What animal is this? And estimate age of bones?

riptides · Apr 5, 2006

Down by our creek on our daily walk this caught my eye.

Can you identify it? And the estimated age of the bones?

-TIA
-Mike Z.

bky · Apr 5, 2006

My quess would be that of a deer about 2 years old mabey less /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

3RRL · Apr 6, 2006

Looks like the mandible of a cow...maybe a couple years old.

beenthere · Apr 6, 2006

I'm thinkin not a buck. Attached is a buck jawbone, of 3½ years old and it is smaller. A pic will follow of the rack of the buck.

beenthere · Apr 6, 2006

The European mount of the skull and rack from this 3½ yr old buck.

browns40 · Apr 6, 2006

Hi riptides,

Definitely a vegetarian by those molars!

I would guess probably a cow, possibly a horse--jawbone that thick is designed for some serious food processing--so bigger vegetarian.

riptides · Apr 6, 2006

Nice rack, but the eyes! The eyes!

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Still cannot figure out deer or cow..... Not missing any cows, so.....

-Mike Z.

Nasty135 · Apr 6, 2006

Wow, that looks alot like a not to distant relative to my MIL /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif....

Sorry I just had to...

looks like a cow to this picture

Edit: Your place was a dairy farm , If I remember correctly?

riptides · Apr 6, 2006

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Your place was a dairy farm , If I remember correctly? )</font>

Yep. Must be a neighbors, that washed down the creek a while back.

Or, something dug it up.... yuch!

-Mike Z.

beenthere · Apr 6, 2006

Ahh yes, the eyes. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Thanks to my grandson who put some black marker on a couple ping pong balls and rolled them in there. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Took me by surprise after he left for home that day. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

They can be rolled around to give the 'head' a different look - up, down, sideways, crossed.......