Bones discussion.

[BOD]

Take your pick (in alphabetical order):

1. Bear
2. Leopard
3. Sabre tooth



Before you laugh read this. If you were worried about drop bears this may freak you completely



http://cloudedleopard.org/default.aspx?link=news_2006_summer

http://cloudedleopard.org/default.aspx?link=about_main

Unfortunately the canines are missing

 

[auscraft]

I will stay with Sloth Bear only due to the length of bone .
Yes Blake it was a guess ..
Do you you have any other angles of skull even bad ones?

 

[BOD]

 

[Templar]

Looking at the new pics, the size of the scapular next to the skull is huge, so it is from something with a lot of muscle mass which in that environment still point towards a member of the bear family, likewise, the skull's formation reminds me of picture od black and grizzly bear skuls I have seen... wouldnt happen to have a picture of the underside of the skull by any chance?

 

[auscraft]

Thanks for the extra pics BOD this is a real brain teaser well done
I will stay with bear family on size and stay with Sloth bear , I hope they are in that area
Doing just a pic search on net is not a great help needing to id from angles that don't match each other.

What was your thoughts.

 

[BOD]

Well my first on scene thoughts were tiger/leopard then leopard then bear by the days end. Went back the next day to collect the remains and the biologist said leopard due to sagittal crest.

The thinking is that it could be a bear now.

 

[Aussie123]

Here's Ursus thibetanus (moon bear) skull

( http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/0MCarnivor/ursidae/ursus/Ursus_thibetanus/Img_U_thibetanus/JCABBSkull01_top.htm )

 

[Templar]

Does look a lot like it...

 

[BOD]

If its a bear then it has to be a sun bear as its the only bear in this area.

 

[auscraft]

I will stay bear
If you do get an answer please let us know the result.

 

[BOD]

Will do though the present problem is going to be with the live animals

 

[BOD]

All those who said bear well done.

Those who said sun bear get a special mention.

Bone man confirms that it is not leopard but sun bear

 

[Templar]

Woohoo!! :risatonaD:

 

[auscraft]

Thanks BOD
it certainly had us thinking

 

[Hairyman]

The bones of flying birds are hollow and relatively thin to save weight.

 

[Dusty Miller]

Red necked wallaby (most likely) skull and lower jawbones, found within a few metres of each other. Predators and scavengers will often move bones around.

 

[Greatbloke]

I was thinking that the mandible here could be that of a cow, but the skull found about three metres away looks less like a cows to me. [No horn holes or horns.]

Can I get some help please?

 

[Hairyman]

Goat or deer? where is this?

 

[Hairyman]

Thinking skull shape and lack of antlers may be a young deer, .....but the sunnies have me beat.

 

[Thrud]

That's why you're confused, it's in disguise.:_lol: