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Who "dung" it?

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Who "dung" it?

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All right Sabine, I'll go ahead and guess Ellie.  I am probably way out in left field but we'll see.  This could be fun.

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I am going with elephant too.

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Well I would say Ellie, but I see a human foot in there.  You never know. Foot in mouth

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Lea wrote:
Well I would say Ellie, but I see a human foot in there. You never know. Foot in mouth

Rofl and YUK Lea! Embarassed

Ellie dung to be sure, a few days old at least (no steam coming up!!!) because it has been dried out a bit by the sun.

Hang on whilst I stick my finger in to test it......yep, it's not very fresh and it tastes like female ellie dung!

(ever been caught out by that trick on a Game Drive?)

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Ellie i fink i am not sure but i fink ellie i am stuck cuz it could be rhino but no my final answer Ellie lol!

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I'm going with Rhino since it is kinda small to be an ellie's poop but It could

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Tabs wrote:

Hang on whilst I stick my finger in to test it......yep, it's not very fresh and it tastes like female ellie dung!

(ever been caught out by that trick on a Game Drive?)

LOL I have seen that done.  Do you mean that is not true.  I am so gullible.Embarassed

 

 

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Who "dung" it #1:  Elephant   

Here's a few elephant dung facts:

  • The approximately 250kg food eaten every day passes through 18m of intestines. Eventually processed into about 100kg of elephant dung per day.
  • Elephants only digest about 40% of what they eat, and therefore, they need to spend two-thirds of every day eating.
  • An elephant 'releases' 2000 litres of methane gas per day!
  • Some countries even re-cycle elephant dung into elephant dung paper.  Shocked

 you can check out more African Elephant cool facts here



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Methane is a pollutant and the biggest source is moo moos or cows lol! Smiling thanks sabine for the facts!

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Who "dung" it?

#2:   (sorry, no pun intended



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I am going to guess Rhino.

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I think it is rhino

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Who "dung" it

#2 hint: 

it is not from a rhino, however, like the rhino, it does come from an odd-toed ungulate.



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Zebra ?

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Hippo??

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I say zebra dung it.

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Well! That leaves the beautiful Zebra then.  Sure looks big for the Zebra.  You would think their's would be more dainty looking. LOL

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Hippo. I am so confused. I thought zebra had hooves.

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This looks, to me, very like the dung that is passed by Equus burchelli - Burchell's Zebra - which is the common species of Zebra in the lowveldt in South Africa, which includes the greater Kruger Park area. 

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Hippo. I am so confused. I thought zebra had hooves.

Yes, zebra have hooves, which makes them an 'ungulate' (hooved animal) They are, in fact, odd-toed unglulates - which means that they have either one or three toes.

Zebras have one toe (their hoof) whereas, for example, bufallo's are even-toed ungulates because their hooves are split in two.

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Thanks Tabs. Ok I change my answer to Zebra. You learn so much here! LOL

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Who "dung" it #2:  Zebra

Here's a few Burchell's Zebra facts:

  • they are mainly grazers, but sometimes browers during the dry season. 
  • herds are usually one stallion and a small group of mares or a bachelor herd.  
  • females in the herd follow a hierarchial system, the dominant mare is always in the lead.
  • burchell's zebras are the only species with shadow stripes on their rumps.



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Sabine did u take these pictures yourself?

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dan loves zebras wrote:
Sabine did u take these pictures yourself?

LOL, no that is not my foot by the elephant dung Sticking out tongue

I wish I had taken these photos.  That would mean I have been to South Africa. 



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kool ok i am sure u will get to go some day hehe! got any more dung pictures lol! Eye-wink

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Hyena? They eat bones.

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 Hyaena!

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I think it is the dung of the spotted hyena.

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