Amber Listserv / Rock and flower

[Andy Ng]

Tom,

It's 3.13AM and I just got off a net conference with a customer from your
side of the planet, so pardon me if my ramblings sound punch drunk.

Insect poop you say? I'm smiling as I tiredly type, but nonetheless it's an
interesting premise. Assuming that to be correct, the insect which dropped
this load has a VERY accurate anal sphincter. The pellets are laid out in a
row, insect makes a 180 degree turn, lays a splotch of diarrhoea and keeps
laying 'em out and after that 'U' line is done, does another smaller 'U'
within the first one. I bet there's a bunch of sanitation engineers who wish
humans were that accurate! LOL!

I know my photos aren't the bee's knees. The piece was sanded down to within
an estimated 2mm of the object within, and it's only half done. Gotta
gingerly saw the bottom side and sand it for a 2-side view. Will post better
pix next time round.

Andy

On 9/8/07, TOM BUCKLEY <tbuck22 at optonline.net> wrote:
>
>  Andy,
>
>     I think it looks like insect poop. Especially the way it appears to be
> a string of mashed-together pellets.
>
> Tom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Andy Ng <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com>
> *To:* amber group <amber at ambericawest.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 08, 2007 2:21 AM
> *Subject:* Amber Listserv / Rock and flower
>
> Hi guys,
>
> The first photo is of the companion piece to my last post. Found in the
> same hole, it has some rock between the layers.
>
> The other 2 photos are of a flower-like object I found in a piece today.
> At first glance I thought they were like seeds rather similar to the
> internals of a red chilli. Any botanist care to take a stab at it?
>
> Andy
>
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