[NatureNS] skull of something

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Hi Angela could you send me some pictures I been studing skulls fior =
nearly 30 years now if you do not mind Peter in Shelburne my friend was =
a trapper and he brough me a lot of different skulls=20
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Angela Joudrey*=20
  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
  Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:28 PM
  Subject: [NatureNS] skull of something


  Good evening.

  I was trying to think of a witty title, but I'm too tired!

  About a week ago, my dog went running off the trail in a spot that he =
usually goes running and barking off the trail. A few days before that =
he had treed a raccoon, so I assumed that was what he was up to again.=20

  A minute later he came out of the trees with a skull ( animal of some =
sort ) in his mouth. I caught a glimpse of the fur and thought it was =
the raccoon. ( It had been there for a few days, picked clean, no =
brains, but fur and nose still there. The front and face mostly. )

  Then I saw the nose, it was definitely not a raccoon. I though maybe a =
rabbit as the neighbors have some loose around the woods. But the ears =
didn't fit. I actually thought for a second " OMG. There is such thing =
as a jackalope."

  All this took about 10 seconds to run through my mind as the dog came =
towards me with his prize. I got it from him and am now really quite =
perplexed as to what it could be. It is definitely cat like. But the =
long teeth- canines on a dog- are just under an inch long. The part of =
the of the skull that's left is about 3 inches. Not a fox and anything =
dog like.

  I took many pictures with a tape measure and still have the skull in a =
baggie in the shed. When I went to get my camera I thought it set it out =
of reach of my dog, but he managed to get a few more chomps on it before =
I got out again. I couldn't find any other parts or carcass around the =
field or the trees where it was.

  I checked ermine/ weasel and it's bigger than that but smaller than a =
cat. Although I suppose it could have been a big house cat, but the =
teeth... I was thinking maybe a pine marten but the coloring doesn't =
seem to match. It's the teeth that I can't quite place.

  Let me know if you want some pics sent your way. I have most of the =
neighborhood involved now!

  Thanks
  Angela in Windsor

  aljoudrey@eastlink.ca




  When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the =
rest of the world.=20
  John Muir


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Angela could you send me some =
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  <DIV><BR></DIV>Good evening.<BR _moz_dirty=3D""><BR _moz_dirty=3D"">I =
was trying=20
  to think of a witty title, but I'm too tired!<BR _moz_dirty=3D""><BR=20
  _moz_dirty=3D"">About a week ago, my dog went running off the trail in =
a spot=20
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  _moz_dirty=3D""><BR _moz_dirty=3D"">A minute later he came out of the =
trees with a=20
  skull ( animal of some sort ) in his mouth. I caught a glimpse of the =
fur and=20
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clean,=20
  no brains, but fur and nose still there. The front and face mostly. =
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  _moz_dirty=3D""><BR _moz_dirty=3D"">Then I saw the nose, it was =
definitely not a=20
  raccoon. I though maybe a rabbit as the neighbors have some loose =
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  woods. But the ears didn't fit. I actually thought for a second " OMG. =
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  is such thing as a jackalope."<BR _moz_dirty=3D""><BR =
_moz_dirty=3D"">All this=20
  took about 10 seconds to run through my mind as the dog came towards =
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  his prize. I got it from him and am now really quite perplexed as to =
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  could be. It is definitely cat like. But the long teeth- canines on a =
dog- are=20
  just under an inch long. The part of the of the skull that's left is =
about 3=20
  inches. Not a fox and anything dog like.<BR _moz_dirty=3D""><BR =
_moz_dirty=3D"">I=20
  took many pictures with a tape measure and still have the skull in a =
baggie in=20
  the shed. When I went to get my camera I thought it set it out of =
reach of my=20
  dog, but he managed to get a few more chomps on it before I got out =
again. I=20
  couldn't find any other parts or carcass around the field or the trees =
where=20
  it was.<BR _moz_dirty=3D""><BR _moz_dirty=3D"">I checked ermine/ =
weasel and it's=20
  bigger than that but smaller than a cat. Although I suppose it could =
have been=20
  a big house cat, but the teeth... I was thinking maybe a pine marten =
but the=20
  coloring doesn't seem to match. It's the teeth that I can't quite =
place.<BR=20
  _moz_dirty=3D""><BR _moz_dirty=3D"">Let me know if you want some pics =
sent your=20
  way. I have most of the neighborhood involved now!<BR =
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  _moz_dirty=3D"">Thanks<BR _moz_dirty=3D"">Angela in Windsor<BR =
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  _moz_dirty=3D"">aljoudrey@eastlink.ca<BR _moz_dirty=3D""><BR =
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  _moz_dirty=3D""><BR _moz_dirty=3D""><BR>When one tugs at a single =
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  he finds it attached to the rest of th