Friday mystery object #12

I am still without internet at home, so apologies for slow responses to comments and the lower quality of my recent posts.
This Friday’s mystery object is pretty straight-forward, a simple case of ‘what is it?’

If you think you know what this is just leave a comment below – I will attempt to respond to any [...]

Friday mystery object #11 answer

Last week I gave you some detective work – I asked to work out what this was:

Unsurprisingly to me, most of you worked it out pretty quickly – it is indeed a

Friday mystery object #11

My internet is still down at home, but here’s a Friday Mystery Object anyway!
This time I just want you to work out what group of animals this ribcage comes from:

Here’s a close-up that you might find useful:

Now you don’t need to be an expert to work this out – just work out how this ribcage [...]

Friday mystery object #10

Currently in my apartment in Bristol frantically searching for a suitable mystery object whilst also trying to plan the talks I want to attend at SVP.
I get the feeling skulls are getting boring for some of you, so perhaps it’s time I introduced an object that isn’t directly related to what I’m doing at work. [...]

Friday mystery object #9

It’s Friday again, we all know what that means – Mystery Object time!
Last week I gave you a really tricky one, that you managed to work out with some clues. I liked the Q&A format, but unfortunately I am between ISP’s at the moment, so I don’t think I will have the chance to have as [...]

Friday mystery object #7

Since there have been calls for some variety (skulls not good enough for you eh?) and there have even been accusations of the FMO being “too easy” I have decided to unleash a tricky one for you this week.
Simple questions, what is it and what’s it made of?
No poll this week, just leave your thoughts [...]

Friday mystery object #5 answer

I must say that I’m impressed with this week’s response. Most of you correctly identified this skull:
It does indeed belong to a 

Friday mystery object #5

Since there was so much interest in last week’s mystery object, I’ve decided to stay with the same theme, but a different specimen.

Friday mystery object #4

Cool natural history stuff from the museum – a different angle (an internal one) on something familiar… can you tell what it is?

You can put your thoughts in the comments section below

Friday mystery object #2

Delving deeper into the world of natural history this week, with the second of my Friday Mystery Objects!
This should be much easier than last week’s object since you only need to work out what it is and I have provided two views (scale is in cm BTW). If it proves too simple I will up [...]