We felt very lucky to find this skull. Although it might look like it, it is not a dragon skull. When people discover its owner, however, they are usually quite surprised.
Let us know your guesses, and if you’d like to learn the answer, you can find out here.
Posted on June 4th, 2009 by Kenton Whitman
Filed under: Skulls
Hmmm, could it be that guest that just wouldn’t leave? Never meant to whallop him so darn hard, but to complain about my cooking…
Perhaps a kitty cat? Fox? Sheesh. All I can say is that there skull has got some series teeth going on. Ouch.
Hello Jay —
Ha! Love it! The true story is a bit more mundane — just came across the remains in the woods. Those teeth truly are, um, rather pointy, aren’t they? And such an innocent, unlikely creature that they belong to. You’d think with teeth like that, its diet would consist of bears and hikers!
Is it a possum?
Great guess Carole! We won’t reveal the answer, but do check out the link to see if you’re correct. It would be interesting to know what brought you to that particular identification!
I think you’ve got yourself a coyote.
Hello Bill — Also a great guess, especially looking at those teeth! Follow the link and see the answer — it’s quite surprising.
Hello, I found a mystery skull similar, if not exact to yours. It’s shape is similar to a dogs or a weasels, but it has a flat head and -get this- hollow bones. There are four semetrical holes group on the top of its head, each is about a millimeter in cicumference. The eye holes are on the side of it’s head and are small for it’s size (about 3 inches) and the ear holes are twice as large and right be hind them. behind the ear holes juts two peices of bone like horns. It has a long snout. I donot have the jaw or teeth. what could it be?
Hello Julia,
Based on your description, we’d guess that you might have a deer skull. However, to be able to tell for sure, we’d have to see a photo. If you’d like to have us take a look, send a .jpg of the skull that also has a size reference in the picture (a pen, ruler, hand, etc.), as well as tell us what geographical location you found the skull in. You can send to our regular email at rwhitman(at)centurytel.net.
We’ll look forward to hearing from you!