Notidanodon Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 I found this in an area where I was hunting flint corals it reminded me of a goat horn but I saw no goats on the tiny island what could tell me if it is fossilised or not thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 I would say it looks like it's from a toothed whale, but I don't know if that is possible where you are hunting. Maybe modern. Perhaps a leftover from the whaling heydays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 Whaling in the Mediterranean? I didn’t know whales exist there 1 hour ago, caldigger said: I would say it looks like it's from a toothed whale, but I don't know if that is possible where you are hunting. Maybe modern. Perhaps a leftover from the whaling heydays. n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 12 hours ago, will stevenson said: Whaling in the Mediterranean? I didn’t know whales exist there n Eight different species of whales and dolphins live in the Pelagos Sanctuary in the north-western Mediterranean Sperm whale (Physeter catodon) ... Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) ... Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) ... Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) ... Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris), etc. And there may have been more in cooler climes. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: Eight different species of whales and dolphins live in the Pelagos Sanctuary in the north-western Mediterranean Sperm whale (Physeter catodon) ... Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) ... Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) ... Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) ... Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris), etc. And there may have been more in cooler climes. Thanks that’s more interesting than a goat horn! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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