Odd Warthog skull

[TokkieM]

I have been looking at this Warthog skull in my collection for a while now,not a huge pig by any standards but this old Boar must have one hell of a story to tell.

Looks like he had a pretty bad skull fracture at sometime or another that split his skull bone pretty bad. I would have thought it could have been a wire from a snare,but I know it was not as there was no wire or external marks on the hide to show a snare had trapped the old warrior at some stage. Sure he had a pretty bad headache for a while.

Sometimes we should appreciate not only the death of a trophy,but also the life of a cunning, battle worn old warrior.

 

[petrusg]

Sometimes we should appreciate not only the death of a trophy,but also the life of a cunning, battle worn old warrior.

Indeed....

 

[spike.t]

poachers axe maybe?............

 

[TokkieM]

Spike the more I compare it to a normal skull the more I think it was someone who shot it with a light caliber rifle or at a angle that the bullet just did not penetrate. If you have a look at the top of the regrowth you pretty much see a deformation of bone growth kind of like a crater in the centre of the head. The standard two holes in the front of the skull are also missing,fused in the fracture.

 

[Wheels]

Neat skull.

Looks like he healed up pretty well.

 

[spike.t]

Spike the more I compare it to a normal skull the more I think it was someone who shot it with a light caliber rifle or at a angle that the bullet just did not penetrate. If you have a look at the top of the regrowth you pretty much see a deformation of bone growth kind of like a crater in the centre of the head. The standard two holes in the front of the skull are also missing,fused in the fracture.

yup sounds feasible

 

[Jono Joseph]

that story i recon would be worth a listen
Great old boar on any scale

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