Feces and challenge answers

Here are the results of the great feces challenge...many of you were right or very close.

A. Coyote feces. You can tell coyote feces because it comes apart in pieces and there are usually bits of hair and bone inside because coyotes are meat eaters. The reason that this is white is because it is very old and has started to decompose. Normally coyote feces is brown.


B. Hare feces. You can tell hare feces because of the shape. It is a round flat shape, kind of like a fluffy pancake. Also, if you look closely, you can still see bits of wood (especially in the colder months because green food is not always available).

C. Fisher feces. You can tell fisher feces because it is smaller in diameter, it is twirly, and the ends are usually very pointy. It also smells a lot less of feces. It is more of a musky smell.


D. Raccoon feces. A raccoon can have very difficult to recognize feces because they are scavengers (which means that they will eat almost anything). This is raccoon and you can tell it by the visible seeds and shells.


E. Bobcat feces. Bobcats usually bury their feces so it is hard for scientists to find but lucky for us our scientists have a dog named Lycos who is an expert at sniffing it out for us.

F. Deer feces. You can tell deer feces because of its color (dark brown) and shape (oval shaped).


Also, great job to Blanca, Lizeth, Ricardo, Adrian, and Jason; you all figured out my challenge! The sound that you were hearing belonged to these lovely amphibians. They are called wood frogs.