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Armindo Macieira
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Boar?
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Armindo Macieira
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Peter Martin
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I vote hippo.
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Vinny Valenti
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I would go with Wild Boar.
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Pascal LISE
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It's definitely a hippopotamus' skull.

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Lars Johansson
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I write in Swedish what I belive it is: flodhäst.
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Thom Price
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At first glance, wild boar or warthog seems the obvious choice -- but the whole premise of the discussion hinges on it not being obvious.  So hippo seems the obvious non-obvious choice.
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Sue Ward
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It's an Hippopotamus.

 
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Gundars Berzins
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I too think it's from Hippopotamus but the middle tusk/tooth is what throws me off.
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Paul Lloyd
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Sea Lion?
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Hippo it is! And here's a "reconstruction" done dino-style:

A far cry from. . .

What this shows, of course, is how much flesh is NOT revealed by the shape and size of the skull. Scientists can do amazing things, reading muscle attachment scars on the bone, but there is so much that simply leaves no trace of itself.

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When I was 7 or 8, my hamster died; being winter, the ground was too hard for me to bury her very deep.  A few years later, the elements exposed her skeleton.  I was morbidly fascinated by the skull, especially thinking how that adorable little ball of fluff could cover something to frightening looking. 


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