What The Hell Is This?

[CFC]

They are members of the shark family but they still have a skeleton, its just made of cartilage instead of bone, the bones do look fairly soft and transparent.

 

[peter22UK]

could it be from a baby seal?

 

[Colin_T]

could it be from a baby seal?

nope, seals have arms and legs like people. They have just been shortened and modified a bit. But the skeleton is similar to most mammals with a pelvis and shoulders, arms, etc. They also have teeth and a deeper skull.

 

[kubora666]

could it be from a baby seal?

nope, seals have arms and legs like people. They have just been shortened and modified a bit. But the skeleton is similar to most mammals with a pelvis and shoulders, arms, etc. They also have teeth and a deeper skull.

if its a baby seal it couldve been trying to escape norway (they club baby seals as a sport)
could be a monkfish or something bottomdwelling of that kind, or as i said before congereel

 

[Piltdownpaul]

It could be Lord Lucan!

 

[Dad]

Well, so far I would agree with some people's suggestions that it's some sort of flatfish. I'm emailing the pictures to the Natural History Museum to see exactly what it is!

 

[drewry]

id say a conger eel

 

[andywg]

if its a baby seal it couldve been trying to escape norway (they club baby seals as a sport)

No they don't.

All seal hunting in Norway (which is opened up to tourists) is by rifle.

Also, if you look at the scientific studies, a well trained person using the hakpik is the most humane method of population control. The biggest problems are with a lack of training, rather than using a club.

 

[jourdy288]

if its a baby seal it couldve been trying to escape norway (they club baby seals as a sport)

No they don't.

All seal hunting in Norway (which is opened up to tourists) is by rifle.

Also, if you look at the scientific studies, a well trained person using the hakpik is the most humane method of population control. The biggest problems are with a lack of training, rather than using a club.

I have to disagree, a hakpik is very terrible, the worst way for a seal to die (almost, there's worst) but I strongly discourage seal hunting altogether. As a matter of fact, hunting seals has no use (with the exception of survival situations) and it's really just a bad idea period, considering most sharks need them as a food source.

 

[drewry]

ok i admit its my ex wife she was a bit ov a dragon lmao

 

[andywg]

I have to disagree, a hakpik is very terrible, the worst way for a seal to die (almost, there's worst) but I strongly discourage seal hunting altogether. As a matter of fact, hunting seals has no use (with the exception of survival situations) and it's really just a bad idea period, considering most sharks need them as a food source.

If the Hakpik is so bad, why do almost all the veterinary studies agree it is the most humane way? Even the WWF instigated report in 2005 agreed that when the hakpik is used correctly it is the most humane method.

Seriously, read the veterinary reports on seal hunting, then discuss whether the hakpik is bad or not. To quote the above 2005 report:

Perception of the seal hunt seems to be based largely on emotion, and on visual images that are often difficult even for experienced observers to interpret with certainty.

 

[Dad]

A hakapik is a club, of Norwegian design, used for killing seals. The hakapik is a multipurpose hunting tool—a heavy wooden club, with a hammer head (used to crush a seal's skull), and a hook (used to drag away the carcass) on the end. In Norway, and possibly elsewhere the hakapik is often used to kill seals, while a rifle is used to kill most individuals.[1] The Hakapik is also used to ensure that shot seals are actually dead.

I'm pretty unconvinced this is a seal What's more, it smells alot like fish!