Stingray Skeleton?
By an edhat reader
Does anybody know if this is a piece of a ray skeleton? I found it on Leadbetter Beach. Thanks.
By an edhat reader
Does anybody know if this is a piece of a ray skeleton? I found it on Leadbetter Beach. Thanks.
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Jul 16, 2021 11:49 AMStingrays don't have bones, they have cartilage. This looks like an avian skull cap...
Wonder if it was in a tidepool and someone started trying to hold it...
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Jul 16, 2021 11:58 AMunlikely, see here https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/welcome-to-the-bone-room/
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Jul 16, 2021 12:10 PMI believe this is a sternum. Of what animal, I don’t know.
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Jul 16, 2021 12:15 PMLooks like a tiny fossilized flying squirrel!
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Jul 16, 2021 12:42 PMhow big is it?
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Jul 16, 2021 04:33 PMBreastbone of some species of sea bird.
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Jul 16, 2021 04:57 PMIts an alien skeleton.
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Jul 16, 2021 08:41 PMIt looks to be a seagull's sternum.
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Jul 16, 2021 08:44 PMThat long ridge is the attachment point for the flight muscles.
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Jul 16, 2021 09:28 PMSterna on seagulls are a little more elaborate, but it is most likely from some kind of shore bird.
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Jul 17, 2021 09:08 AMThe fact that a bone vaguely resembles some animal is not a good reason to think that it's the skeleton of that animal, any more than to suppose that a cloud that resembles a dog actually is a dog. For what a stingray skeleton actually looks like, see https://www.google.com/search?q=stingray+skeleton&tbm=isch