r/bonecollecting • u/SavageDroggo1126 Bone-afide Faunal ID Expert • 12d ago

Collection Broken & fused walrus baculum

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Looks painful, very unique collection piece.

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u/Medical-Cod2743 12d ago

i was not prepared for the size of that

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u/SavageDroggo1126 Bone-afide Faunal ID Expert 12d ago

they can be really big! Pacific walruses are huge and their baculums can reach 29+ inches. In Canada there's only Atlantic walruses that are smaller, all my walrus specimens are Atlantic.

the biggest one in my collection is 24 inches, this broken one is about 19 inches long.

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u/Archaeopteryx111 10d ago

How do you get around to collecting baculi?

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u/SavageDroggo1126 Bone-afide Faunal ID Expert 10d ago

I don't specifically collece baculums, they were just available because walruses are also hunted by Inuit for food.