2013 04:31AM

Only a 10 gallon tank here. Just one spotted goldfish (Spot) and a new Plecky 2 now. Used too have a fantail but it croaked before Plecky 1 did.
pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: February 15, 2013 09:35AM

http://breadfish.de/