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rjmorris:

I was at a party this weekend and met a couple who were befuddled by the picture above. It was found on a beach in Montauk-not far from Plum Island Animal Research Facilities. Coincidence? I don’t know. But if anyone has any idea what what the FUCK this thing is, please let me know.

Okay, so I’ve been working on this on and off throughout the day. I’ve called and sent emails to a number of University zoology departments and the Bronx Zoo and the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. So far, only Seattle has gotten back to me with the following response:

“This is tough due to 1) not knowing the overall size, 2) the advanced state of decomposition, and 3) only having one position to view it from. A couple keepers also looked at this and couldn’t give an ID. Our photographer looked at it and there may be evidence of some Photoshopping as well. So unfortunately we don’t even want to hazard a guess at this point. It could be a domestic dog or cat that has had it’s skull anatomy altered through trama or decomposition, or an exotic species that someone was keeping as a pet, or just a faked photo, but it’s just not possible to positively ID with the info at hand.”