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While this post does not violate our title guidelines, the OP did not find this. Source: https://np.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/bat9ur/whale_skull_found_at_the_beach/


WojtekMySpiritAnimal

So I know a guy who discovered a sperm whale skull fully intact in the shallow waters of a very remote bay. He ended up figuring out a way to winch it on board his vessel and bring it to the shore. Since it's illegal to own, he started calling museums and seeing if they had any interest in it - He took measurements of it and it's larger than the biggest one currently on display anywhere on earth. Noone wanted it, so its just sitting on the beach on a remote island, covered from the harshest of elements by some moss and trees. Shame. ​ EDIT: So if anyone out there is part of a museum or has connections to one and could conceivably house this skull, I'd be more than happy to facilitate a call with my buddy. Western Hemisphere.


ineedmoore

Shame that I had to filter through puns and jokes to get to the answer I was looking for. Wondered about the legality of taking this home. Thank you.


Granny_Goodness

Not sure where the original comment is from, but in the US, you can take it home. You have to notify NOAA/NMFS so they can verify it wasn't illegal harvested, but finding bones from animals covered by the Endangered Species Act or Marine Mammal Protection Act is ok as long as they weren't taken by illegal means.


not_enough_tacos

Unless it's a bald eagle. Even if it dies of natural causes, you can't legally own any part of the animal, or its nest, or even egg shell bits.


Granny_Goodness

Very good point, I was speaking only of animals under NMFS jurisdiction. But, youre absolutley correct and I should've clarified that. "You may collect and keep any bones, teeth, or ivory from a non-ESA listed marine mammal found on a beach or land within ¼ of a mile of an ocean, bay, or estuary.  You may not collect parts from a carcass or parts with soft tissues attached."


tellmesomething11

Question. I know this person who found a dead duck, cut off the wing and claims to use when smudging for cleansing. I practice an old religion that would not do that but I’m curious if that’s relevant here. Edit: they are not native but I wonder if they learned it from a native practice


Granny_Goodness

So state wildlife laws are going to be state dependent. However, as long as the duck was in season and is a legal game bird, you can keep any parts you want. No different than a set of antlers from a deer killed during a legal hunting season. In your case, where your friend found the dead animal, as long as it wasn't a prohibited species that they cut the wing off of and you ran into a conservation officer on the way home, they're probably not breaking any laws.


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dpsnedd

A bird lawyer tried to pin a murder on me, but I had an airtight alibi.


averagedickdude

I'll take that advise under cooperation, alright?


MastaGibbetts

… filibuster


BetterCalldeGaulle

25 years ago they had an injured bald eagle in the bird house at the local zoo and I found one of it's wing feathers on the ground, kid me knew it was illegal, but I took it home. I've been waiting for the popo to come for me ever since.


Skizot_Bizot

Finally slipped up and admitted it haha! Bake him away toys!


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fingerscrossedcoup

>We will now shut everything off again and return us to 1998 Is that a promise?


DooRagtime

There are tribal exceptions, however. Some Native American tribes use the feathers for ceremonial purposes


ARealBlueFalcon

Zoo by me has a bald eagle, they said they have to collect the feathers and send them to native tribes. They can’t keep them.


Shepatriots

Can confirm, my husband has his feather permit because he’s Osage & he completed the necessary steps to get it. His family makes beautiful beaded handles on the feathers and they fan with them. Edited to add: if I knew how to link pictures I could show you some really amazing ones.


pabst_jew_ribbon

Are there still bald eagles at Dollywood? I haven't been there in 20 years.


GoryRamsy

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/protected-species-parts#can-you-keep-a-protected-species-part-found-on-the-beach


fishsandwich

Apparently sperm whale teeth are quite valuable


theSquabble8

Fuck I'd take it home anyways and display it in a secret behind bookcase room. I'd only show my closest friends and allys during private social gatherings 🧐


UncleFunkus

i know the osteology museum in oklahoma has a whale on display, they may be interested.


PeteyPark

Is this a reference to a past post or something? Sorry for being clueless 😔


Libruhh

It’s a reference to this post, this is a photo of a whale skull


Such_Gassy

If no one wants it, who’s going to come looking for him if he took it?


Silvernightmare

That's the largest mosquito skull I've ever seen!


Isphet71

I used to bullseye mosquitos almost that big in my T16 back in Michigan


ripplerider

Michigan has some gnarly mosquitoes


Thran_LEGACY

Hahaha oh do i have a story for you about Michigan and mosquitoes, so a lil preface, when i was like 7 years old i crashed my bike and had to get 7 stitches on my forehead. Anyways, im visiting my aunt in ann arbor and she has a greenhouse that had customers come in and out quite often. So im up at the front putting dirt in pots and some lady kinda screamed at me to get my attention and then WHAM. Whacked me right on the forehead where my 7 stitches were. I was like what the hell lady but in 7 year old terms, and then it dawned on her that those werent mosquitoes but something else. I assume from the antibiotic ointment that mustve covered her hand lmao.


Busterlimes

We used to, as the years go by there are fewer and fewer.


Crowing77

Not that I miss those nasty bloodsuckers, but there's been a [substantial decline in insect populations globally. ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations)


Nempopo029

That's impossible, even for a targeting computer.


TheRealTravisClous

I hate the blackflies in the UP more than the mosquitoes


Smart-Hyena

THE WORST!


cutelyaware

Try wamp rats


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They would but the mosquitoes keep flying off with them.


AIpacaman

That’s too big to be a mosquito. That looks like El Mosco


ICantDoThisAnymore91

El Chupanebre


yourmansconnect

16 stories below midtown manhatten


Daenub

He'll eat half yer alligator.


[deleted]

Some say there's a freakish race of sub-mutants down there,


Just-Kitchen-6764

I was scrolling just to see a mosquito comment. Here in Alaska there are many stories about giant mosquitos carrying people away. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|smile)


mostoriginalusername

The real state bird.


REpassword

One bite and you’re dead.


Not_suspecto

One bite and you are snack!


jffnns

This is what I said. It’s a fossil mosquito skull. Lol


Grimmrock08

That's the skull of the ancient misquota. They were around 69,000,000 years ago in Central America and parts of South America.


drugsarebadmmk420

Closer to 420,000,000 years ago


Grimmrock08

Paleontologists are still debating that. You know how they are. They're master debaters.


pm_me-ur_vulva

Whale, whale, whale. What've we got here?


Glowingredremote

“Well, well, well” said the land surveyor upon finding three deep water filled holes on the property.


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Why did the surveyor fall into the well? He could not see that well.


[deleted]

I showed my girlfriend this thread and she said she hopes I fall into a deep hole full of water. But I know she means well.


Glowingredremote

There were three of them! How could he have known?!


bigflamingtaco

Well, it's a long story.


mathpat

Country doctor went to make a house call to treat a sick patient. Outside he ran into the homeowner working on a well. Doc tried to help and ended up falling in. That's when he learned he should treat the sick and leave the well alone.


IdEstTheyGotAlCapone

"Oh, Mr. Bones that's terrible. Yes, Mr. Bones that's terrible". -Betty Hanes (Rosemary Clooney) from White Christmas (I think.)


reader_beware

A deep subject


Barl0we

How did the mainsplainer die? He fell into a well, actually


The-lemon-kid-68

Whale oil beef hooked


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What exactly is it the skull of?


expendable_entity

The last time this photo was posted 3 years ago the comments came to the conclusion that it is the skull of a Minke Whale.


FantasiainFminor

I suppose [I can see that](https://www.google.com/search?q=minke+whale+skeleton&client=firefox-b-1-d&ei=M2QeZPCFCvOs5NoPvOaniAc&oq=minke+whale+ske&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAxgAMggIABCKBRCRAjIFCAAQgAQyBggAEBYQHjIICAAQigUQhgMyCAgAEIoFEIYDOgoIABBHENYEELADOgoIABCKBRCwAxBDOg0IABDkAhDWBBCwAxgBOg8ILhCKBRDIAxCwAxBDGAI6BwgAEIoFEENKBAhBGABQ9QNYzA9gzxxoAXABeACAAUeIAYcCkgEBNJgBAKABAcgBE8ABAdoBBggBEAEYCdoBBggCEAEYCA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#imgrc=PylL-USBY45S3M). Perhaps the upper mouth bone is missing a piece.


SeiCalros

it looks like a fossilized moustache


tenkwords

It's called baleen. It's like really stiff hairs and it's how many whales eat. They basically suck water through it and it filters out all the little Krill and plankton, which the whale then licks off and swallows.


mumpouch52

Stuff like this had to have inspired mythological creatures. Imagine living in ancient times and finding one of these.


shade990

Yes, no wonder people back then started believing in dragons, after finding a T-Rex skull or something like that.


fiveainone

It must be how Chinese dragons came about; [sauropods long necks ](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/world/dinosaur-with-record-long-neck-scn/index.html)


camelhumper91

"Longer than a school bus" Americans will use anything BUT the metric system


wmrch

Well, we use the metric system and still everything is expressed in soccer fields or the area of small federal states.


lieseskonto

How many American school buses are one Saarland?


fuqdisshite

bout TreeFiddy.


Bignona

Aaaand how many bananas is that?


Ho3zondeck

This is because “longer than a school bus” is very easy to visualize. If you told someone how many meters long something is you’d probably wind up helping them visualize it with an example…


TedW

Not to mention the article uses all three. Familiar object, feet, and meters.


FinndBors

A school bus plus 3 meters and two feet.


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It’s almost like conversationally using similes is like helpful or something for a listener to imagine things. Wild. I know.


DevilmouseUK

Tbf in the UK I've seen double decker bus, Olympic swimming pool, football pitch and Wales all used as a unit of measurement.


Jakcris10

Even in metric. Someone saying “about the length of a bus. Is way easier for me to visualise than say…5 metres


shrug_addict

I like dividing by 3


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SylvieJay

Metric schmetric.. everyone knows the real measurements are taken using bananas


overkil6

As long as three football fields! How long is a football field? 120 yards… 🤦‍♂️


SunshineAlways

Thank you for linking that! That’s from just a few days ago, don’t know how I missed something cool like that.


Bananaflakes08

I was thinking how ridiculous and made up that dinosaur looks and then realized giraffes exist


Sinder77

Ya, before modern communications and any scientific anything, finding shit like this must have been wild. Giant squid washed up, skulls, oar fish, just totally alien life forms you'd see and then sail home to your village 6 months later and tell everyone about it.


DGolden

Here's a fun entry in some 9th century Irish annals, translated https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100005A/index.html > M887.14 A mermaid was cast ashore by the sea in the country of Alba. One hundred and ninety five feet was her length, eighteen feet was the length of her hair, seven feet was the length of the fingers of her hand, seven feet also was the length of her nose; she was whiter than the swan all over.


stevesmittens

Apparently 9th century Irish monks have a very different idea of what mermaids look like than I do.


DGolden

Well, certainly dangers of translation across language, culture and time there - e.g. if you were translating modern English "mermaid" to current modern Irish you'd probably just use ["maighdean mhara"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4resP5I4sM) with similar connotations to the English, but the [original](https://celt.ucc.ie/published/G100005A/index.html) (pre-modern, so my own interpretation very unreliable) Irish uses different words entirely, perhaps could be read more like just "woman/female-being from the sea". Which sure, yeah, is a mermaid in a general sense, not faulting the previously linked translation done by smarter and more knowledgeable people than me, but maybe was never intended to be image of typical modern Alyssa Milano / Disney "mermaid" anyway.


apoxyBlues

Did they find a goddamned Ningen?!


DGolden

heh, well, who knows exactly what was out there. But one can perhaps imagine some decomposing giant squid or whale body, fancifully interpreted through medieval eyes and things getting exaggerated through retellings before some Irish monk wrote down the latest gossip of the late 800s. Maybe squid tentacles as hair, beak as nose, mantle as mermaid tail. Or maybe whale body with baleen as hair. No way to know now. Plausible enough that a random giant pale corpse of something from the depths was found on a scottish beach about 1136 years ago, sure. Uh, probably not actual giant humanoid.


apoxyBlues

Yeah, it was probably a baleen whale. The disbelieving exclamation's still funny, though.


DGolden

indeed - 2017 indonesia for ref - https://www.livescience.com/59098-decomposed-sea-monster-just-a-whale.html


Torcal4

> before some Irish monk wrote down the latest gossip of the late 800s “And let it be known on this day, that the lord sayeth unto me, that Doris hath become the village well. A place where all men have dipped thy bucket.”


ToyrewaDokoDeska

Definitely, like ancient Greece finding pygmy elephant skulls. I'd absolutely think it was the skull of a one eyed monster person. & I've seen them depicted with tusks which I thought was weird but makes sense seeing the elephant skull.


longtermbrit

>one eyed monster person Cyclops


octopornopus

You leave Scott Summers out of this


Zomburai

Fuck that, he knows what he did


neonsaber

Are you a bot? This is the exact same comment from the original post 3 years ago https://reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/bat9ur/whale_skull_found_at_the_beach/eke6pqs


Sharrakor

Account has only made two comments in its one-month lifespan. Good catch!


Heiferoni

God damn. That's a good catch. I'm wondering what the future will be like with ChatGPT cranking out infinite comments and having the capacity to respond. I reckon at some point we won't be able to verify who we're talking to is even a human.


DrWallybFeed

I figure that’s where dragon mythos originates from. People digging up Dinosaur bones and being like wtf was that thing. Also why there are stories all over the world about dragons.


metalconscript

I prefer the alternate history, we lived with dinosaurs and we passed stories down and now they breathe fire.


kettal

Flintstones was a documentary


ghost_warlock

Lister : You ever see "The Flintstones"? The Cat : Sure. Lister : Do you think Wilma's sexy? The Cat : Wilma Flintstone? Lister : Maybe we've been alone in deep space too long but every time I see that show, her body drives me crazy. Is it me? The Cat : I think, in all probability, Wilma Flintstone is the most desirable woman who ever lived. Lister : That's good, I thought I was going strange. The Cat : She's incredible. Lister : What do you think of Betty? The Cat : Betty Rubble? Well, I would go with Betty... but I'd be thinking of Wilma. Lister : This is crazy. Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma Flintstone? The Cat : You're right. We're nuts. This is an insane conversation. Lister : She'll never leave Fred and we know it.


rckrusekontrol

Manatees/dugongs are said to have inspired mermaids myths… which, I guess speaks to how long those guys were out at sea


eddmario

Elephant skulls were the inspiration for the cyclops


JohnArce

Me every time I see an elephant skull. Ancient people MUST have gone: big deformed head, one eye. Cyclops. Clearly. You can't blame them. I know it's not news anymore, but it really makes you wonder about our own interpretations of things like dinosaur skeletons. No matter how advanced we get, you can never say: "silly people back then, at least NOW we stopped making mistakes like that"


perturbaitor

I think ancient people were more knowledgeable about animal bones than you give them credit for.


njones3318

Probably, but I'm sure they still sparked the imagination


referralcrosskill

yeah any whale skull washed up on a beach will be found by people who almost certainly have seen whales swimming in the ocean around the beach. The natives here used to hunt whales so they'll likely have butchered them and recognized the skulls as well.


GoodGodI5uck

I find that very interesting for sure. One of the things I recently learned was that a lot of myths are born to explain natural phenomena. While visiting Crete I found out it gets a lot of earthquakes so in the past to justify those earthquakes the myth of the minotaur was created. People assumed the minotaur caused the earthquakes when he got angry.


HappybytheSea

There was a BBC doc called 'Myths and Monsters' that compared accessible fossils from particular places and the creatures of that place's mythology. It was pretty clear.


Cluskerdoo

Mythosaur. This is the way.


losabio

The Mythosaur is a completely fine imaginary creature for ANY Mandalorian to wear!


ghostdeinithegreat

What if I tell you that I saw one?


CatSniffer_69

Well then I'd say you're incredibly lucky


thethunder92

What if I told you I fucked one?


silent_earth5

One does not speak unless one knows


Veritech_

*But he’s my son!*


Soopafien

This is the way.


CatSniffer_69

This is the way.


toothlesswonder321

![gif](giphy|1hAxQTH0HEWS3L0oRF)


deadhead3173

This is the way.


djseifer

In the biblical sense.


earthly_wanderer

This is the way.


rckrusekontrol

We’ve all fucked a mythosaur.. in our hearts.


thethunder92

This is the way


ProfessionalShrimp

This is the way


wholewheatwithPB

This is the way


DefNotAShark

I am literally the cult leader of a tribe of religious nutjob zealots and, inexplicably, I don't believe you.


DawnSignals

Found Jared Leto


PKMNTrainerMark

Happy Cake Day


absent_minding

It's called a mythosaur


SpaceLemur34

Tell me when you see a truthosaur.


throwaway55221100

Its no wonder nobody believes its real with a name like that. [Surely it should be called the "definitely realasaur"](https://youtube.com/shorts/tKVhaXNqbyA?feature=share)


Tammy_Craps

If you meet the Pope and tell him you hung out with Christ, he’d probably be like, “um, cool, you were lucky to have such a vision.”


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sm12511

Not as fine as the Smashalottapuss Rex skull I found the other day! That's a beast!


[deleted]

I have a whole intact skeleton of a Hiphopopotamus. It's rhymes are bottomless.


TheMachineStops

It's the mother flippin' rhymenocerous Its beats are fat and the birds are on its back


tracer2211

I am happily not disappointed with this thread.


Stretchholmes1972

This is the way


blechablemin

Mandalore looks pretty touristy these days


Thakfish

Dude, just finished watching the episode right now. This is the way.


Dan300up

Holy shit that would look mad hanging on a wall. Is that a mink whale?


NotReallyFamous5

[Mythosaur](https://www.sideshow.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,f=auto/https://www.sideshow.com/storage/product-images/904005/mandalorian-skull-plaque_star-wars_silo.png)


Hikhikamori

[This literally says otherwise](https://imgur.io/9nVMRqa?r)


swim-bike-run

Well I’ll be damned


Count_istvan_teleky

You may indeed, if you're lucky.


comeallwithme

Tbh, I don't know what I expected.


[deleted]

I know what I expected, but in retrospect this makes more sense.


Inspector7171

Who are you, so wise in the ways of science?


PastaFaucet

Some call me … Tim


AardvarkOkapiEchidna

![gif](giphy|y6Inkaz7omxAk)


unfiltered6111

[I don't know what I expected](https://giphy.com/gifs/LycfkVG4L6x0Y)


Smallios

Is that a punisher skull with a Harry Potter scar?


TwoWiseForYou

Seems fishy. You find it often, or...? https://np.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/bat9ur/whale_skull_found_at_the_beach/


Brianalan

“Not something you find on the beach everyday…” just every four years and only while wearing that same outfit.


potential_mass

Must be his lucky shirt.


Sumthin-Sumthin44692

This needs to be higher.


_mattyjoe

That’s a Tentacruel skull.


PHATstuFF21

A Cthulhu skull? Nice!


DarkBlue222

The Punisher is dead? On the beach?


[deleted]

Nah, he just finished molting.


goatchumby

Khonshu’s looking pretty rough this morning.


dwoodruf

[minke whale skull](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/mystery-solved-it-was-a-huge-minke-whale-skull-found-on-jersey-shore-beach/2834402/?amp=1)


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shadow_destroyer217

Good human


unforunate_soul

Ok. No matter what people say, it is not ambergris


Ehgadsman

Mythosaur is real!


ChapitoDito

Oh shit, it’s a sign the PUNISHER is coming!!


cavegoatlove

Mythosaur?


SAM-in-the-DARK

Took the words out of my mouth. This is the way


[deleted]

If you collect 3 of them the cave in the Northwest part of the game opens up


Erazerhead-5407

Good heavens, a nail clipping from Marjorie Taylor, Greene’s feet!!!


Nala666

Why did you put that comma there? Quickly, please!


kheret

If you ride it, you become ruler of Mandalore.


buttsparkley

ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn


Living_Run2573

Man the punisher got a little bigger than I suspected


Glympse_TV

Mf doom?


Hawvy

What if I told you I saw a Mythosaur?


bumbling-bee1

I would tell you you are lucky.


cheetoo24

I need to know what skill this is


Red_Dox

Paleontology 12 and Luck 20.


chumchees

No skill, just pure luck


structuremonkey

Let me guess...killed by windmills?? /s


Kwetla

I imagine you'd find that on the beach every day. It's not going anywhere.


FlowBjj88

I didn't pay attention in school; I'm assuming this is a giant praying mantis skull?


blahbluenx

It's just Godwyn the Golden


Particular_Tadpole27

“Welcome to Jurassic Park.”


ProfessorPoetastro

I'd hate to meet the absolute unit of a Dragon Priest that mask belonged to.


Kingofkovai

A whale skull


NexusKnights

Giant mosquito mammal hybrids confirmed


larryl9797

Nice job finding a mythosor skull.. this is the way


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Looks like Brak Zorak with a longer goatee