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Old 08-06-2008, 07:08 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by DianaB View Post
I don't think that it's nose is a beak. I think that it's nose has deterioriated off and you are looking at the skull.

Check out the teeth in this picture against your picture. Also look at the slope on the nose of the skull.

http://www.skullsite.co.uk/Racoon/racoon.htm
I still have no idea....I really don't think it's a raccoon though, do you really? The snout just doesn't seem narrow enough or something. I guess this is just one of three that have been found..one looks a little like a pigs snout, but it's not.
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