Crap, shit, poop, or the more scientific: scat. It
can tell us much if we listen. Is it big? Bear. Solid, well
formed, a bit like horse apples: bear eating lots of grass. Grey like extruded
concrete: river clay to soothe the stomach and absorb toxins. A splat of
cobbler expelled like ammunition from a gatling gun: bear eating blue or
crow berries (purple) or lowbush cranberries (red roe). Do they eat
these just for fun and flavor because they sure don’t digest them. Count
on this, though, despite no visible fins or iridescent scales, the common
ingredient is sockeye. Steaming? It probably is walking ahead, and away, from you, but look around and be ready
to yield.
Early autumn graze
Salmon, berries, grass and clay
Omnivores delight
It’s a very visual treat(?)…how about olfactorily?
ReplyDeleteWe were smelling some fishiness in my last days there, but not noticeable odor to the scat--surprising. (Could be an omission of my old nose--perhaps a blessing?)
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