Carp skull: comparative anatomy

[Shaun Harrison]

Crikey Dave, you are going to have fun with your Airfix Glue there!

[Santiago]

Yes I ' now sure it's the pelvic bone of said deer. Funny how I thought it was a carp skull and me a biologist!! Tres embarrassing!

[Shaun Harrison]

It has still been an enlightening thread, I'm sure we have all learned from it. Must admit I thought the Pelvic bone was some type of skull too, just not a carp.

[Santiago]

Thanks, that's reassuring, I thought it might be only me that thought it looked like a skull!! And the small sockets just look like eyes belong there!

[Rutland Rod]

Very interesting chap's I reckon you should all be adviser's on 'Silent Witness' !

Tight lines
Dave

[Carp Artist]

Top view of a common carp skull.
I think you have some of the upper bones. No idea of the size.

good job I'm not a pathologist lol

[Dave Burr]

Crikey Dave, you are going to have fun with your Airfix Glue there!

Don't be embarrassed Santiago, bones/fossils have been misinterpreted for generations. It made us all think and, in a true South Park way 'we've learned something today'.

Not a South Park fan? You don't know what you're missing.

[Santiago]

And a very good job I'm not a pathologist. Although if I was I like to think I would not have boobed in mis-identifying!! Funny though, when I worked in London there was a forensic path lab above my lab, and one hot summer their main chest freezer broke down possibly on a Friday night. Anyways on the following Monday the whole building stank as the pathologists were removing 'bits' that had 'gone off'!!!!

[Dave Burr]

And a very good job I'm not a pathologist. Although if I was I like to think I would not have boobed in mis-identifying!! Funny though, when I worked in London there was a forensic path lab above my lab, and one hot summer their main chest freezer broke down possibly on a Friday night. Anyways on the following Monday the whole building stank as the pathologists were removing 'bits' that had 'gone off'!!!!

I'd love to have read their insurance claim

[Santiago]

Perhaps they were the first to insure arms and legs before celebs started!