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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @danielle-manley – Is this more than one specimen? How were you able to identify it as a dugong?
@jeanette-pirlo may be able to confirm your identification.
Def a dugong rib. you can even see some boaring clam holes in the second picture! Anyway, it’s dugong because if you look at the third image, you don’t see any of the spongy bone tissue, which is true for dugongs. Since they are literal balls of fat, they need to have very dense bones to help them sink and swim. As dugongs are bottom feeders…[Read more]
Thanks, @jeanette-pirlo!