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Paleofeces (or palaeofaeces in British English) are ancient human feces, often found as part of archaeological excavations or surveys. The term coprolite is often used interchangeably, although coprolite can also refer to fossilized animal feces. Intact feces of ancient people may be found in caves in arid climates and in other locations with ...
Puma (/ ˈ p j uː m ə / or / ˈ p uː m ə /) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, [2] among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).
The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈ k uː ɡ ər /, KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world.
It sounds like the plot of a Disney movie: a mountain lion named P-22, trapped from finding a mate by the Los Angeles freeway, becomes famous and inspires the construction of the world’s largest ...
Lion; Meerkat; Cow; Fox; Human baby; 38 million-year-old poo; A 140 million-year-old coprolite; A poo with teeth and bones in it; A poo that looks like a cereal bar; A child's shoe which a cat has marked by pooing in it; The faeces came from animals at the zoo, faeces collected elsewhere and faeces donated by the Dinosaur Isle museum. [1]
A coprolite (also known as a coprolith) is fossilized feces. Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence for the animal's behaviour (in this case, diet) rather than morphology. The name is derived from the Greek words κόπρος (kopros, meaning "dung") and λίθος (lithos, meaning "stone").
Cleanup on Aisle 3. In a video making its rounds on social media this week, an Instagrammer captures what looks like dog feces on the floor of a grocery store in Independence. Yuck. The ghastly ...
On Monday, the mountain lion jumped over a 5-foot-tall fence between the backyard and a creek behind Davis’ house, spooking her dog. She posted a video of that incident on Nextdoor as well.