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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 15, 2023 9:45:02 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 15, 2023 10:49:54 GMT -5
I like it, too. Nice colors and lots of cabbage. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by 1dave on Aug 15, 2023 12:44:27 GMT -5
That is a nice log!
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Post by RickB on Aug 15, 2023 19:48:17 GMT -5
I can almost count all of the rings on those branches
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Post by dillonf on Aug 15, 2023 19:52:23 GMT -5
Real nice specimen!! Colors are cool!
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Post by Brian on Aug 16, 2023 14:32:01 GMT -5
That is some serious roughage in that little turd! I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around how something could have swallowed and digested those if that is the size of the poop, assuming small poop is from a small animal. Or maybe it is just a piece of a larger turd?
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 16, 2023 14:50:28 GMT -5
That is some serious roughage in that little turd! I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around how something could have swallowed and digested those if that is the size of the poop, assuming small poop is from a small animal. Or maybe it is just a piece of a larger turd? It could have been a series of multiple turds ejected together. Some herbivores do it today.
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Post by RickB on Aug 16, 2023 14:54:02 GMT -5
Back in those days everything was crunchy, unlike today's peanut butters like Jif where smooth is a less painfull option. ![](https://i.postimg.cc/RZ28jBW7/Capture.jpg)
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 22, 2023 11:09:17 GMT -5
It's TURD TUESDAY and this one might be special. I cut it yesterday and haven't had a chance to polish it so I'm showing it wet. Does anybody see what I think I'm seeing? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1692720546/oe9fdbld1grq7yvmgrvl.jpg)
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 22, 2023 11:09:43 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 29, 2023 7:17:13 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1693311425/zg4ebc3umrwdffgtsu8i.jpg)
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 29, 2023 7:31:21 GMT -5
It's TURD TUESDAY and this one might be special. I cut it yesterday and haven't had a chance to polish it so I'm showing it wet. Does anybody see what I think I'm seeing? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1692720546/oe9fdbld1grq7yvmgrvl.jpg) I'm not sure what you're seeing...but to me that looks like the whole piece is one big limb...
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 29, 2023 9:13:06 GMT -5
It's TURD TUESDAY and this one might be special. I cut it yesterday and haven't had a chance to polish it so I'm showing it wet. Does anybody see what I think I'm seeing? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1692720546/oe9fdbld1grq7yvmgrvl.jpg) I'm not sure what you're seeing...but to me that looks like the whole piece is one big limb... Yes, that's what I see too. I can't count the growth rings as easily but they are discernable if the specimen is in your hand.
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Post by dillonf on Aug 29, 2023 19:02:14 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1693311425/zg4ebc3umrwdffgtsu8i.jpg) That is an awesome specimen!
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 29, 2023 20:09:21 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1693311425/zg4ebc3umrwdffgtsu8i.jpg) That is an awesome specimen! Sometimes I get lucky. Just a wild guess... but I'd say I have to cut around 60-70 to get one that good. Most of them are rather plain when it comes to colors and contrast.
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 29, 2023 20:48:15 GMT -5
I'm not sure what you're seeing...but to me that looks like the whole piece is one big limb... Yes, that's what I see too. I can't count the growth rings as easily but they are discernable if the specimen is in your hand. Okay...so if that was a full limb...and the "tracks" are dung beetle tracks...how were the beetles able to make tracks through what I would think would be a solid piece of wood and not actual soft "dung" where I imagine most dung beetles are found? Could it be a wood boring beetle...or some wood boring insect as opposed to an actual dung beetle? Am I looking at it wrong?
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 29, 2023 22:13:20 GMT -5
Yes, that's what I see too. I can't count the growth rings as easily but they are discernable if the specimen is in your hand. Okay...so if that was a full limb...and the "tracks" are dung beetle tracks...how were the beetles able to make tracks through what I would think would be a solid piece of wood and not actual soft "dung" where I imagine most dung beetles are found? Could it be a wood boring beetle...or some wood boring insect as opposed to an actual dung beetle? Am I looking at it wrong? I speculate they are not beetle burrows but are cracks like what you see in limb or log cross sections. Notice how most of the cracks seem to radiate out from the center? It reminds me of the firewood pile where you can see the cut ends and the cracks that radiate from the center get bigger with time. I've noticed that beetle burrows seem to be more random than this one.
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 29, 2023 22:17:34 GMT -5
Okay...so if that was a full limb...and the "tracks" are dung beetle tracks...how were the beetles able to make tracks through what I would think would be a solid piece of wood and not actual soft "dung" where I imagine most dung beetles are found? Could it be a wood boring beetle...or some wood boring insect as opposed to an actual dung beetle? Am I looking at it wrong? I speculate they are not beetle burrows but are cracks like what you see in limb or log cross sections. Notice how most of the cracks seem to radiate out from the center? It reminds me of the firewood pile where you can see the cut ends and the cracks that radiate from the center get bigger with time. I've noticed that beetle burrows seem to be more random than this one. That totally makes sense!!
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Post by RickB on Aug 30, 2023 12:47:17 GMT -5
Yes, that's what I see too. I can't count the growth rings as easily but they are discernable if the specimen is in your hand. Okay...so if that was a full limb...and the "tracks" are dung beetle tracks...how were the beetles able to make tracks through what I would think would be a solid piece of wood and not actual soft "dung" where I imagine most dung beetles are found? Could it be a wood boring beetle...or some wood boring insect as opposed to an actual dung beetle?Am I looking at it wrong? Woodpeckers did it ![](https://i.postimg.cc/Mp82hDpL/Capture.jpg)
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Post by RWA3006 on Sept 2, 2023 8:39:32 GMT -5
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