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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“I believe the male raccoon has a similar bone.”

Yes it does. Hunters used to make “Ivory toothpicks” out of them. When I started reading I thought that maybe this actually was a relative of the raccoon like panda bears but it does appear to be a real bear.


39 posted on 06/05/2019 5:49:18 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: CrazyIvan; Ruy Dias de Bivar
Re: “I believe the male raccoon has a similar bone.”

Yes it does. Hunters used to make “Ivory toothpicks” out of them.

Hunters are weird people. Well, at least these hunters anyway.

41 posted on 06/05/2019 5:54:10 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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