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Very interesting
This a catfish's skull. As you can see the catfish's skull might look diffucilt to put it in h the catfishes head. But it does fit!!!
This may look like a random pile of fall leaves but each is delicately hinged to the next and in happier days supported an animated 7 pound catfish from our very own Mississippi River!
Where do you think its whiskers attached?
That seems too big to fit in a catfish's head. But it does!
It was once one with a catfish, but now it is just a skull. It wasn't always like this.
i think cat fish is good for human being thanks very much.
It looks so weird!!!!
it doesn't look like a skull at all actually. very cool.
this catfish is COOL!
Do catfish swim in milk?
Well not in the natural environment. And I doubt they would be able to survive for very long in a bucket of milk. I wonder why you ask??
what do catfish eat?
anonymous
Pretty much anything.
gross and nasty
the cat fish bone is awsome.
I think you should have more dead animals
yey cat fish. woo
It has a very large head for a fish. There are some people who like to eat them.
I realy liked how it looks like. The teeth are so fascinating! They look like a Brillo brush. I'd like to know more about the function of the teeth. I so want to learn more about the inside of it. The bone is very light. I can't believe how you found that fish together.
This catfish skull is really old. It has lots of pokey edges. The skin has rotten away. It has been dead for a long time.
scientist: Cpr! good for you, or not?
dude: it can, like, kill your cells.
(or save your life.)
scientist: The rush of blood and oxygen can overwelm your cells.
Scientist: is the modern chicken a now living t-rex?
dude: WOW, like, totally!
scientist: we will never know.
dude: bummer,
scientist: just think how big those drumsticks would be.
dude: my fellow punks, thanks 4 reading our totally rad post.
scientist: This info isnt actually on this object, look at the "Be on tv and report the news" area.
BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (like, totally, dude!)
eeeeeeeeeeeew a fish skull! but i like land animal skulls...
this is a skull. im eating a cookie. its oatmeal and chocolate chip. skulls cant eat cookies. we are the hottest people here. have a great day.
its cool!!!!!!!
the catfish skull is awsome however, i would not have thought in a million years that this skull before me is the actual size of a carfish skull. well i guess we learn something new every day!!!!!
hi there! i was wondering if there was a hurricane in new york in 1930???????
We went to Wisconsin to see my grandparents. When we were there we found a catfish, a dead catfish. That is what the skull is and it smelled bad.
I found a catfish corpse by the lake at my cabin. I buried it in the sand. Was that the right thing to do?
It probably didn't hurt. Whether it ends up on the shore or stays in the water, a dead catfish will decompose. Burying it may have slowed that process a little bit -- but, at the same time, probably hid the stink.
catfish skulls have been around for millions of years along with catfish
soooper dooooper!!!!!!!!!
It's a big fish!
sad very very sad!!!!!!!
catfish was a baseball player
And threw a perfect game against the Twins in '68.
It looks dangerous
the skull looks like a dinosaur skull
Lie here in this box
with no big whiskers or tail.
How'd'you like me now?
From looking at a catfish, it's hard to picture that it has a skull. They have such rubbery skin that they look like they are all rubber.
The skull looks like a part of a pine cone.
Fish noggin and pencil at odds in rocky relationship
the catffish skull awsome
Bones are really interesting.
nice catfish skull!
this is a cat fish skull. wow neatooreeally to the max
Catfish are fish thateat algae on the bottom of the floor and if you don't clean them well they taste like dirt when you fry them
The catfish skull is very interesting. I didn't know that their skulls were shaped like that.
This guy is a mix between a cat and a fish
It real life he was quite a dish
But look at those teeth, ish!
Meeting one of these would be my wish!
Catfish smell funny... Wheres the beef!?!?
cool
cool fun
as my grandmother would say "it's got a lotta bones I didn't know that it had so meny bones" however I thought it was a aligator or crocodile or someth'n
This reminds me of a tree. It looks just like a little brancg from a tree.
It is weird thinking of what this really was. Now it looks just like nothing. Think about what it really was.
I think that they are really uguy!!! you should too yea you should
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This is funky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is cool how you get all of these bone things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i like fishs
umm.. w/e u say
It
looks
otherworldly!!!!!
eeeew!this is sooo gross! looks like my moms cooking!!!!!!:P
awesome looks like chicken, probably tatses like it too.
ewwwwwww!!!!!!!!
This catfish skull looks like it was crushed because it isnt in very good condition!
On the contrary!
A catfish skull is made up of many small, loosely connected pieces. Usually, when the catfish dies and the body decomposes, the skull falls apart. This one is actually in pretty great condition.
This catfish skull is cool!
hello, i am very curious about that object. How did you guys find that skull?
We found it inside a dead catfish. Our scientists saw a dead fish floating in the river and added it to our collection. That's pretty much the only way to get a complete skull.
Awesome! A cat fish skull! I've never seen a catfish before, so it's weird to see a skull. It does seem a little gross, but oh well, I don't care. And luckily it's NOT like my mom's cooking (my mom's cooking is MUCH better)
catfish skull are so awesome!!!
This skull reminds me of the fall...beautiful brown fallen leaves.
This skull comes from the pet catfish owned by the first conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra. The pet's name was Bass Drum and it liked to eat minnows.
Did you know that catfish have whiskers but no scales?
The catfish is often found in lakes and rivers of minnesota!
Catfish: A Haiku
Catfish
lives in water
swims, eats, breathes
a very interesting topic
kittycat fish
This catfish skull looks cool! I have never seem one before
I think it is a bodem feeder
bones! helps things walk and do stuff.
What is this I see?
Could you please tell me?
Is it from the air?
Is it from the earth?
It could be from the sea.
mmm catfish skulls my favorite. =]
well i meen its not that discusting.
pretty cool if you ask meee.
<3
Look fishy to me
A Catfish Haiku
Oh Old Catfish Skull
You once were an odd catfish
Slurping the algae
Wow that's pretty amazing.
funky looking!!
Catfish skulls are awesome! I once found one in my backyard while I was helping my mom plant some flowers. As soon as I found it I knew it was a skull of something. After that I did a lot of research on it. It is Preeeety cool!
it doesnt realy look like a humans skull!!! it looks kind of stretchy
this is a catfish scull-i guess it is part of a catfish but that's just a wild guess.
The catfish is the jesus fish if you look close at the skull it resembles jesus hanging on the cross and the back of the skull looks like the sheild of the roman soldiers.