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Found on a beach in Italy (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Roccobot@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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[–] recreationalplacebos@midwest.social 56 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What you have is the posterior portion of a fish mandible, known as the articular.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

How did you know that?

[–] recreationalplacebos@midwest.social 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My background is in zooarchaeology, so I've spent a lot of time identifying and analyzing bones from archaeological sites. (Although I'm not good with fish and reptiles. Mostly mammals and birds where I'm at.)

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Neat!

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

You can tell by the pixels

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They’re a fish boner

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Schwing!

[–] Roccobot@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Thanks! 😍

[–] Cuzscience@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

It’s a fish bone, but not sure what species or part of the skeleton. I’ve seen many on beaches around the Gulf of Mexico.

[–] Municipal0379@lemmy.world -3 points 9 months ago

Fairly certain it a human hand with what appears to be a blackish paint of some kind on fingernails.