|
Post by RickB on Apr 1, 2024 15:49:34 GMT -5
Spring in Az, Gila style. Not a gator, but I like him.
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 31, 2024 14:48:49 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 29, 2024 17:03:17 GMT -5
Wisteria has been in bloom for a couple weeks now.
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 28, 2024 15:59:54 GMT -5
The first thing I thought of was maybe that white area is a hunk of bone that the animal ate? Good guess but because of many other specimens with these features I've been able to put together numerous clues with some detective work and form an accurate hypothesis. On the above specimen you can see the ghost of a wood limb in the middle that's rather large. The growth rings aren't really well defined, but you can see the radial cracks emanating from the center typical of a limb. OK, that's one part of the story. The second part is that white structure. Detailed somewhere in the previous 162 pages of this thread we've been able to determine that anomalies like this are the burrows of dung beetle larvae that are filled with the excrement of the larva. Fossilized poo inside fossilized poo. It's interesting to note that the limb was not totally digested, and the larva deflected around the contour of the limb in its burrowing endeavor. Randy, I think I can safely assume that the Hadrosaur that passed that log had a bad case of hemorrhoids. Alternate scenario - Mr. Hadrosaur died from a massive log jam. Beetles, other insects and scavengers then took over.
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 28, 2024 11:52:54 GMT -5
The HU - Wolf Totem
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 27, 2024 13:54:01 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Mel
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 25, 2024 17:54:12 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 25, 2024 15:04:26 GMT -5
Huey Lewis & The News - I Want a New Drug (Cologne Germany, 1991)
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 25, 2024 14:48:57 GMT -5
Huey Lewis & The News - Back In Time
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 24, 2024 11:45:54 GMT -5
Groovin' (On a Sunday afternoon)
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 23, 2024 19:53:47 GMT -5
Santana - Soul Sacrifice (08/18/1970 - Tanglewood, Lenox, MA)
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 22, 2024 11:18:52 GMT -5
Have a great day - Happy Birthday
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 21, 2024 11:31:32 GMT -5
1dave we have a family plot in Charleston, SC. Instead of being buried there when I pass, I plan on going to the Fort Jackson National Cemetery near Columbia which is right along the ancient fall line here in the southeast. Stays too damp down in Charleston.
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 21, 2024 7:50:51 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 20, 2024 15:35:49 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that video tour 1dave. Plenty to see in Utah. I like those petroglyphs. We have a few here in the southeast that are scratched into the rock instead of being painted. Modern day petroglyphs are spray painted on the sides of freight trains and buildings.
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 20, 2024 12:03:38 GMT -5
Jackson Browne - The Load Out/Stay
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 20, 2024 10:13:51 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 13, 2024 19:35:46 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 11, 2024 18:35:16 GMT -5
Son Of Beach Chad, when we make the shrimp and corn chowder there never seems to be enough and it all disapears. I always put a liberal amount of Texas Pete hot sauce in my bowl to spike it up. Damn, that chili looks good
|
|
|
Post by RickB on Mar 10, 2024 15:04:22 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Rob
|
|