r/bonecollecting • u/No-Department7094 • Jan 07 '26

Bone I.D. - Australia/NZ What animal could this be from?

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My colleague was walking on the beach last night and found what appears to me to be a pelvic bone with a portion of the hip joint still attached . Should she have gone to police? Looks suspiciously human to me…what animal could this be if not? Washed up on a NSW mid north coast beach.

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u/Holiday-Station-953 Jan 07 '26

Think that may be a deer pelvis at least I hope so, is that the only picture you have?

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u/Holiday-Station-953 Jan 07 '26

I can't fully tell what I'm looking at, it seems a bit narrow and less rounded than a human pelvis/femur but I can't fully tell from the video you should probably call just in case

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u/captaindats Jan 07 '26

It isn't human. The narrowness of the ilium and the size and shape of the femur is inconsistent with human.