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Fish skin and skull

Photo by Jack Settle
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Field Notes

Description:

This fish skull and some of the skin were found in a really dried up area where there was probably water at one point.

Habitat:

Dried up area

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Jack Settle
If it is that would be so cool! Are they native to OK?
JohnCodyPowell
Looking into it I think it may be an alligator gar judging by the size of the skull.
Jack Settle
That's what one of the other people who was with me said. I just left it at "fish" because there's no way to ID it.
Jack Settle
Maybe! My suspicion was that it had just died from lack of water (this area was pretty dry), but I have no idea.
NickIrvine1
Creepy and Cool at the same time! What a jaw he has/had on him. Do you think it may have been grabbed by an eagle or osprey and dropped there?

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PublishedJuly 9, 2013

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