Tilly Bone
Description
A small pea-pod shaped bone. It is called a Tilly bone, which is a thicken bone of the vertebral column in some fish species. It is a reddish brown colour and covered in a sticky substance.
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Tilly
bones
are
swollen
vertebrae
found
in
some
fish
species.
It
is
unknown
as
to
what
causes
these
but
it
thought
to
be
either,
pollutants,
disease
or
genetic
factors.
Accession number
A100.639
Collection type
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