Scat Question
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Ok, scatologists.....what is it?
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An undigested Samsung cell phone?
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Black Bear - 3 years old male, likes females who enjoy an early morning stroll before dining on clover. If I could see it closer I could tell if he voted conservative or wildrose.
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Good answer Austin....look a little further east....
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Grizzly bear scat after eating a distracted cell phone user ?
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Sigh
I knew I should have cropped out the phone.......but left it in for scale comparison....what was I thinking!
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Next time put down an I phone or Galaxy so we have better idea as far as size goes. If you have owned a smart phone, the phone would answer your question. :sHa_shakeshout:
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A friend sent me the picture. He owns an acreage NW of Calgary and is concerned a bear has moved in on his property. He wants to do some work in the area and was asking the question.
I thought it was coyote until he sent the picture with the phone, now I'm not sure. I have a fair amount of hunting experience and am familiar with deer, moose, elk and sheep scat etc. But not so much the predators as I have never targeted them, I'm more familiar with tracks than scat. I don't want to panic him if it is coyote or wolf, but want to caution him if it is bear scat. Loving the jokes (really I am), but if anyone can help out here that would be nice so I can set his mind at ease, or suggest he carry bear spray or a shotgun with him into the further reaches of his property. |
to me, it looks like something gave birth to a politician ,,,,
sorry I cant help you out if it is a Conservative or a Liberal,,, but I am very sure it is a politician nevertheless ! |
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99% it's a canine, beyond that it's anyone's guess. |
Its canine.
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Large coyote, small wolf, doesn't look like bear at all, and definitely not grizz.
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How did it taste?
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Tough call without breaking it apart to see its consistency if it had any hair/berries, ect. but with my scatology experience my guess would be a coyote.
Bobby |
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Lol. My guess is coyote,,, perhaps even a pair. I've witnessed a family pair use the same spot, sniff poop, sniff poop. Looks like a well fed coyote or a pair to me.
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I vote 'yote
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Thanks all for the comments.
I mentioned the possibility of wolf to my friend and he just confirmed there has been wolf sightings in the area on the next property over recently. Mystery solved! Cheers :happy0180: |
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Like Brian said its likely a bear. I agree.
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Bear leaves more of a round pie shaped pile than the one shown. There wouldn't be any distinct hard packed sausage shapes.
Definitely canine as Keg first said. |
That's actually incorrect. The only time they leave a soft pile is very early in the spring when they've come out of hibernation. They have scat tubular like that is similiar to humans.
Do a google image search for bear scat and see. I also am a beekeeper and I see bear scat all the time. |
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Grizz |
Wow - canids really?
Bear scat, just like yours, comes in all shapes and forms. It's not berry, or the runs-season yet gentlemen. I'm sticking with bear or sasquatch, as I haven't seen any of that yet to compare. |
I would think if it was wolf or coyote there would be a fair amount of hair in it. I'm going with bear.
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Bear do indeed leave scat similar in form, but bears are much larger animals and leave proportionally larger scat. Very close to or larger then human scat. I believe this scat is too small to be bear scat.
Also, bears do not digest a lot of things very well. Notably seeds, some plant matter and meats. These scat appear to be from a animal based diet such as a Coyote would likely have. Actually it looks to me to be a mouse diet. They also appear quiet hard. A bear eating meat should have soft stools not hard. By soft I don't mean loose such as what one sees when they are eating berries, but more like the consistency of mashed potatoes. Based on size and apparent hardness, the dark coloration indicating a possible flesh based diet and the size I think it has to be a canine rather then a bear. Last but not least, Coyote would be the most likely culprit due to populations distribution and density. |
Big gay male coyote.
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Did YouTube run a Metamucil ad in front of it for you too? |
Since the bears came out 6 weeks ago, I haven't seen anything hard. Only what I described.
Perhaps in others areas of the province, this may not be the case. |
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