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Index of Subjects --90e6ba6e8a18ff5b1b04ba7f685e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 hey Randy, (you might have heard this) There was a story on recent Quirks and Quarks about the influence of vulture scavenging behaviour on estimates of human-body decay rates at test sites (for use in forensics): http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2012/02/11/february-11-2012/ which has an embedded link to Forensic Science International Paper: "Spatial patterning of vulture scavenged human remains" (defense lawyers will jump all over this one) cheers, On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > The Black Vulture was not seen at all on the weekend. > > There were fresh carcasses put out on Saturday morning. The strange thing > is that there was almost no activity at all at the carcasses...the same > ones are still out, relatively untouched, this morning. > > So, I'm wondering if the scavengers have found a bunch of washed up seals > or a whale or just a road-killed deer, somewhere where they feel safer? My > garden feeding area is surrounded by trees, and I'm sure they would prefer > something more open. > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > -- James Churchill Kentville, Nova Scotia Email: jameslchurchill@gmail.com Phone (h): (902) 681-2374 Skype: jameslchurchill --90e6ba6e8a18ff5b1b04ba7f685e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hey Randy, <br>(you might have heard this) There was a story on recent Quir= ks and Quarks about the influence of vulture scavenging behaviour on estima= tes of human-body decay rates at test sites (for use in forensics):<br><a h= ref=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2012/02/11/february-11-2012/">http:= //www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2012/02/11/february-11-2012/</a><br> which has an embedded link to Forensic Science International Paper: "S= patial patterning of vulture scavenged human remains"<br><br>(defense = lawyers will jump all over this one)<br>cheers, <br><br><br><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Randy Lauff <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrot= e:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-l= eft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> All,<div><br></div><div>The Black Vulture was not seen at all on the weeken= d.</div><div><br></div><div>There were fresh carcasses put out on Saturday = morning. The strange thing is that there was almost no activity at all at t= he carcasses...the same ones are still out, relatively untouched, this morn= ing.</div> <div><br></div><div>So, I'm wondering if the scavengers have found a bu= nch of washed up seals or a whale or just a road-killed deer, somewhere whe= re they feel safer? My garden feeding area is surrounded by trees, and I= 9;m sure they would prefer something more open.</div> <div><br></div><div>Randy<br clear=3D"all">________________________________= _<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> </div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>James Churchill<br>Kent= ville, Nova Scotia<br>Email: <a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com" t= arget=3D"_blank">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</a><br>Phone (h): (902) 681-2374= <br> Skype: jameslchurchill<br><br><br><br> --90e6ba6e8a18ff5b1b04ba7f685e--
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