# What the heck are these? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 12, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455 "2018-01-12T11:39:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455/1 "2018-01-12T11:39:04Z")
Found ‘em on a (Thai, Andaman Sea) beach. They are NOT bonelike. They seem seashell texture. I’m stumped! Any and all wild ass guesses will be appreciated. I promise to consider them all. Behold: [https://lensdump.com/i/n70XF](https://lensdump.com/i/n70XF) ---
**Author:** ![ChickenLegs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@ChickenLegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChickenLegs)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455/2 "2018-01-12T12:10:36Z")
Puffer fish spines. [http://susanscott.net/OceanWatch2015/jun-08-15.html](http://susanscott.net/OceanWatch2015/jun-08-15.html) [https://www.google.ca/search?client=ms-android-oneplus&biw=1920&bih=959&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=TKVYWtfBLYGojwP7k76YDQ&q=puffer+fish+spines&oq=puffer+fish+spines&gs\_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i24k1l2.40338.41431.0.41527.6.5.0.1.1.0.96.435.5.5.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.6.437...0i67k1j0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1.0.LkC5UdhVwa0#imgrc=\_](https://www.google.ca/search?client=ms-android-oneplus&biw=1920&bih=959&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=TKVYWtfBLYGojwP7k76YDQ&q=puffer+fish+spines&oq=puffer+fish+spines&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i24k1l2.40338.41431.0.41527.6.5.0.1.1.0.96.435.5.5.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.6.437...0i67k1j0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1.0.LkC5UdhVwa0#imgrc=_) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455/3 "2018-01-12T12:22:37Z")
They look like chicken feet. In other words, **ChickenLegs** below the **elbows**. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455/4 "2018-01-12T13:28:38Z")
Y’all rock! I’ve been wondering since I found them a week ago or so! Well done indeed! Also nice wordplay, this board never disappoints! ---
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455/5 "2018-01-13T02:34:27Z")
Shark teeth. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455/6 "2018-01-14T04:12:15Z")
Def NOT shark teeth! But I’ve been wondering…are they really called ‘spines’? As I’m pretty sure it’s an exterior spiky thing. I mean, if I’m gonna quiz my very smart friends when I get back home, (and I am!), I really ought to be certain. Do puffer fish have spines? Are they maybe called splines? Your input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455/7 "2018-01-14T04:29:19Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Do puffer fish have spines? Are they maybe called splines? You can call them spines. You can call them spikes. But the only pufferfish to have [splines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-uniform_rational_B-spline) is [this](http://pixar.wikia.com/wiki/Bloat) one. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455/8 "2018-01-14T07:08:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You can call them spines. You can call them spikes. But ya doesn’t have to call them Johnson! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-these/806455/9 "2018-01-14T13:57:13Z")
Sushi serving trays.