Sunday 11 February 2018

#MySundayphoto #SundaySnap 11/2/18


A polar bear skeleton, found purely by chance in 1976 while digging out the basement of a house on the island of Finnøy, Norway - now in Stavanger Archaeological Museum

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12 comments:

  1. Without the explanation I would never have guessed the animal, he has a huge rib cage.

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    1. It's impressive how complete it is - especially as they weren't being at all careful when they uncovered it.

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  2. What a great discovery, I love the lighting on this

    Thank you for linking up to #MySundayPhoto

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    1. The lighting really does set it off and give it a Northern Lights/polar feel. The lit-up crystals under its feet look like ice/snow too. Very cool display.

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  3. Wow, I thought it was going to be a dinosaur but I can see it now

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    1. I was the same - I looked at the skeleton without realising what it was, then read the sign, and then it totally makes sense, especially the feet - they're huge !

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  4. I've never seen a polar bear skeleton before, how interesting.
    #sundaysnap

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  5. What an amazing find.
    I did not expect it to be a polar bear x

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  6. How bizarre to find it in the basement of a house. I wonder if it once belonged to a collector or if many years ago polar bears roamed the area.

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    1. It was under the basement that was being dug out - there was also remains of carbonised wood so they think it's possible proof of the first human settlers in the area, as well as polar bears :)

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  7. Absolutely fascinating. I'm not sure I've ever thought about their skeletons before: fascinating paws/claws #mysundayphoto

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