Guess The Skull
 

Shooting on location today and the guy has this in his studio--took a quick pick for you guys...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1238169053.jpg

Hillary ?

lol.

lion

how big is it? if i had to guess, i say CAT!

With teeth like those, it must've eaten meat. Canine or feline?

("Hillary?" that was hilarious! :D)

Well varmint made quick work out of that! I didn't know lions teeth were that big--they're 2 1/4" long.

dealt with one of these for museum sciences class. big carnivores don't stop being scary just because they're dead.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1238169889.jpg




how did he come by it?

He bought it years ago at a taxidermy shop that used to be in Chicago.

damnit. i just poked my stiffed lion. nothing but sawdust in the head. taxidermist ripped me off.

i would guess a young cat. I say young because it appears that the bones in the lower jaw are still forming and blending into 1. Then again, I might be completely wrong as that animal might have a 2 pieced lower jaw.

African Lion, female about 4 years old.

The wear on the teeth shows scarring and injury indicative of heavy use (female lions do 99% of the hunting and eat after the males so they get more bone than steak). The skull bone joints (Sutures) tell the age.

bear.

dog

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1238173806.jpg


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1238173823.jpg

Southwestern African lion 4 years, 3 months, 12 days old. Went by the name of "Muffin" to her mate "Lazy Leo". Last ate a medium size gazelle named "Slowpoke" but got food poisoning and died 2 days later on April 23, 1953 at 7:23 pm in the rain. Left behind 4 small lion cubs named Eeny, Meeny, Miney and Spot. I could be wrong about the last cub's name...

Here's the one on my bar...http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1238178421.jpg

TABS's MOTHER?

TABS when he gets drunk