this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
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What is this thing?

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I found this in French's mountains, but I'm bad at identifying bones. All measurements in centimeters.

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The vertebra's "top", horizontally. It's 5,5 cm.

Same vertebra on its side.

The vertebra's "bottom".

The vertebra's hole on its other side, we see it's very porous.

I tagged it gross but I don't now if clean bones are considered gross or not. Let me now if you now :)

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[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Vertebra? But my bone knowledge is limited to what I can catch in soup.

[–] troot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

For sure that's a vertebra, I thought I had written it but I only did it alt text 😅, but whose vertebra? I have no idea. Maybe it's something you can have in soup, there are sheeps over there but I'm not sure it matchs.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is my bone. I own it. Please give it back.

On a serious note I have no clue

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe some French politician is missing their spine?

[–] troot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nobody can find Manuel Valls' spine.

[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] troot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the website! It could be, the hole looks bigger but it may be a non-cervical vertebra.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Aw dangit, the NSFW tag had my heart rate increase, hoping to see a boner.