Please identify ?
Submitted by Brad vandenende on Fri, 2012-11-09 08:33
Does any one know what this is it was found yesterday under mandurah bridge. It's 1 meter in length and about 400 wide with a hard shell like structure on the top ?
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luke t
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Sounds peculiar ... But
Sounds peculiar ... But there's no picture!!??
Daniel Y
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Lol. No pic mate, but from
Lol. No pic mate, but from that description i'd say it's a turtle?
quadfisher
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Hit that with a mallett!
Worlds biggest abolone , make a great truck tyre, haha.
quadfisher
carnarvonite
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Head and Legs
Did it have at head and tail poking out at each end and two legs on each side, if so , you've caught Mertle the Turtle!!!
Brad vandenende
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sorry guys the pics woudnt
sorry guys the pics woudnt upload from my phone plz take a second look....... it would be one of the strangest things i have every seen
sea-kem
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This is a job for our man
This is a job for our man from the museum.
Love the West!
carnarvonite
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Turtle
My guess would be a turtle thats been dead for quite a while by the look of it and on the nose as well
Brock O
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Seal Carcuss
Phucken strange though!!
You cant delete some things, by far the most stupid comment i have ever posted.
tim-o
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Looks like an old nappy with
Looks like an old nappy with a mega explosion in it hahaha
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Buz
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Smooth or Black Stingray with
Smooth or Black Stingray with its wings and tail cut off.
Rig
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Stingray
I am with buz, a stingray with the wings and tail removed
scotto
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Deflapped ray
Cooked to perfection, hence the hard crust on top.
Michael Yoni
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That's what my wife cooks me
That's what my wife cooks me each night.
squidder
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Flaps
and 3" pipe, a few whacks and bingo , we have Ab rings----------spot on Buz
Uluabuster
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Need to call in the csi team
Need to call in the csi team to do some post mortem...
Daniel Y
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Yeah have to agree with the
Yeah have to agree with the above, looks like a smooth ray carcass to me.
Fins and tail chopped off..
Glenn Moore
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agree
I agree that it looks like a butchered ray. The mouth was a give away, but Daniel's picture hits the mark.
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Brad vandenende
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Thanx guys very helpfull I
Thanx guys very helpfull I apriciate it