Dear Friends,
After having posted two threads featuring pictures of animal droppings, and having observed the great enthusiasm that feces tends to inspire on this board, I have deemed this a subject worthy of an ongoing thread.
Thus, I wish to institute The Daily Poo - The Thread for Scat Enthusiasts.
This can be a place to post pictures of scat for identification, pontification, authentication, and discussification.
To the outside world, animal droppings are a nuisance, something to be ignored or gotten rid of. But in the special world of Wilderness Survival Forums, poo is a thing of wonder and inspiration. Let's face it, something might be wrong with us!
I wish to inaugurate The Daily Poo with my submission, photographed on my walking trail this morning. For some reason, my trail attracts quite a lot of poo.
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Yes, I had to use the Chapstik for scale again. I need to carry a pocket ruler or something.
This poo was pretty soft (and pretty fresh). I could not identify any contents that might give a clue as to what the animal could have been eating - no hair, no seeds, no nuthin', just brown poo. I dilligently searched for tracks or scrapings, but found none. My trail has become popular with the deer and other animals, so the prints of small animals tend to be obscured by the passing of larger animals. This much I could tell - its hindquarters were pointed east when it deposited its bowels.
At first I thought it was from a cat. The size in shape is pretty close. But then I considered the site. Cats would not usually poop in the middle of a trail. Furthermore, cats make at least some effort (usually) to cover their poop with dirt, debris, etc. There was no evidence at all of scraping, or any attempt to cover this poo.
I can't rule out dog poo, except that it is awfully small for a dog. There are stray dogs around, but they are all much too big to make such a small poo.
Maybe a racoon? Or a possum? I am starting to think I need to find Peterson's Field guide to Poop.
Okay, Scat Enthusiasts, what is it?
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PS - The other threads featuring poo can be found at the links below:
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ead.php?t=7535
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ead.php?t=7505
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