… interesting. I’m out of ideas for specific animals, but the two things I’d deduce from this poo are that it’s a larger animal because it seems to be fine passing whole nuts through its digestive tract, and that it’s an more an omnivore. Beyond that, I’m not sure.
There is an expert who not only can identify but collects poo too @chrisgpackham.bsky.social can you identify this please and thank you. Chris is great he has dogs called Sid & Nancy! How cool is that.
As someone else suggested, it may be a particularly nasty hairball. It’s got hair in it and just looks darker because it’s dried a little? And maybe the poor creature had trouble digesting other things along the way. My cat throws up fur, peanuts and pieces of my clothing. She’s an interesting one.
It looks like it has seeds in it? That's the real question. It's a little weird for a coyote poop, maybe it has an upset stomach, but coyotes eat lots of fallen fruit, and those look kind of like loquat seeds which are all over LA and people often don't eat. Just a guess?
Owl pellets are large (for birds... big bird, big pellet.) It is usally dry/hard but like sick birds and poop, it can be a soft "packet" which if it hit the ground would look like that. (depending on size)
Tbf with the displacement of wildlife & their behaviour & eating habits & needing to evolve because of LA fires displacement it could be Difficult to nail it down 💯 but I’d say opossum or coyote. & it’s unwell💩
I prescribe a trail cam cos then you’ll know for sure.
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It's aliens.
https://animalia-life.club/qa/pictures/does-racoon-poop-smell-like-dog-poop
(Sorry.)
Thanks a lot Duncan!
92% in favour, 33% turnout.
They look like standard 100mm x 200mm, so the poo is about 100mm diameter?
Tbf with the displacement of wildlife & their behaviour & eating habits & needing to evolve because of LA fires displacement it could be Difficult to nail it down 💯 but I’d say opossum or coyote. & it’s unwell💩
I prescribe a trail cam cos then you’ll know for sure.
Lesser spotted Scotsman, shiting out last nights haggis after a bender.
inconclusive but there are loads of shit pics 🧐
But my scat knowledge is mainly limited to turning around in the bathroom.
My googlefu is getting a workout.
https://dfwurbanwildlife.com/2014/01/07/chris-jacksons-dfw-urban-wildlife/coyote-scatology/