Forum: Bryce


Subject: What kind of animal bone is this? (caution!! scanned image of animal jawbone!!

matrixmode opened this issue on Jan 09, 2006 ยท 31 posts


electroglyph posted Tue, 10 January 2006 at 7:29 AM

Because of the absence of Integumentary system I would have to say that this is a Dead animal bone. If you look carefully you will probably find a series of parallel scratches along the edges. These are left by squirrel teeth. They scrounge bones for calcium.