[NatureNS] ID help - skeleton on Cape Sable Island

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Grammar, Randy...Grammar!

I just reread my post, and it sounds like human males reach sexual maturity
at 4.6 m! Whoops!

Randy

_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.


On 23 September 2013 09:03, 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
>>
>>
>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Grammar, Randy...Grammar!<div><br></div><div>I just reread=
 my post, and it sounds like human males reach sexual maturity at 4.6 m! Wh=
oops!</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 09:03, Randy Lauff =
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com" target=3D"_b=
lank">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-l=
eft:1ex">

<div dir=3D"ltr">I assume Blake&#39;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 &quot;whale&quot; 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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;t give an upper size range.</div>


<div><br></div><div>That&#39;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><div><div =
class=3D"h5">
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 23 September 2013 05:55, Angela Joudr=
ey <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:aljoudrey@eastlink.ca" target=3D=
"_blank">aljoudrey@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</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&#39;t to read some suggestions!=A0<br><br>Sent f=
rom my iPhone</div><div><div><div><br>On 2013-09-23, at 5:44 AM, Blake Mayb=
ank &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bmaybank@gm=
ail.com</a>&gt; 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:lar