I don't think it's fake, but I have a complete explanation for it which I emailed to them. Here is a copy of my email:
That looks like a small antler to me and not a tooth. Antlers are live tissue and that would explain the fleshiness of the "root". Antlers can be very sharp because they are a weapon used during breeding season, which is when you say you came upon this animal. The deer was probably injured severely or killed in a breeding duel. Then some other animal, perhaps a Scottish wildcat, came and had a meal. It is common for big cats to tear their prey in half and haul it away to seclusion to feast on it. I have to admit, it is a strange looking antler, but I'm not from Scotland. My ancestors were, but I've never been there. So maybe you should do a little research at the library and look up Scottish deer and check out their antlers, because I'm 99.9% sure that is an antler.
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I don't think it's fake, but I have a complete explanation for it which I emailed to them. Here is a copy of my email:
That looks like a small antler to me and not a tooth. Antlers are live tissue and that would explain the fleshiness of the "root". Antlers can be very sharp because they are a weapon used during breeding season, which is when you say you came upon this animal. The deer was probably injured severely or killed in a breeding duel. Then some other animal, perhaps a Scottish wildcat, came and had a meal. It is common for big cats to tear their prey in half and haul it away to seclusion to feast on it. I have to admit, it is a strange looking antler, but I'm not from Scotland. My ancestors were, but I've never been there. So maybe you should do a little research at the library and look up Scottish deer and check out their antlers, because I'm 99.9% sure that is an antler.
Misty Evans
Clinton, UT
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