RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 27, 2021 22:06:28 GMT -5
Men just never grow out of scatalogical humor, do they? Nope. Not a chance. Even the monkeys in the zoo find humor in throwing poo around.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 27, 2021 22:09:33 GMT -5
Men just never grow out of scatalogical humor, do they? Never! I was going to say Shit No...but I didn't.
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Post by 1dave on Jul 28, 2021 9:04:30 GMT -5
As anyone done a study of corporlite under extreme heat and pressure ? Metamorphism Kind of like earth natural constipation. Under such conditions does corpro turn to schist ?
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 29, 2021 6:52:37 GMT -5
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Post by stephan on Jul 29, 2021 13:08:18 GMT -5
Here's some preforms I shaped up the other day...now they just have to squeeze into the lineup to get done. Gives new meaning to "squeezing one off"! (And the hits just KEEP coming! LOL) Speaking of coprolite puns, the New Age power ascribed to them is being good for memory, which puts a whole new twist on the phrase "$#!* for brains."
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Post by stephan on Jul 29, 2021 13:08:41 GMT -5
Men just never grow out of scatalogical humor, do they? Nope.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 29, 2021 13:14:34 GMT -5
Here's some preforms I shaped up the other day...now they just have to squeeze into the lineup to get done. Gives new meaning to "squeezing one off"! (And the hits just KEEP coming! LOL) Speaking of coprolite puns, the New Age power ascribed to them is being good for memory, which puts a whole new twist on the phrase "$#!* for brains."
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 29, 2021 15:12:48 GMT -5
Men just never grow out of scatalogical humor, do they? Now you see? It takes poo to bring the best out of men.
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jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Jul 29, 2021 15:37:54 GMT -5
Men just never grow out of scatalogical humor, do they? Now you see? It takes poo to bring the best out of men. Because we're full of it?
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 29, 2021 20:42:52 GMT -5
Here's some preforms I shaped up the other day...now they just have to squeeze into the lineup to get done. Gives new meaning to "squeezing one off"! (And the hits just KEEP coming! LOL) Speaking of coprolite puns, the New Age power ascribed to them is being good for memory, which puts a whole new twist on the phrase "$#!* for brains." Can't remember sh*t is what I always say.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 29, 2021 22:08:29 GMT -5
Here are a couple odd things I saw in coprolite from Randy. A metallic spot that resembles pyrite. One of the red veins seemed to agatize in small odd sections similar to dino bone. So our pal, rockstock has afflicted my delicate psyche with awe and wonder since posting the mysterious metallic patch in a coprolite. During my poo cutting endeavors the last couple months I've kept an eye out for this phenomenon. I just cleaned up a pile of shi... that I had just cut and guess what I found! Not one, but two specimens that had mysterious black metallic patches in them. I haven't polished them yet so they don't shine, but I'm kinda confident they are metallic and probably marcasite. I'm so excited I just might have a case of the vapors! Here come some photos....
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 29, 2021 22:08:53 GMT -5
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Post by Brian on Jul 30, 2021 7:18:31 GMT -5
Those are some prominent black stains in the second sample.
It really makes you wonder what the source of the iron was in those samples. Was it environmental? Or could the iron have been part of the meal?
A quick search states that the average male has 4 grams of iron in their body. Given their size a carnivore probably went through a decent amount of meat in a day so it’s body would be processing quite a bit of iron-containing material. Some of it will be absorbed by the body, but it is likely that some would also pass through. Would carnivorous coprolites have more iron in them than herbivorous coprolites? And would that lead to the formation of marcasite or other forms of pyrite or iron containing minerals?
(Just leaving these questions here so I can try to research them later.)
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 31, 2021 11:23:54 GMT -5
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Post by stephan on Jul 31, 2021 13:05:56 GMT -5
Those are some prominent black stains in the second sample. It really makes you wonder what the source of the iron was in those samples. Was it environmental? Or could the iron have been part of the meal? A quick search states that the average male has 4 grams of iron in their body. Given their size a carnivore probably went through a decent amount of meat in a day so it’s body would be processing quite a bit of iron-containing material. Some of it will be absorbed by the body, but it is likely that some would also pass through. Would carnivorous coprolites have more iron in them than herbivorous coprolites? And would that lead to the formation of marcasite or other forms of pyrite or iron containing minerals? (Just leaving these questions here so I can try to research them later.) I would guess it’s environmental. Excess iron tends to deposit in the liver, rather than be excreted. It can be a problem in men who don’t rid themselves of iron regularly. A good way to get rid of it is donating blood, or it can actually cause liver damage by scarring. Not sure how much excess carnivorous dinos really got, though, since they didn’t take supplements. Any leftover, undigested iron, contained in meat, would be in heme form. I suppose that could be converted to marcasite, but it seems unlikely.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 31, 2021 13:16:19 GMT -5
Those are some prominent black stains in the second sample. It really makes you wonder what the source of the iron was in those samples. Was it environmental? Or could the iron have been part of the meal? A quick search states that the average male has 4 grams of iron in their body. Given their size a carnivore probably went through a decent amount of meat in a day so it’s body would be processing quite a bit of iron-containing material. Some of it will be absorbed by the body, but it is likely that some would also pass through. Would carnivorous coprolites have more iron in them than herbivorous coprolites? And would that lead to the formation of marcasite or other forms of pyrite or iron containing minerals? (Just leaving these questions here so I can try to research them later.) I would guess it’s environmental. Excess iron tends to deposit in the liver, rather than be excreted. It can be a problem in men who don’t rid themselves of iron regularly. A good way to get rid of it is donating blood, or it can actually cause liver damage by scarring. Not sure how much excess carnivorous dinos really got, though, since they didn’t take supplements. Any leftover, undigested iron, contained in meat, would be in heme form. I suppose that could be converted to marcasite, but it seems unlikely. Concur. The area these coprolites come from is known as Redrock Country because there's so much iron oxide in the rock that could easily affect the coprolites after being deposited.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 31, 2021 13:17:47 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 31, 2021 15:33:57 GMT -5
That photo is stunning to me. I looks like it could have been in a Star Trek episode as it looks so otherworldly!
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 31, 2021 16:51:28 GMT -5
That photo is stunning to me. I looks like it could have been in a Star Trek episode as it looks so otherworldly! Jason, it is otherworldly. When I'm in that region time and space seems altered to me. It's as if I can hear eternity's gentle breeze flowing by while I'm frozen in the now.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 31, 2021 16:55:40 GMT -5
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I'm merely in tune with what is beautiful to me. Once in a while I encounter a specimen that strikes me in awe. This one is such a thing.
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