# Have you ever gotten bones in canned tuna? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388 "2002-08-24T18:56:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/1 "2002-08-24T18:56:09Z")
42, almost 43 years, and approximately 2000 cans of tuna, and I have never, ever, gotten any bones in canned tuna. Until 1:30p.m.CST today. I opened a can of Chicken of the Sea, and it had a whole bunch of fish bones in it. Blech. I’m gonna send an e-mail and complain. But the real question is, was I lucky all those years in not getting any bones? have any of you ever gotten any? I’m talking about large bone pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/2 "2002-08-24T19:44:42Z")
I have a couple times. Don’t know what brand, though (it’s the one with the dolphin on it . . . which I think is supposed to mean that it’s “dolphin-safe”). Very rare, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/3 "2002-08-24T19:46:15Z")
But I don’t know if what crunched between my teeth would be considered “large bone piece” by you or not. I never had a big old bone splinter sticking out of my sandwhich or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/4 "2002-08-24T20:28:34Z")
Never until the last 4 months or so I had three separate cans with bones. I haven’t eaten tuna since. ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/5 "2002-08-24T21:24:40Z")
Never until the last 4 months or so I had three separate cans with bones. I haven’t eaten tuna since. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/6 "2002-08-24T22:08:02Z")
Never. But I seldom buy canned tuna, and when I do it’s always white albacore. ---
**Author:** ![Hayduke\_Lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Hayduke\_Lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hayduke_Lives)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/7 "2002-08-24T23:15:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > \*\*Never. But I seldom buy canned tuna, and when I do it’s always white albacore. \*\* And white Albacore tuna fish don’t have bones in them?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/8 "2002-08-25T00:32:14Z")
Tuna SALAD is the only form of fish I will eat. It has to have a lot of mayo and tons of pickles too. But once about 6 years ago, I got a bone in my tuna. It was a smallish, ring shaped bone and it totally grossed me out for a long time. I have had tuna since, but only the stuff from Subway. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/9 "2002-08-25T00:51:23Z")
No. But canned salmon freaks me the hell out. Bone city, man. :o ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/10 "2002-08-25T01:12:54Z")
Never with tuna, but ALWAYS with red or pink salmon. With tuna, you generally just get the ‘flakes’ of meat, whereas with salmon, you actually get a ‘cutlet’ or a whole piece of flesh, bones and all. They’re easily crunched though, and a marvellous source of calcium…😃 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/11 "2002-08-25T20:09:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hayduke Lives!! \* > \*\*And white Albacore tuna fish don’t have bones in them?😕 \*\* (thinks of Far Side boneless chicken ranch :)) I’m sure they do. I just meant that it’s more expensive, and presumably has better quality-control. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/12 "2002-08-28T04:52:32Z")
I’ve gotten bones in cans of chicken, but never in tuna. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/13 "2002-08-28T16:25:14Z")
Better the bone in a can of tuna, than the bone chip in a can of Spam. I speak, regrettably, from experience. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/14 "2002-08-28T19:49:05Z")
No bones, but I HAVE found something a lot worse that bones: a live roach! No joke! I opened the can, and a large, live roach came out. I have no idea how long he survived in there (how long does it take for tuna to get from a cannery to a supermarket in New York? Days? Weeks?), but he made it! Mind you, despite my admiration for his toughness, I STILL killed him instantly. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-bones-in-canned-tuna/125388/15 "2002-08-28T20:10:36Z")
I think I’ve probably gotten bones in my tuna, but I didn’t feel like picking through the insect parts and rat filth for confirmation.