Jawbone

rusty6 · Jul 20, 2020

Totally off topic but I wondered if anybody here had ever seen a jawbone with teeth like this? I'm assuming it might be the top jaw of a beaver but really don't know. That is one long tooth and it was red on one side. I found it on the ground in the field I was spraying. Beavers are plentiful there and its about the only likely animal I can think would have teeth that long.

Janicholson · Jul 20, 2020

Absolutely a beaver I hav 4 of them in my office to discuss and show about natures dam builders. Jim

rusty6 · Jul 20, 2020

(quoted from post at 11:14:35 07/20/20) Absolutely a beaver I hav 4 of them in my office to discuss and show about natures dam builders. Jim

Thanks.. I did not realize their teeth got that long. This looked like a wild boar tusk. So much longer than the other teeth.

Janicholson · Jul 21, 2020

Google "Xray of a beaver jaw" they grow at the same rate they wear down from their wood chewing activity. Both upper, and lower form in circular sockets that start way
back in the bone. Pretty radical strength to cut the chips they do out of hardwood trees. Jim

K Effective · Jul 21, 2020

Absolutely a beaver; I have 4 of them in my office. Jim

Wadda ya feed them beavers in your office, Jim? :wink:

Janicholson · Jul 21, 2020

Dead dried out and picked up next to the milk river in north central Montana. Pay attention to beavers, they have teeth. Jim

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