i found this bone while digging along a stream bank.

i was redirecting the flow of the stream and i was digging into some sand/gravel and i hit a hard spot about 7 inches down, so i grabbed it thinking it was a stick but it was really hard, i pulled it out and it was a bone.

any ideas what kind of bone this is and what animal it came from?

i'm thinking it is either the femur of humerus of a small to medium sized mammal.

Hoffa

Lindbergh baby

Colt McCoy

sometimes i just dont understand you guys......

but i did find out its a humerus and its in the "recent bone" stage of fossilization, and its most likely from a white tailed deer, and possibly a peccary.

In laymans terms, is the humerus bone the same as the funny bone?

In laymans terms, is the humerus bone the same as the funny bone?

uppermost forelimb bone

Steve Fossett?

In laymans terms, is the humerus bone the same as the funny bone?

uppermost forelimb bone

This gets 2

this gets a WTH :-??

In laymans terms, is the humerus bone the same as the funny bone?

uppermost forelimb bone

You mean like this?

Messing with Dave is so fun...

Those are some really funny responses.  ;D ;D ;D

I'll try to be serious though...

It's too short to be a deer. It looks like a bone from a short-legged dog breed to me. It does look old, but I'm not a good judge, especially by photo. Native people did have domestic dogs. Maybe it's not that old though. You could email the photos to an archeologist at a nearby university, someone who works on sites in your region. I've done that before.

Oh Dave doesn't know what a Colt McCoy is...

;D ;D

you guys get the Saavedra Genuine Seal of Suck....

                                                                           

                                                                           seriously...

Paul Roberts,

the humerus of a deer isn't really all that long. here are a few photos:

http://www.science-art.com/gallery/58/58_6272003234051.jpg

I was wondering where I left that!

- Here's an arm.

 

                 

Here's a leg.

 

                 

Here's a wing.

 

                 

What do you like, the leg or the wing?

Or you still prefer the hearts and lungs?

;D

Where's Raul? Maybe he knows.

This  may come from an ancient ritual dancing grounds and may be associated with the mans first attempt at doing the

HOOKIE POKY! You know ; You put your right leg in!

perhaps they went a little overboard that first  night

You're a sick man Mudster....

No response only laughter here

I am willing to say it is either a chupacabra or bigfoot.

                          -sm

Sure looks like a deer humerus to me now!

Well it definately is not a T-Rex.

Years ago I had a bone about that size, but it has since withered away.   :'(