AND THIS PICTURE IS?
Like the pine cone picture published earlier, many of these are also found on the floor of the woods. Under perfect conditions (perfect meaning not forced open and the contents digested) it could produce an object a thousand times its size.
Of course, it is a close-up peek at a walnut shell that has been opened by the chisel-sharp teeth of a squirrel.
Squirrel teeth, by the way, grow constantly. In the average squirrel the incisors grow 6 inches per year. That growth is controlled by the animal’s constant chawing on nuts and tree branches.
Squirrels also store caches of food all around the woods so they have something to eat during our long winters. Fortunately, they forget where some of them are and those nuts can ultimately sprout and grow as part of our next generation of forests.
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Publishers Note: The camper is headed for East Harbor State Park this afternoon for a two day romp. I think I’ll go along.
I am not sure about internet capability up there so if the blog post is late Monday and/or Tuesday, or, doesn’t show up at all those days; Sorry!
The publisher is on a brief sabbatical. Please stay tuned.
Like the pine cone picture published earlier, many of these are also found on the floor of the woods. Under perfect conditions (perfect meaning not forced open and the contents digested) it could produce an object a thousand times its size.
Of course, it is a close-up peek at a walnut shell that has been opened by the chisel-sharp teeth of a squirrel.
Squirrel teeth, by the way, grow constantly. In the average squirrel the incisors grow 6 inches per year. That growth is controlled by the animal’s constant chawing on nuts and tree branches.
Squirrels also store caches of food all around the woods so they have something to eat during our long winters. Fortunately, they forget where some of them are and those nuts can ultimately sprout and grow as part of our next generation of forests.
_________________________________________
Publishers Note: The camper is headed for East Harbor State Park this afternoon for a two day romp. I think I’ll go along.
I am not sure about internet capability up there so if the blog post is late Monday and/or Tuesday, or, doesn’t show up at all those days; Sorry!
The publisher is on a brief sabbatical. Please stay tuned.
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