D*mn - now the fox becomes a research assistant...
On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Ross Macfarlane (TPG) <>
wrote:
> Yep, we have found all kinds of things. Fur, feathers and bones. Loads of
> beetle carapaces. Orange peel and cherry stones (in scats from the northern
> end of Hattah, probably 5 km from the nearest orchard). One I remember at
> Bronzewing had baby echidna quills, which I perversely hoped had been
> pointing the wrong way when the bastard fox backed that one out.
>
> Scats collected by the Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group have been
> analysed by Barbara Trigg and have found the presence of a number of rare
> species that were thought to be absent from the areas collected.
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> On 30/12/2015 9:01 PM, Peter Shute wrote:
> > Can anyone please tell me if this photo is of a fox poo, or something
> else? Taken close by the Mountain Pygmy Possum "Tunnel of Love", but I
> suspect the fur is rabbit fur.
> >
> > Peter Shute
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> Looks like Fox to me.. I have found Fox scats coloured black by eating
> blackberries, or full of plum or cherry stones.
> When we were at Mt. Hotham, one Easter, we were told that Fox scats always
> contain grass-hopper and beetle wings, but these are never found in Dingo
> or
> feral Dog scats.
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> Anthea Fleming
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