ID this skull please...

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MellowshipSlinky

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14,854 posts

195 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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My dog emerged from the woods with it
Mates reckon it's a dog, I was thinking fox



FredClogs

14,041 posts

167 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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Looks quite big for a fox, I'd say its a dog.

alfie2244

11,292 posts

194 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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Badger perhaps?

moorx

3,777 posts

120 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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I think badger too - I remember finding a similar one when I was at school, and taking it to show my science teacher.

anonymous-user

60 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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Definitely a badger.

pidsy

8,162 posts

163 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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I’ll go badger.
Elongated lower jaw would be right.

Strip the flesh off it, bleach it and mount it.

Badda

2,811 posts

88 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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pidsy said:
I’ll go badger.
Elongated lower jaw would be right.

Strip the flesh off it, bleach it and mount it.
Keeping it classy guys.

joshleb

1,548 posts

150 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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Look at those gnashers!

I'm saying hybrid wolf and crocodile

Mikebentley

6,539 posts

146 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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If found in Cornwall or Gloucester definitely human.

fourfoldroot

600 posts

161 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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This is a fox, definitely because I treated it,as it were. Looks similar?

pidsy

8,162 posts

163 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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Badda said:
pidsy said:
I’ll go badger.
Elongated lower jaw would be right.

Strip the flesh off it, bleach it and mount it.
Keeping it classy guys.
Always.


MellowshipSlinky

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Saturday 17th March 2018
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Mikebentley said:
If found in Cornwall or Gloucester definitely human.
Nottingham / Leicester border, so similar smile

Badger have eye sockets at the sides, these are more middle.

Looks like a large fox then

MellowshipSlinky

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Saturday 17th March 2018
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fourfoldroot said:
This is a fox, definitely because I treated it,as it were. Looks similar?
I like the ying-yang of the lucky horse shoe with the obviously unlucky animal... hehe

CooperD

2,928 posts

183 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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I would say that was a Fox skull.

4x4Tyke

6,506 posts

138 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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The original picture seems to lack the brow ridge visible in the fox skull, I'd be inclined towards badger.

@OP What can you say about size?

Japveesix

4,519 posts

174 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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Definitely not a badger skull which are a lot stumpier looking, not long and sleek. Shorter lower jaw, smaller back teeth, big saggital crest for muscles etc.

Fox skulls are just as big as badgers, if not a bit longer in big dog foxes, but they're more slender and pointy and less heavy and rounded.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

202 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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MellowshipSlinky said:
fourfoldroot said:
This is a fox, definitely because I treated it,as it were. Looks similar?
I like the ying-yang of the lucky horse shoe with the obviously unlucky animal... hehe
That horse shoe isn't lucky, should you believe in that sort of thing.

moorx

3,777 posts

120 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
MellowshipSlinky said:
fourfoldroot said:
This is a fox, definitely because I treated it,as it were. Looks similar?
I like the ying-yang of the lucky horse shoe with the obviously unlucky animal... hehe
That horse shoe isn't lucky, should you believe in that sort of thing.
Nope, it's upside down!

soad

33,327 posts

182 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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Mikebentley said:
If found in Cornwall or Gloucester definitely human.
laugh

MellowshipSlinky

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14,854 posts

195 months

Saturday 17th March 2018
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
MellowshipSlinky said:
fourfoldroot said:
This is a fox, definitely because I treated it,as it were. Looks similar?
I like the ying-yang of the lucky horse shoe with the obviously unlucky animal... hehe
That horse shoe isn't lucky, should you believe in that sort of thing.
I'm from stock, I also believe in lucky heather
smile