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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:37 PM Original message |
People knowledgeable about animals. Found a feather-like thing |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Looks like a peice of raccoon tail |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yeah, that definitely looks like a tail. |
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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Thanks. Racoons are all over the place. Do you think he lost his whole |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. probably just lost the tail end of that tail |
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Karmageddon (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. that's an awful small racoon tail (look at the pen). maybe it's a feather |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. That's why I said "piece" |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. It's not a piece of raccoon tail. |
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beingthere (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. From a racoon's tail |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. No, it's not. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Looks like a tuff of raccoon tail to me. |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. A merkin? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You are probably one of three people who know what that is. - n/t |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Well, there's you and me and who else? |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I admit it, I'm the other one. |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. This calls for a Lounge post. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Me, LOL! |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Four... :) n/t |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. The people who wrote this book know, too: |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. President Merkin Muffley in "Dr. Strangelove" |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. I'm wearing one |
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Karmageddon (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. LMAO |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I'm A Merkin... |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wasn't there some weird animal named "Oscar" last year? |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. You don't mean this one, do you? |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Yes! That was a legendary thread! |
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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Thanks to all. I think I take the racoon. It feels more like hair than |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. A Tail is Cartlidge, Not Bone |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Nope. Most of the vertebtrate tail is bone. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Cool! Didn't Know That! Thanks! |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. No, it's not from a raccoon. See my other post. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. If the shade is brown, it is male, if gray, it is female. |
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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. then it's a boy! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. he might have gotten into a bit of |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Bullshit. :) |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I guess you are right. The males I have seen were brownish, but |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I've studied raccoons for much of my life. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Some squirrels will have raggedy tails like that, but the Reccoon |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. My first guess |
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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I did not find anything else. Keeping my fingers crossed. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. five |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's not from a raccoon, but it looks vaguely familiar. |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. It looks like some type of pin-feather. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
40. At the bottom of it, does it have a tiny piece of skin, or |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:51 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yeah, I'm leaning that direction, too. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I think I can see the feather shaft in it |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. You know, I bet you're right. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I wish I could see whether it's flat, and |
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catchnrelease (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
44. Doesn't appear to be |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:23 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Looking at the edges, it looks more like fur |
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