tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post544175997309709031..comments2024-03-14T01:33:48.461-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: Turtle shaped rockpwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-43484480600801299492017-01-26T11:15:11.015-05:002017-01-26T11:15:11.015-05:00There may be a possible Ceremonial aspect to the c...There may be a possible Ceremonial aspect to the consumption of Glyptemys insculpta. It also turns out that the Wood Turtle, much like the Box Turtle, has a fondness for mushrooms – including Amanita muscaria: "The Amanita muscaria has a long history of human cultural association and the resultant ethnomycology ranges from its well established use as a hallucinogen to some imaginative Tim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-84170889070611161462017-01-24T14:29:06.265-05:002017-01-24T14:29:06.265-05:00Looking at images of Turtles in MA, I have to say ...Looking at images of Turtles in MA, I have to say that if it is a turtle, it's most likely a Wood Turtle, maybe at a nesting site.<br />http://slybird.blogspot.com/2008/06/herp-of-day-glyptemys-insculpta.htmlTim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-53834463105975645932017-01-23T22:28:56.196-05:002017-01-23T22:28:56.196-05:00Looks dark, shadowy, like a hole that may go compl...Looks dark, shadowy, like a hole that may go completely through the rock.Tommy Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02119838822497231421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-54094759851540024382017-01-23T13:01:20.607-05:002017-01-23T13:01:20.607-05:00One problem with these details: The notch does not...One problem with these details: The notch does not line up with the "head" and there is an equally large or larger notch on the other side. pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-20005018984157690812017-01-23T09:51:56.647-05:002017-01-23T09:51:56.647-05:00Looking for the nuchal: http://wakinguponturtleisl...Looking for the nuchal: http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2014/07/turtle-parts-looking-for-nuchal.htmlTim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-15553977844430658562017-01-23T09:48:49.418-05:002017-01-23T09:48:49.418-05:00When I look for diagnostic characteristics that su...When I look for diagnostic characteristics that suggest this type of a testudinate petroform, of course I look for the stones chosen and placed so that there is a suggestion of at least a shell and a head. I observe that in the photo, but am drawn immediately to the edge of the upper stone directly over the suspected head where I observe a rather symmetrical suggestion of a nuchal notch, an Tim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.com