COLD DARK ROOM

Maro2Bear

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Happy Friday All

I know at least one, maybe two CDRs might be interested in this. A small group of us paddled in Southern Md yesterday near Calvert Cliffs in search of some fossilized shark teeth. The cliffs here on the Chesapeake Bay have layers and layers of fossilized vertebrate and inverts preserved in the deep clays. Wave action uncovers fossils on a daily basis.

Heading Out of the Marina
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Landing at the Beach
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Another Beach Landing
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Yes, we found a few teeth. Need to snap a nice pix of the ones I brought home.

Happy Friday
 

EllieMay

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Happy Friday All

I know at least one, maybe two CDRs might be interested in this. A small group of us paddled in Southern Md yesterday near Calvert Cliffs in search of some fossilized shark teeth. The cliffs here on the Chesapeake Bay have layers and layers of fossilized vertebrate and inverts preserved in the deep clays. Wave action uncovers fossils on a daily basis.

Heading Out of the Marina
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Landing at the Beach
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Another Beach Landing
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Yes, we found a few teeth. Need to snap a nice pix of the ones I brought home.

Happy Friday

Those cliff banks look full of awesome finds! Yeppp... I’m officially jealous!
 

EllieMay

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Good morning all. The rain overnight wasn’t as bad as what I thought it would be. It’s forecasted sporadically through the day but I don’t foresee any repercussions in our area. Hope everyone is headed for a great weekend!
 

JoesMum

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Good afternooning all.

I am currently at the hairdresser getting my hair pruned. It’s got ridiculously thick.

Thos morning I was at the rescue cleaning, feeding and weighing hedgehogs and pigeons

This little guy is due for release with his family very soon. He’s one of 5 babies born in the rescue to a very attentive Mum. It’s impossible to photograph all 6 together [emoji1]

“I put on weight. Can I have more food now?”
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Yvonne G

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Those nasty, rotten, good for nothing, awful people for defacing and stealing your cactus! :mad:

Have to ask... Are/were they on drugs? In other words, was this a cactus with hallucinogenic properties that they butchered and stole?

Have you reported it yet?
No, no hallucinogenic properties to these type cactus. And I won't be reporting it. It's not a big deal. I wouldn't want to take up the time the police could be taking care of real problems.

But the cactus wasn't easy to get to. You can see the terrible cactus bush it's growing out of. In fact there were two cut off pieces in the middle of that bush that they couldn't get to to take away. I gave the rest of the cactus garden a close inspection and none of the other plants have been mutilated. I would have been more than happy to give them cuttings, but I wouldn't have defaced the plant like they did.
 

Yvonne G

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Is that where those stupid hybrid cati come from that you see everywhere- green stalk with the grafted colored head?
No, this one is way too big for that. I learned a bit about that moon cactus you speak of when one of our members asked if they were edible. I went to my friend Google and here's what he told me about moon cactus: They are brightly colored confections called moon cacti: little spheres of vividness from the genus Gymnocalycium. The challenge with these sweeties is one of chlorophyll, or the lack of it. Because of this, each one can only survive as a scion — the upper “moon” is grafted onto green Hylocereus rootstock.
 

Yvonne G

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Good afternooning all.

I am currently at the hairdresser getting my hair pruned. It’s got ridiculously thick.

Thos morning I was at the rescue cleaning, feeding and weighing hedgehogs and pigeons

This little guy is due for release with his family very soon. He’s one of 5 babies born in the rescue to a very attentive Mum. It’s impossible to photograph all 6 together [emoji1]

“I put on weight. Can I have more food now?”
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Dang those are cute little beings!
 

Maro2Bear

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Happy Friday All

I know at least one, maybe two CDRs might be interested in this. A small group of us paddled in Southern Md yesterday near Calvert Cliffs in search of some fossilized shark teeth. The cliffs here on the Chesapeake Bay have layers and layers of fossilized vertebrate and inverts preserved in the deep clays. Wave action uncovers fossils on a daily basis.

Heading Out of the Marina
View attachment 280846

Landing at the Beach
View attachment 280847

Another Beach Landing
View attachment 280848

Yes, we found a few teeth. Need to snap a nice pix of the ones I brought home.

Happy Friday


As promised, here’s a snap of the three fossilized shark teeth that I came home with. Not bad for an hour or so of casual fossil hunting.

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