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Mysterious skull identified after washing up on New Jersey beach
Accu Weather ^
| Jun. 3, 2021 2:13 PM EDT
| Adriana Navarro,
Posted on 06/03/2021 3:27:25 PM PDT by deport
Part of a massive animal skull washed up on a New Jersey beach on Memorial Day after a storm passed through the area, and authorities have finally solved the mystery as to what it is.
On Tuesday, the Island Beach State Park, in Berkeley Township, New Jersey, posted photos on Facebook of a massive skull with a beak shape some found to be reminiscent of a long-extinct dinosaur.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Island Beach State Park confirmed that it was the ventral, or lower, jaw and skull of a minke whale.
(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: extinct; whale
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posted on
06/03/2021 3:27:25 PM PDT
by
deport
To: deport
Do you have a licaunse for the minke?
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posted on
06/03/2021 3:32:11 PM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(I'll be good, I will, I will!)
To: deport
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posted on
06/03/2021 3:32:54 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: deport
Knew it was a whale at first glance
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posted on
06/03/2021 3:36:03 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: deport
A minke whale....how exciting...Is it an endangered species...should we block off 2 million acres of ocean??
To: FroggyTheGremlim
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posted on
06/03/2021 3:36:28 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: deport
To: FroggyTheGremlim
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posted on
06/03/2021 3:44:18 PM PDT
by
bwest
To: deport
Who was so indescribably stupid as to think "dinosaur"?
Had to be a Democrat.
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posted on
06/03/2021 3:46:12 PM PDT
by
jonascord
(First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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posted on
06/03/2021 3:51:51 PM PDT
by
deport
( )
To: deport
Minke whales are a very vocal species. In an earlier life working in airborne sonar we heard their distinctive songs all the time.
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posted on
06/03/2021 3:58:36 PM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me! )
To: deport
This Brooklyn animal went missing a long time ago
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posted on
06/03/2021 4:02:44 PM PDT
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: deport
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posted on
06/03/2021 4:04:09 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: ifinnegan
I was thinking baleen type whale right off.
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posted on
06/03/2021 4:05:00 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: All
My wife always wanted a Minke stole for some reason. I don’t guess that was retrievable though.
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posted on
06/03/2021 4:06:14 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I wish I was 14 again so I could ruin my life in a completely different way. I've got ideas.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/03/2021 4:06:20 PM PDT
by
deport
( )
To: deport
It was clearly a whale skull. If you don’t know what a whale skull looks like, that’s totally ok, but to any marine biologist or even a person who goes to a lot of museums or aquariums it’s obvious. Why not say “Whale skull washes up on beach.” The people who don’t know what a whale skull looks like will be interested, and the people who do will still be interested.
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posted on
06/03/2021 4:10:47 PM PDT
by
jz638
To: deport
That needs to be looked at by George Costanza.
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posted on
06/03/2021 4:18:59 PM PDT
by
GJones2
(Marine biologist George Costanza)
To: Vaquero
Use of the word Mysterious makes it click-bate. How about: “Mysterious Man clams to be President—moves into White House.”
“Mysterious Doctor says he has all the Covid facts.”
“Mysterious woman, declared herself Vice President.” or
“Mysterious Pollster can read the American people’s mind.”
To: FroggyTheGremlim
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posted on
06/03/2021 4:31:18 PM PDT
by
cld51860
(We’re doomed.)
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