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Is this a vertebra? (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 7 months ago by MrQuallzin to c/whatisthisthing

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Pacific Northwest, southern Washington. Found during a walk in the woods

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear 48 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Cross section cut of a cow leg bone from a roast.

[–] MrQuallzin 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is what we're leaning towards. Either cow or pig after looking at some pictures. Just such a weird thing to find in the woods!

[–] Retrograde 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

These are probably dog treats

Source: used to give them to my big pup when I was a kid :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

They sell them cut like that as dog treats, with the hole packed with food. Probably either dragged out as a treat for some camper's dog or scavenged by wildlife and abandoned when the good stuff was gone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Definitely looks like a ~~vertebra~~.

Nah it’s a cow leg bone cut like @ChonkyOwlbear said. Vertebra don’t have marrow cavities like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'd put it back.

[–] superfes 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bone's haunted?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I don't know, it just sends shivers down my spine.