Monday, June 27, 2011

Tracking Quiz

Can you identify the animal sign in this photo?

4 comments:

  1. No! Can you give a hint?

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  2. I'm going to guess that the flower we see poking up shouldn't be growing in this habitat type and was transported or planted by an animal.

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  3. Is it the funky green blob to the left of the indian pipes?

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  4. Yes, the funky blob is a bone, the head of a large leg bone, which I did not even notice until after I had taken the photo. Eventually I noticed several other bones (rib and leg) in the immediate vicinity, presumably from the same body. All were too gnawed to say which species for sure. Probably a deer, but I could not rule out a large dog.

    Susan, you get partial credit.

    Dan, I am afraid I cannot give you any credit for your answer. The Indian pipe is in its right honest habitat, and transport by animals is a valid strategy for plant dispersal.

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