Rootless: Of Poop

I was searching for the right photo for an article today, and as I perused the possibilities, I noticed how often I snapped pics of poop on my forays both domestic and abroad. 

Even ancient poop, as evidenced below: 

 

Ancient mammoth poop. UTEP Centennial Museum. March 2017. Credit: Mzuriana.

 

And written about it

2011: [Caucasus] Georgia: A Story of Poo

2013: Alamogordo, New Mexico: Unidentified Effluvia. Gosh, I can sure make myself laugh.  

2013: Valley of Cow Patties, erm Fires, New Mexico

2016: Colorado: Rocky Mountain National Park

2017: El Paso: Mammoth Dung

2017: Big Bend National Park: Of Poop and Circumstance

2018: Missouri: Ozark Scenic Roadways, Part 1: Echo Bluffs State Park

2018: Missouri: Three Creeks Hike

2019: Tucson, AZ: Humane Borders Water Run: July

 

On a related note: Toilets I Have Known. 

 

 

Poop, vodka, and jawbone. Mestia, Caucasus Georgia. May 2012. Credit: Mzuriana.

 

 

Big Bend National Park: Poop and Circumstance

You gotcher bear poop and you gotcher fox poop.

First, some fox poop.

Two foxes' leavings, from a distance:

Fox poop, Chisos Trailheads, Big Bend National Park, Texas. September 2017.

According to one of the naturalists, foxes like to one-poop-up each other, so it isn't uncommon to see the leavings of more than one fox in the same place. In the above photo, two foxes dined on different kinds of seeds before relieving themselves.

Below is the same fox poops next to my car key, for scale:

Fox poop, Chisos Trailheads, Big Bend National Park, Texas. September 2017.

The provenance for the above fox poops is the Chisos Trailheads up by the Chisos Visitor Center.

Now for some bear poop, the provenance of which is The Window trail, approaching from the Chisos Basin Campground.  We'll travel from far to close up:

Fox poop, Chisos Trailheads, Big Bend National Park, Texas. September 2017.

Bear poop, Chisos Trailheads, Big Bend National Park, Texas. September 2017.

Bear poop, Chisos Trailheads, Big Bend National Park, Texas. September 2017.

Sadly, I didn't think to place my key next to this proud produce, but trust that it was bigger than the fox poop.

El Paso: Mammoth Dung

Mammoth dung, UTEP Centennial Museum, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.

I felt right smug when I saw this dung display at UTEP's Centennial Museum. Imagine. An exhibit of poop.


Why, I've been collecting pictorial poop for years now.

Some unidentified effluvia here, outside the abandoned primate facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

I captured some fine excrement in Colorado here and here.

Have I told you yet about the jackalope poop I picked up in the cemetery on the far east side of El Paso?  No? Well, that's coming.

I have an epic story of poo here. It's my personal story of poo.

There's also a story of a geographic curiosity that looks like poop. 

Poop, vodka, and a jawbone in Mestia, Svaneti, Caucasus Georgia. May 2012.

I confess that the mammoth dung in the museum exhibit looks like fried chicken to me.