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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 21, 2017 21:00:51 GMT -5
This article is pretty cool for lots of reasons. But, what it really made me wonder is if any of us have run into crustacean remains in coprolite. Turns out those vegetarian dinosaurs were eating more than just plants. link
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Post by manofglass on Sept 21, 2017 21:21:53 GMT -5
Link don't work The page you linked to can't be found Walt
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Post by aDave on Sept 21, 2017 21:27:35 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 21, 2017 21:28:42 GMT -5
LOL! I just fixed it, too. It wanted to be inserted and not pasted. Haven't seen that before.
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Post by RWA3006 on Sept 24, 2017 22:04:51 GMT -5
it really made me wonder is if any of us have run into crustacean remains in coprolite. linkI have a friend who's collected southern Utah coprolite for many years and he recently showed me a coprolite he cut in half that clearly shows a little chunk of coral embedded in it. It appears the coral was ingested with the plant material instead of being embedded when the poo hit the ground. Some of these coprolites we have contain a lot of gastroliths mixed in the material. From the looks of some of the turds it appears the critters ate mouth fulls of pebbles, gravel/sand along with their salad. I speculate the coral in this particular coprolite was part of a mouthful of beach gravel the animal ingested.
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 24, 2017 22:13:20 GMT -5
it really made me wonder is if any of us have run into crustacean remains in coprolite. linkI have a friend who's collected southern Utah coprolite for many years and he recently showed me a coprolite he cut in half that clearly shows a little chunk of coral embedded in it. It appears the coral was ingested with the plant material instead of being embedded when the poo hit the ground. Some of these coprolites we have contain a lot of gastroliths mixed in the material. From the looks of some of the turds it appears the critters ate mouth fulls of pebbles, gravel/sand along with their salad. I speculate the coral in this particular coprolite was part of a mouthful of beach gravel the animal ingested. Very cool! Now that I know about this, I'm gonna keep my eye out for strange coprolites.
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Post by RWA3006 on Sept 24, 2017 22:26:10 GMT -5
My friend specialized for many years in making cabs and jewelry with coprolite. He would sometimes select a piece with a pea sized gastrolith in the center of a cab which made an interesting focal point. A couple weeks ago he showed me a bracelet he made with about six stones like this. Very unique and beautiful. I'll have to get some pics to share.
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Post by grumpybill on Sept 25, 2017 7:53:19 GMT -5
From the looks of some of the turds it appears the critters ate mouth fulls of pebbles, gravel/sand along with their salad. I speculate the coral in this particular coprolite was part of a mouthful of beach gravel the animal ingested. This makes sense if it's true that birds are descended from dinosaurs. Many species of birds intentionally ingest "grit" to aid in digestion.
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Post by RWA3006 on Sept 25, 2017 20:32:10 GMT -5
From the looks of some of the turds it appears the critters ate mouth fulls of pebbles, gravel/sand along with their salad. I speculate the coral in this particular coprolite was part of a mouthful of beach gravel the animal ingested. This makes sense if it's true that birds are descended from dinosaurs. Many species of birds intentionally ingest "grit" to aid in digestion. When I was a kid I cleaned and prepared many gizzards from game birds and chickens. My dad loved giblets and gizzards. I can tell you that I found a lot of grit of various sizes in them. My old lapidary friend has cut many hundreds of coprolites and it's quite obvious when a gizzard stone (gastrolith) is bisected by the saw. Sometimes the gastroliths are protruding from the side of the coprolite and it's remarkable how smooth the pebbles are from the grinding action inside the dinos innards. I would like to know if the dinos had bona fide gizzards or some other organ to contain the stones.
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Post by grumpybill on Sept 25, 2017 20:53:09 GMT -5
I also grew up cleaning and eating chicken gizzards. I still like the gizzards, livers and hearts. My wife refuses to chop them into the stuffing, though. <sad>
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Post by QuailRiver on Sept 26, 2017 2:24:58 GMT -5
I also grew up cleaning and eating chicken gizzards. I still like the gizzards, livers and hearts. My wife refuses to chop them into the stuffing, though. <sad> My wife won't knowingly eat anything with giblets in them either. But to me the livers and hearts are the best part of poultry. Unfortunately, other than purchasing whole chickens it's very difficult to find a store that sells chicken hearts around here (piedmont area of NC). When I was a kid many of the stores sold 1 lb containers of hearts. Today the only place I know of in the area that sells hearts alone only sells in quantities of 20 lbs ... or at least that's what my wife tells me. Larry C.
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Post by grumpybill on Sept 26, 2017 5:20:10 GMT -5
Up north the stores don't sell chicken livers...not that my wife would fry them, anyways.
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Post by toiv0 on Sept 26, 2017 6:29:08 GMT -5
Local neighbor gives me gallon bags of necks, gizzards, and livers because no one wants them when they buy the chickens. Kind if draw the line on chicken feet on the grill.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Sept 26, 2017 7:56:39 GMT -5
Chicken livers are best as catfish bait.
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Post by snuffy on Sept 26, 2017 8:11:31 GMT -5
I fry chicken livers sometimes.Learned to fry them outside,and wear safety glasses.Some explode,and made the kitchen a mess.
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 26, 2017 8:59:40 GMT -5
MMMMM..... giblet gravy- the best part of Thanksgiving. My mom made the best and she taught me.
We used to eat chicken livers when the kids were young. DH doesn't like them. He likes gizzards; I don't- so between us both, you see, we eat none.
There are a couple gas station restaurants in the area that sell potato wedges and fried gizzards and livers. They are awesome. Haven't had them in years, though. Now I want some.
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Post by QuailRiver on Sept 26, 2017 14:33:33 GMT -5
Up north the stores don't sell chicken livers...not that my wife would fry them, anyways. Chicken livers are still sold in our area. Even some of the KFCs sell them fried. Back in the 70s and early 80s there used to be a Holly Farms Fried Chicken franchise with several restaurants in the area that had the most awesome fried chicken and livers. You could buy just an order of fried livers with nothing else. They sold them in a big Styrofoam cup with a lid to keep them warm. Back when I was living in Greensboro I would stop by Holly Farms after class and get an order through the drive through to take home and eat at the apartment. Nearly got addicted to those things! I wish that franchise was still around! Their potato wedges were awesome too. Not sure what made theirs so much better than the rest unless it was the oil they were fried in? That was back when restaurants could still fry with beef tallow or real lard. ...Great now I'm hungry! Larry C.
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Post by RWA3006 on Sept 26, 2017 22:25:56 GMT -5
MMMMM..... giblet gravy- the best part of Thanksgiving. My mom made the best and she taught me. We used to eat chicken livers when the kids were young. DH doesn't like them. He likes gizzards; I don't- so between us both, you see, we eat none. There are a couple gas station restaurants in the area that sell potato wedges and fried gizzards and livers. They are awesome. Haven't had them in years, though. Now I want some. Look what you guys started! Now I'm hungry. The neighbor has some chickens and it's possible I could rustle one, lop it's head off and walla! Giblets! Just like old times. The cops would laugh their heads off apprehending a chicken poacher and I'd never live it down. Guess I better focus more on rocks.
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Post by amygdule on Sept 27, 2017 9:42:06 GMT -5
Look what you guys started! Now I'm hungry. The neighbor has some chickens and it's possible I could rustle one, lop it's head off and walla! Giblets! Just like old times. The cops would laugh their heads off apprehending a chicken poacher and I'd never live it down. Guess I better focus more on rocks. They take chicken rustlers in Oregon seriously. Man, 22, jailed for allegedly killing Eugene chicken
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