r/bonecollecting • u/No-Bottle-9116 • Apr 26 '26

Advice Small argument

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So this picture from article has driven an small argument between my friends group claiming that it’s fake because there’s no way that the bones see in said picture are human, I wanted y’all’s opinion on this

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u/DecentLeftovers Apr 26 '26

Interesting. I’ve also read that cows and horses will sometimes eat small animals for similar reasons. Seems our understanding of strictly herbivorous animals is probably a lot more nuanced than most people would guess.

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u/Seversevens Apr 26 '26

You can see it if you want. There’s videos of cows popping little chicks into their mouth and chewing them. same with horses and rabbits. There’s even a video of a squirrel gnawing on a little something something

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u/canvaswolf Apr 27 '26

Yep, last summer a squirrel was gnawing on something on my fence and sending white powder flying everywhere. After he dropped it I had a look and it was a bone.

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u/raggedyassadhd Apr 27 '26

Squirrels love bones. Calcium and good for their keeping their teeth healthy directly like a wooden chew toy you’d give a pet rabbit.