Found a freaking bone in my backyard. ARGH!

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Dead cow's leg?

...how would one verify that the rest of the cow is dead...

[Tazz]

...how would one verify that the rest of the cow is dead...

Process of elimination.

Does this beef look familiar?

[cynna]

leg bone from a cow. I buy them smoked for my dogs - doesn't take them long to break them up

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Process of elimination.

Does this beef look familiar?

...thats the one I reckon...I wonder if it was a black and white cow or a brown cow...

[Banditbandit]

Any idea what/who (ARGH!) this could be from?

See pic: Attachment 291005

Mona Blades ???

[EJK]

[Maha]

Dead cow's leg?

The cow may not be dead, it could just have a slight limp now, or walking in circles?

[oldrider]

It looks like a giant funny bone to me but then again how far away is the nearest KFC?

[cc rider]

Take it to the vet or butchers for identification.


... and keep digging

[Grashopper]

Take it to the vet or butchers for identification.


... and keep digging

I've thought about the butcher, but pretty sure it wouldn't be the most food-hygienic thing to drag it into butcher's shop. Hm, maybe I'll call up a vet and see if they are ok to look at it.

At the moment it is still lying there. Didn't want to move it or throw it away, just in case. Went to the police the other day to at least report it and they said 9 out of 10 times it is sheep or cow and to come back when I find the skull, lol

Thinking about digging a bit more is creeping me out on one hand, but on the other I want to do it anyway. lol Will see

[cynna]

found this a few years ago - though it was an animal but my partner made me show the police. They had a look at the pics and made me come back and hour or so later. Had someone look at it and said it was a deer and not to worry.

The next day i got a call and had to tell them where it was. Couldn't explain it so met them at the river. 2 turned up in a 4wd and a detective car. Took them at a river and it looked so animal like it was embarresing. They thanked me anyway and said the would rather look and check thing like this out just in case. They still took it away for testing tho

[Jeff Sichoe]

It's baby Kahu!!

[PrincessBandit]

I remember finding a skull while walking along the railway tracks at the end of our road. ( Definitely animal, not human). It took me a while to figure out it was the remains of a pig's head that looked like it had been chucked over the back fence. It was still pretty gross.

[The Reibz]

Most probably came from the Mad Butcher.
Saw you a couple of weeks ago when I was down in Taupo Grasshopper. Red Spada speeding down the main drag in and out of traffic, hahaha

[leathel]

for comparison this is a Fallow leg bone, red deer is bigger but not as thick as the one you found



I would put money and the one in your garden being cow, to short for horse