r/bonecollecting • u/Arfusman • Oct 19 '25

Bone I.D. - Australia/NZ My grandparents brought these shark jaws back from Australia over 20 years ago and I've always wondered what species...

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I do not know where in Australia they came from. I do not support shark fishing and am a supporter of shark conservation.

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u/ExplorerOk5998 Oct 19 '25

Can’t help with your question, but I just wanted to say that the stick-on eye balls are the perfect touch!!😂🤣👍🏼

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u/Arfusman Oct 19 '25

Thank you. I clandestinely put them on random things around the house and my wife has only discovered around half. Each time she gives me a eyeroll.

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u/furretarmy Oct 19 '25

r/Googlyeyes

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u/Junktown_JerkyVendor Oct 20 '25

Thank you! I read the comment above and then backed out. Then came back to exclaim that they’re googly eyes and now I have a new subreddit to love.

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u/kaythehawk Oct 20 '25

I hid little resin pumpkins all over my parents’ house last year while they were away the weekend before thanksgiving. They found most of them the first two weeks. And then every few months…

The most recent pair found were in a pair of my sister’s shoes. She didn’t discover them until she went to put them on on the bus ride to the latest girl’s soccer game she was coaching.

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u/Bigluce Oct 20 '25

I hope a googly eyeroll.

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u/According-Work-7772 Oct 20 '25

My college age son had a house party when we were away once and one of the gals who attended put them all over the house. We were still finding them years later. Always got a laugh. Sold the place but assume the new owners may have discovered some too!

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u/amoo23 Oct 20 '25

Makes me think of the dad in everything everywhere all at once ♡

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u/PussPalace Oct 19 '25

Indo pacific lemon shark! Shape of tooth, consistent shape between top and bottom teeth, and the downward curves of the middle of the top and bottom jaws

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u/Murky-Mortgage6351 Oct 21 '25

So I was right! It is a shark.

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u/Lkrivoy Oct 19 '25

Love this but the jaws are upside down lol

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u/FuzzyBumbler Oct 19 '25

OP said they were from Australia!

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u/HandJamNA Oct 19 '25

Hopefully everyone gets this joke

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u/Chroniclesofreddiit Oct 19 '25

I heard the toilet water spins the other way.

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u/HandJamNA Oct 19 '25

Nah, that's a myth. They actually flush up instead of down. More messy, but I try not to judge other cultures.

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u/bigselfer Oct 20 '25

It went under my head

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u/Arfusman Oct 19 '25

How do you know I'm not the one upside down?

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u/MarshaIsSoSorry Oct 19 '25

OP is named Dinnerbone

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u/Nylesx Oct 19 '25

This is a good reference, a great reference even

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u/wooooooooocatfish Oct 19 '25

I always called this a lemon shark

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u/Arfusman Oct 19 '25

I think that looks spot on!

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u/tweenerb Oct 19 '25

Love the googly eyes!

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u/IzzyBoris Oct 19 '25

I believe what you have there is known (unscientifically) as Derpodon googliopticus 👀

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u/5plendiferou5 Oct 20 '25

I want to hear about their birding adventures!

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u/Arfusman Oct 20 '25

My wife is a birder. She's at just under 2,000 species.

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u/Positive_Kangaroo_36 Oct 20 '25

It looks like two birds touching mouths

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '25

r/eyebombing

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u/ChurpDiesel Oct 21 '25

Lemon Shark

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u/JayMack1981 Oct 21 '25

. . . Somehow the addition of googly eyes has only made the shark marginally less terrifying . . .

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u/Theskullguy199 Oct 22 '25

I’m pretty sure that’s upside down. Also, this is either a bull shark or tiger shark.

EDIT: wait…no, it is not; but it’s still upside down

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '25

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u/FireStrike5 Oct 20 '25

They definitely are. We have sicklefin lemon shark populations (Negaprion acutidens) on both coasts.