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<span style=3D"padding-right:16px;wid --089e013a07d0426aeb04e70bd038 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I assume Blake's suggestion of crocodile was intended to be humerus, however, the tooth sockets do suggest peg-like teeth, similar to reptiles. The size of the animal should suggest "whale" to most people, and given that there are tooth sockets, it is then, by definition, a toothed whale. All of our toothed whales (which I've seen anyway), have peg-like teeth...they have re-acquired this from a terrestrial ancestor which had the mixed bag of teeth characteristic of mammals. So, which toothed whale? The snout isn't pointy enough to be a pilot whale (I just ran to the lab to confirm this), and the overall length of the animal suggests to me something a bit bigger. I estimated the length of the animal at over 6 m, using the man's height as 1.7 m (an estimate); Wikipaedia says the males (the larger of the sexes) reach sexual maturity at 4.6 m, but don't give an upper size range. That's as far as I can take it. The marine environment is not one of my fortes. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 23 September 2013 05:55, Angela Joudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Can't to read some suggestions! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013-09-23, at 5:44 AM, Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> wrote: > > A friend took three photos this weekend of a skeleton of a vertebrate on > Cape Sable Island. The three photos are here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/ > > A crocodile, perhaps? All suggestions welcome. > > Cheers, > > Blake > > > > -- > Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> > 144 Bayview Drive, > White's Lake, Nova Scotia > B3T 1Z1 CANADA > (902) 852-2077 > > My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com> > > Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club*<http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> > ** <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>** > Author, "*Birding Sites of Nova Scotia* <http://tinyurl.com/birdingns> > > > <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> > > > --089e013a07d0426aeb04e70bd038 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I assume Blake's suggestion of crocodile was intended = to be humerus, however, the tooth sockets do suggest peg-like teeth, simila= r to reptiles. The size of the animal should suggest "whale" to m= ost people, and given that there are tooth sockets, it is then, by definiti= on, a toothed whale. All of our toothed whales (which I've seen anyway)= , have peg-like teeth...they have re-acquired this from a terrestrial ances= tor which had the mixed bag of teeth characteristic of mammals.<div> <br></div><div>So, which toothed whale? The snout isn't pointy enough t= o be a pilot whale (I just ran to the lab to confirm this), and the overall= length of the animal suggests to me something a bit bigger. I estimated th= e length of the animal at over 6 m, using the man's height as 1.7 m (an= estimate); Wikipaedia says the males (the larger of the sexes) reach sexua= l maturity at 4.6 m, but don't give an upper size range.</div> <div><br></div><div>That's as far as I can take it. The marine environm= ent is not one of my fortes.=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Randy</div></div><= div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div>__________________________= _______<br> RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 23 September 2013 05:55, Angela Joudr= ey <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:aljoudrey@eastlink.ca" target=3D= "_blank">aljoudrey@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"auto"><div>Can't to read some suggestions!=A0<br><br>Sent f= rom my iPhone</div><div><div class=3D"h5"><div><br>On 2013-09-23, at 5:44 A= M, Blake Maybank <<a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank= ">bmaybank@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gma= il_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">A frien= d took three photos this weekend of a skeleton of a vertebrate on Cape Sabl= e Island.=A0 The three photos are here:<br> <br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/" target=3D"_blank">ht= tp://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/</a><br><br></div><div class=3D"gma= il_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">A croco= dile, perhaps?=A0 All suggestions welcome.<br> <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-ser= if;font-size:large">Cheers,<br><br>Blake<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_defau= lt" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br><br clear= =3D"all"> </div><br>-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" tar= get=3D"_blank">Blake Maybank</a><br>144 Bayview Drive,<br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> B3T 1Z1 CANADA <br><a href=3D"tel:%28902%29%20852-2077" value=3D"+190285220= 77" target=3D"_blank">(902) 852-2077</a></font><br> <font size=3D"4"><br>My Blog:=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" target= =3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16p= x;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-= height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height= :16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"= ></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></spa= n><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><spa= n style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span styl= e=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"p= adding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding= -right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right= :16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding