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Randi
02-26-2008, 11:01 AM
Yeah, I know it sounds morbid, but I've seen some of the coolest "dead" things on occasion.

I'll start the ball rolling with this "crystalized - mummified - spiderwebbed" adorable little creature found in Lost Soldiers Cave.

~Randi

sparker1
02-26-2008, 06:34 PM
The famous Florida Wooley Booger.

Randi
02-26-2008, 10:49 PM
The famous Florida Wooley Booger.

That Wooley Booger ain

Cirrus2000
02-26-2008, 11:54 PM
We need msmnificent's shot of the coyote skull in here - that's mighty cool! I'll not post the photo itself, as it isn't mine, but here's a link to one wild photo:

Here's a link to the photo (http://picasaweb.google.com/msmnificent/Feb1618_DeathValley/photo#5169486561013265586)

Randi
02-27-2008, 07:35 AM
We need msmnificent's shot of the coyote skull in here - that's mighty cool! I'll not post the photo itself, as it isn't mine, but here's a link to one wild photo:

Here's a link to the photo (http://picasaweb.google.com/msmnificent/Feb1618_DeathValley/photo#5169486561013265586)

That cool photo of Malia's is actually the one that prompted this thread! :)
I LOVE that composition!

Here's another "dead" creature found in North Fork of the Kings River. Three of our party walked right over it/around it without seeing it!
When I swam over there, and started to climb out this log, I'm like "Whoah! Check it out!" and they're like "check what out?"

Went back and did thid trip again a month later and his head had fallen off and gotten washed away, or someone had beheaded it!

JP
02-27-2008, 07:49 AM
Porcupine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/P1010057a.jpg

Bambi

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/P1010222a.jpg

sparker1
02-27-2008, 07:02 PM
Randi, I am so sorry my post was "foul". I had no idea your standards were so high. :roflol:

JP
02-28-2008, 12:30 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/165GrandJunctiontoLaSal06April2007.jpg

Randi
02-28-2008, 10:10 PM
Randi, I am so sorry my post was "foul". I had no idea your standards were so high. :roflol:

High and low...I swing both ways.

I think I prefer the wooley booger to poor ol dead bambi.
I don't like this thread anymore! Too sad! :cry:

JP
02-29-2008, 05:53 AM
I think I prefer the wooley booger to poor ol dead bambi.
I don't like this thread anymore! Too sad! :cry:
And just what did you expect :haha:

Well, maybe this will pick you up :haha: At the time this pic was taken, Bambi's mom was still alive, but not for much longer :mrgreen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/P1010010-1.jpg

But, on the brighter side, dad's doing just fine :2thumbs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/SDIM1972a.jpg

Randi
02-29-2008, 08:32 AM
I think I prefer the wooley booger to poor ol dead bambi.
I don't like this thread anymore! Too sad! :cry:
And just what did you expect :haha:

Well, maybe this will pick you up :haha: At the time this pic was taken, Bambi's mom was still alive, but not for much longer :mrgreen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/P1010010-1.jpg

But, on the brighter side, dad's doing just fine :2thumbs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/SDIM1972a.jpg

Did you kill that deer? It looks like it's sleeping.
Anyhow, I guess I expected more bones than fur, or dead things that had been dead awhile. Not so sad (for me anyway) when they've been dead awhile....course, maybe I just have a fondness for deer over goats? Some of my goats didn't seem to have been "dead a long time "dead.

I've got a few more skeleton shots I'll post once I find them.
Skeletons are cool! :mrgreen:

~Randi

JP
02-29-2008, 08:39 AM
Did you kill that deer? It looks like it's sleeping.
Anyhow, I guess I expected more bones than fur, or dead things that had been dead awhile.
Actually, I took that pic as an educational tool. When a deer dies, it's eyes are open. If they're closed, they ain't dead yet :haha: I didn't kill it, that's a result of Bumper Cancer :lol8:

Scott Card
02-29-2008, 08:49 AM
I didn't kill it, that's a result of Bumper Cancer :lol8: As long as its not lead poisoning. :haha: And Randi, I never imagined you had this sorta dark fascination with nasty dead rotten things. It is just a wee bit frightening. Go ahead and take the lead on our next hike at Freezefest, I just follow at a safe distance. :lol8:

Randi
02-29-2008, 11:37 AM
I didn't kill it, that's a result of Bumper Cancer :lol8: As long as its not lead poisoning. :haha: And Randi, I never imagined you had this sorta dark fascination with nasty dead rotten things. It is just a wee bit frightening. Go ahead and take the lead on our next hike at Freezefest, I just follow at a safe distance. :lol8:

Well, I wouldn't say it's a fascination.
It's more a morbid curiosity I guess.
I prefer "living" critters to dead ones, but the live ones
usually run away before I can snap off a photo!
I DO have a fascination with insects ~ :2thumbs: BUGS ARE COOL!

As a kid, I must admit, I did a lot of killing in the name of scientific research, or what passes for scienticfic research to a 10 year old!
I remember having all these test tubes (filled with alchohol for preservation) and a quite a collection of "dead things" that I had captured and killed.

Don't be frightened though. I grew outta that killing phase, and now I can't stand to even kill a spider or a cricket in the house. I just catch and release em. It drives my kids crazy, cuz I get mad when any of em fall off the "catch and release" bandwagon.

JP
02-29-2008, 01:40 PM
Bugs, here ya go :haha:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/SDIM1332a640.jpg

Mtnman1830
02-29-2008, 02:28 PM
Up a canyon North of Ogden

Mtnman1830
02-29-2008, 02:29 PM
Can't forget this one...

JP
02-29-2008, 03:12 PM
Did he get that stick lodged in there :haha:

Mtnman1830
02-29-2008, 03:19 PM
:ne_nau: I have no idea why he has a stick in his mouth :ne_nau:

Randi
02-29-2008, 05:33 PM
:ne_nau: I have no idea why he has a stick in his mouth :ne_nau:

Haven't you seen those old war movies, where the guy's getting his leg sawed off and he bites a stick to relieve the pain? Well, this elk? was probably incapacitated, and the vultures were going at him and there happened to be a stick nearby that he could clench down on! ; )

Perfectly logical explanation! :mrgreen:

Here's another pic - burro bones from the Argus mountain range in Calif.

Oh, and thanks for the fly shot JP - that's a great photo. NICE colors!
I'm not much of a fly fan (though I loved the movie ~ old one and re-make with Jeff Goldblum). He's another actor I found super attractive ~ belongs in Tanya's Seductress thread I know, but I'm posting HERE now!

Anyhow, I'm more a beetle fan. And ants! I think ants are way cool.
And I'm also a fan of spiders. Weird?
I think it's weird not to find them at least a little bit fascinating.