Comments on: Bizarre Baffin Skull

By: Wesker

Wesker — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:54:33 +0000

It might be a new kind of dino.

By: Wesker

Wesker — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:52:48 +0000

The photo looks alot like a deer skull that was regrowing its horns or some kind of dear.

By: DWA

DWA — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:05:15 +0000

Based on former occupancy of the general area in which this skull was found, I might be inclined to vote saiga (or something related) as well.

By: rubberice

rubberice — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:19:38 +0000

This image shows a Saiga Antelope with significant variation in the shape of the horns. Maybe this scull had one antler that grew inward.

Jay

By: rubberice

rubberice — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:15:06 +0000

My vote is for the Siaga Antelope based on the image in this link.

Jay

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:53:20 +0000

#9
This isn’t the way antlers grow (or at least not from my experience as a deer hunter).
These definitely seem to indicate horns with the outer keratin layer having dropped away (as Loren pointed out in #6). Look at an old, weathered cow skull as an example.
Antlers start out as small, velvet covered nubs. The velvet stays on as the antlers grow and branch, and then the velvet is rubbed away, revealing the bony antlers. But these are eventually shed and either gnawed on by mice and bugs or picked up by children, hunters or other outdoorspeople.
My guess is some sort of antelope.

By: jayman

jayman — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:48:04 +0000

Something of the antelope family makes sense, if not specifically a saiga. A member of the Pronghorn group could be a possibility. They are related to antelopes, and have the permanent bony core, but shed the horny sheath.

By: Toirtis

Toirtis — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:12:26 +0000

“Ceroill Says:
Hmm. Intrigueing. I followed the link to the CBS story, but could only find one picture there. The same picture as shown above.”

Look to the right and up near the top of the page, just below the Inukshuk. Just below that pic is a link to a radio interview with the man who found the thing.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:15:27 +0000

Hmm. Intrigueing. I followed the link to the CBS story, but could only find one picture there. The same picture as shown above. Still, it is interesting. Thanks Loren.

By: snake5007

snake5007 — Wed, 31 May 2006 21:56:25 +0000

how old is it?