Oh Poop

Hi again guys!

Today is day 2 of 2 of my days off this week. I am spending it researching for my paper that's due at the end of the month, wherein I will present it to a bunch of processualist badasses who will probably hate my noob methodology. We will see.

What am I thinking about for my project? I'm glad you asked. Here are my brainstorm notes so far:

Research paper ideas:

1. Scat analysis

a. Investigate the differences of ingested bones between carnivorous animals (coyotes vs fox, etc)

b. Investigate different taphonomical issues with these ingested bones (differences and similarities in digestive etching, gnawing, etc)

c. Investigate the rates at which ingested bones survive in the digestive tract

d. Compare the findings to a pre-established prey-choice model?

e. Profit???

I am also doing all of this in my dorm room, blasting some of that Viking Polka Metal (thanks Mike!) which is really popular with my roommates (not). Once I hit the idea wall hard, I'm taking the canoe back out on the lake and if I feel brave, I will snap some pics with my phone.