<![CDATA[Can anyone help with identifying this object please?]]>Can anyone help with identifying this object please? Found on a beach in Fife, Scotland. Itโ€™s very light, definitely not a stone. I was wondering if it could be part of the spine of a cetacean?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b9e06e10-8ce9-4b62-b37d-9ffdfcea87cb/can-anyone-help-with-identifying-this-object-pleaseRSS for NodeWed, 03 Jun 2026 10:10:44 GMTThu, 14 May 2026 15:09:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Fri, 15 May 2026 06:34:18 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl Cool find indeed!

Also, FWIW, real keys can be made from pictures of keysโ€ฆ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/roens/statuses/116577196979044336https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/roens/statuses/116577196979044336Fri, 15 May 2026 06:34:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Fri, 15 May 2026 05:52:12 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl looks kinda like the bones of some coral species. Also reminds me of a sand dollar.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://merveilles.town/users/cathos/statuses/116577031470808130https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://merveilles.town/users/cathos/statuses/116577031470808130Fri, 15 May 2026 05:52:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 22:42:11 GMT]]>@sebastian @thebaywindowgirl I agree, looks like the epiphysis of a whale vertebra. From a younger individual, where they are not fused with the main bone of the vertebra.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jakobtougaard/statuses/116575340552631885https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jakobtougaard/statuses/116575340552631885Thu, 14 May 2026 22:42:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 21:39:35 GMT]]>@STimmchen @thebaywindowgirl

I would've guessed coral. Still cool, though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/xenophora/statuses/116575094380436970https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/xenophora/statuses/116575094380436970Thu, 14 May 2026 21:39:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 21:31:49 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl @qpocooriginal

Is it known whether the identification by this auction house is correct?
that it s and not ?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.cc/users/sebastian/statuses/116575063869991873https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.cc/users/sebastian/statuses/116575063869991873Thu, 14 May 2026 21:31:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 21:25:56 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl

it resembles what you find as

whale vertebrae discs -

though i cant say if the images shown here are authentic or verified.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Whale+vertebrae+Disc&iar=images&t=ffab

experts needed -

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.cc/users/sebastian/statuses/116575040755784401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.cc/users/sebastian/statuses/116575040755784401Thu, 14 May 2026 21:25:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 20:58:53 GMT]]>@sheepnik @helenclayton Fair point.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/116574934359501370https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/116574934359501370Thu, 14 May 2026 20:58:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 20:34:33 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl @PaoloViscardi might be able to help ID it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://8bitorbust.info/users/dtl/statuses/116574838657544936https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://8bitorbust.info/users/dtl/statuses/116574838657544936Thu, 14 May 2026 20:34:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 20:20:39 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl it definitely looks like bone.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://8bitorbust.info/users/dtl/statuses/116574784021004792https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://8bitorbust.info/users/dtl/statuses/116574784021004792Thu, 14 May 2026 20:20:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 20:01:09 GMT]]>@sheepnik @thebaywindowgirl they are pretty squashy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/helenclayton/statuses/116574707348524738https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/helenclayton/statuses/116574707348524738Thu, 14 May 2026 20:01:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 19:54:28 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl @helenclayton It may have got squashed over the millennia.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/sheepnik/statuses/116574681094735388https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/sheepnik/statuses/116574681094735388Thu, 14 May 2026 19:54:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 18:59:11 GMT]]>@sheepnik @helenclayton Iโ€™d be very disappointed if someone offered me a crumpet that thin.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/116574463677549809https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/116574463677549809Thu, 14 May 2026 18:59:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 18:52:58 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl Fossilised sea sponge?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/tekguru/statuses/116574439272811045https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/tekguru/statuses/116574439272811045Thu, 14 May 2026 18:52:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 18:25:38 GMT]]>@sheepnik @thebaywindowgirl shows how we think ๐Ÿ˜…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/helenclayton/statuses/116574331733668109https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/helenclayton/statuses/116574331733668109Thu, 14 May 2026 18:25:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 18:17:52 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl @helenclayton I thought it was a fossilized crumpet.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/sheepnik/statuses/116574301202802983https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/sheepnik/statuses/116574301202802983Thu, 14 May 2026 18:17:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 18:16:08 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl it definitely looks like a spinal bone of some sort. But I don't know enough for a positive Id of the species. The fact that it is round the way it is makes me think that it is very weathered and thus more difficult to identify.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://esperanto.masto.host/users/Mahxiac/statuses/116574294435946055https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://esperanto.masto.host/users/Mahxiac/statuses/116574294435946055Thu, 14 May 2026 18:16:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 18:15:25 GMT]]>@helenclayton If only ๐Ÿ˜‹

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/116574291601871963https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/116574291601871963Thu, 14 May 2026 18:15:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:11:19 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl macaron? ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/helenclayton/statuses/116574039516713989https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/helenclayton/statuses/116574039516713989Thu, 14 May 2026 17:11:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:57:03 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl Iโ€™d guess at dolphin epiphyseal disc?

Youโ€™d need to ask a zoologist about the functional adaptations of the ancestral spine to living in water rather than land re weightbearing etc.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/BashStKid/statuses/116573983447757713https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/BashStKid/statuses/116573983447757713Thu, 14 May 2026 16:57:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:40:39 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl I've read the it could be any kind of marine mammal such as a a whale or a dolphin but that at that size probably a young mammal. If that adds...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/ChaHarper/statuses/116573918980136175https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/ChaHarper/statuses/116573918980136175Thu, 14 May 2026 16:40:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:05:15 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl Not an expert at all. But to me it looks like some kind of sponge. ๐Ÿค”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedifreu.de/ap/users/116035392060081726/statuses/116573779780836914https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedifreu.de/ap/users/116035392060081726/statuses/116573779780836914Thu, 14 May 2026 16:05:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:19:05 GMT]]>@qpocooriginal Ooh, thank you. Thatโ€™s the thing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/116573598204561931https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/thebaywindowgirl/statuses/116573598204561931Thu, 14 May 2026 15:19:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone help with identifying this object please? on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:17:24 GMT]]>@thebaywindowgirl
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/fossilized-humpback-whale-1817036970

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/users/qpocooriginal/statuses/116573591632058977https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/users/qpocooriginal/statuses/116573591632058977Thu, 14 May 2026 15:17:24 GMT