What kind of skull is this? Bighorn sheep? Donkey? Pig?

Oilslinger · Post by **Oilslinger** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:40 am

Found this skull a little over a mile DS of orchard camp in little santa anita.
It was close to the water, so I figure it couldn't have been there too long or it would have been washed downstream last week. Or maybe that's how it got here... There were cougar tracks here, and I saw some bear scat.

And this is about where it is...

edenooch · Post by **edenooch** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:11 am

i think its a sacrificial skull

Post by **HikeUp** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:21 am

Looks like a hip bone (pelvis), not a skull.

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:31 am

HikeUp wrote:Looks like a hip bone (pelvis), not a skull.

I'd guess a female (doe) probability of 50%

No but seriously more like 75%

Oilslinger · Post by **Oilslinger** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:16 pm

Ah, show what I know about bones eh?

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:39 pm

So did you descend upper LSA from Orchard Camp to First water?

Oilslinger · Post by **Oilslinger** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:57 pm

mattmaxon wrote:So did you descend upper LSA from Orchard Camp to First water?

Nah, I just scrambled down the steep, mushy hillside from the trail, about 1/2 way between first water, and orchard camp. Coming back up was fun

I need to invest in some climbing gear...

1redforester · Post by **1redforester** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:56 pm

Not a skull. Probably a pelvis.

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:15 pm

I wanted to say something smart-ass like: rare duck-billed dinosaur skull or something out of "Spy vs Spy" cartoon. (Does anyone remember that strip from MAD magazine?)

It is unequivocally a pelvis.