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We found this skull on our property in Cobb Island, Maryland. It was in the brush on a slope that goes down to the Potomac River. Any guesses what type of animal this is?
There is an old oak tree where the slope meets the lawn, above where we found the skull, that has a wooden marker with "Babe" carved in it. We always assumed that a dog named Babe was buried under the tree. Here we have a skull found nearby and we are wondering if this is Babe and if Babe was a dog!
Any opinions welcome! This house is over 100 years old and has a lot of history.
We have one that looks very much like that in our yard (garden decoration). It's roughly a foot in length even with the broken snout end, and were told it belonged to a wild pig. Is there any sign of tusk holes on the upper jaw?
Interesting! And thank you. There are actually no deer on this island so it must have washed up a long time ago.
Deer can swim, so they were probably on the island at some point recently (or at least this one was). A skull would sink and would likely get pretty beat up if it were knocked along a river bottom, so I would guess that it's less likely that the skull washed up.
Deer will show up in places you wouldn't believe. These 2 are moving on up to Sausalito, they were probably hanging out in the Presidio. I'll bet there are are several deer on your island year round but thye blend in so well you rarely see them.
It's interesting because the water has not been that high since Hurricane Isabel in 2003. The slope ends at a sea wall, which is about 5 feet, then we have some shoreline. Hurricane Isabel brought about 10-15 feet of water rise which washed out our dock and boat house. The flooding could have washed up the skull. That is the only event that would wash a skull up to the slope. Another scenario is a young deer died there, or the flood carried the carcass, which is less likely without us noticing it. Thanks for the feedback!
I just used Google Earth and saw that you are only about a tenth of a mile from the mainland. I personally witnessed deer swimming one quarter of a mile. They will do things like that - especially if a dog or coyote is chasing them.
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