Whale Bone or something else?

Posted by jkleli@reddit | marinebiology | View on Reddit | 7 comments

Hey all, found on a remote beach on Vancouver Island BC. Is this a whale bone or a Hagstone, or something else?

Thanks in advance!

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Nelson4hire@reddit

Not coral, but just a rock that has been bored through by some sort of marine worm

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Not_A_Wendigo@reddit

Agreed. Hard to tell, but it looks like a soft rock (or maybe coral?) that’s been burrowed into by worms (Polydora group I’d guess).

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dangerousdave2244@reddit

Often it's both

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tautous2@reddit

Dead coral

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shadeofmyheart@reddit

Looks like pumice stone to me. (Lots of volcanic rock like pumice around BC)

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