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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Diane Dismukes wrote:
> Thanks Mary, I was about to remind everyone that rats sometimes create little hoards of interesting objects between walls and in burrows. Fortunately I read through all my e-mails first and saw that you had already done so. It should also be noted that rats are not the only ones that do this. While spending time in the wilderness a few years ago I witnessed a crane making repeated trips to an area at the edge of a small lake. While the crane was out, I inspected the location and found several objects for which the crane obviously had no use, a gold (colored) lipstick, a small mirror, some of those little metal disks they put behind nails when putting up tarpaper and other small assorted bits and pieces - all were shiny. My dog also has preferred spots in the yard where he hides things, and frequently things a dog would presumably have no use for. What fun we have trying to solve the puzzles presented to us by all manner of creatures living in the past.
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> Diane Dismukes
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> >>> "Mary C. Beaudry" <[log in to unmask]> 10/28/99 08:05AM >>>
> Some "deposits" like Dan W. describes appear at close inspection to consist
> of items like corn cobs etc. that rats have dragged into chimney cavities,
> subfloor areas, etc., to gnaw on--we found lots of such items...
Oh yeah! The buildings at Rocketts all had great pack-rat hidey-holes and
tunnels. I could even use tpqs to DATE the rat activity on the site!
<G>...I bet there's a paper in this somwhere...maybe a grant...
Dan M.
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