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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Left Behind on the Trail


This jaw fragment was lying on the path when Sarah and I came upon it. After examination, I left it in a tree, at about eye level. Whose eye? That is the question!




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  1. Wow! Interesting, but I have a Few Questions for you. How Big is it? You've Given no Clue to the Size and because of that it Looks to me Like the Jaw of a Dinosaur. What sort of an Animal Lives in your Area that has a Jaw Like That?

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  2. About the length of my hand, and I'm thinking probably a deer. See how worn down those teeth are? Looks like grazing. Similar to horses' teeth.

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  3. Also, finding the fragment makes sense because of all the coyotes in the neighborhood.

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  4. These links may help us all:

    Deer probably, maybe horse, but given where you are it is almost certainly a deer.
    --Chad
    How to age Michigan deer:
    http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10363_10856_10905-32296--,00.html

    Deer teeth:
    http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/teeth_photos/deer_teeth.jpg

    Blacktailed deer teeth:
    http://www.bear-tracker.com/newimages/deerteeth92308.jpg

    Horse teeth:
    http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/teeth_photos/horse-skull.jpg

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