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lt" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:lar --Boundary_(ID_+TS6Edg6kqU93pqnAlbMmg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Humerus. Good one! Sent from my iPhone On 2013-09-23, at 9:03 AM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>> 144 Bayview Drive, >>> White's Lake, Nova Scotia >>> B3T 1Z1 CANADA >>> (902) 852-2077 >>> >>> My Blog: CSI: Life >>> >>> Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club >>> >>> Author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia > --Boundary_(ID_+TS6Edg6kqU93pqnAlbMmg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Humerus. Good one! <br><br>Sent f= rom my iPhone</div><div><br>On 2013-09-23, at 9:03 AM, Randy Lauff <<a hr= ef=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>= <br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">I assume Blake's s= uggestion of crocodile was intended to be humerus, however, the tooth socket= s do suggest peg-like teeth, similar to reptiles. The size of the animal sho= uld suggest "whale" to most people, and given that there are tooth sockets, i= t 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 te= rrestrial ancestor which had the mixed bag of teeth characteristic of mammal= s.<div> <br></div><div>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); W= ikipaedia says the males (the larger of the sexes) reach sexual 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 environment i= s not one of my fortes. </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 Joudre= y <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:aljoudrey@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_= blank">aljoudrey@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"g= mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le= ft:1ex"> <div dir=3D"auto"><div>Can't to read some suggestions! <br><br>Sent fro= m my iPhone</div><div><div class=3D"h5"><div><br>On 2013-09-23, at 5:44 AM, B= lake Maybank <<a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bma= ybank@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmai= l_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">A friend t= ook three photos this weekend of a skeleton of a vertebrate on Cape Sable Is= land. The three photos are here:<br> <br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/" target=3D"_blank">htt= p://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/</a><br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail= _default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">A crocodil= e, perhaps? All suggestions welcome.<br> <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-seri= f;font-size:large">Cheers,<br><br>Blake<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default= " style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br><br clear=3D"a= ll"> </div><br>-- <br><font size=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" targ= et=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"+1902852207= 7" target=3D"_blank">(902) 852-2077</a></font><br> <font size=3D"4"><br>My Blog: <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" targ= et=3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16= px;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:16p