Posted on 02/06/2018 12:45:50 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
This is the mummified dog who was found by loggers inside a tree trunk 20 years after he got stuck while chasing a 'raccoon' and starved to death in Georgia.
The dog, known as Stuckie, was discovered in 1980 when loggers for the Kraft Corporation cut the oak into logs.
They found the mummified hunting dog lodged in a hollow stretch near the top of the tree - and he is now the main attraction at Forest World, a tree museum in Waycross, Georgia.
Stuckie's body was mummified instead of decomposing because the updraft of air in the hollow tree trunk carried his scent away from insects.
Rather than send the section of the tree on to the sawmill, the loggers donated it to Forest World. The dog was named Stuckie following a 2002 naming contest.
It is estimated that he had been in the tree for approximately 20 years before the loggers discovered him.
Experts believe that he had probably chased after some small game, wedging himself into the hollow tree and climbing a whopping 28 feet up before becoming trapped.
How the hound became mummified inside the tree instead of rotting is a much more interesting question, though.
According to a press release from the museum, a chimney effect occurred in the hollow tree, resulting in an upward draft of air.
This caused the scent of the dead animal to be carried away, which otherwise would have attracted insects and other organisms that feed on dead animals.
In addition the hollow tree would also have provided relatively dry conditions, while the tannic acid of the oak would have helped to harden the animal's skin.
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Nice heh. Love walkers too.
We have two old fashioned black and tans. They’re about to gp big cat hunting soon.
I still need to look into the rules for bears.
I grew up in N FL. They run walkers on deer and blueticks on coons and deer. At the end of the deer hunting day we would ride down the dirt roads in the game areas and the walkers would all get lost because they outran everything else. They knew to come out and lay by the road and somebody would pick them up. Everybody just picks up whatever dogs they find and puts them in the dog pen by the ranger station. Sooner or later they all get home. Walkers are great dogs.
And this gruesome one
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-06-01/news/mn-3731_1_hot-grease
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I can testify! Our Beagle has become WORTHLESS! He’s become a house dog - which is good in that I can monitor this Fat Boy’s diet, but WHO will keep the bunnies out of my garden come Spring?
I guess it’s up to the Basset Sisters! (They are stone cold killers in their cute Mossy Oak PINK collars, LOL!)
You got it, Baby!
If I were a wealthier EVIL Republican, I would contribute more, LOL!
“Everybody just picks up whatever dogs they find and puts them in the dog pen by the ranger station. Sooner or later they all get home. Walkers are great dogs.”
It’s the exact same way around here! If I have to do dog chores because Beau is hunting or plowing snow in the winter, or on some construction project in the summer, it’s not unusual to find a ‘spare’ mouth to feed until we can find his/her owner.
Others have ‘found’ our dogs in the past and fed and watered them and returned them in fine shape. Gotta love The Hunting Life!
(Just make sure every dog is chipped and/or has really sturdy collar tags!)
Beautiful!
X-Files! ;)
LOL....Isn’t it! Spooooooky :)
Not to be outdone .....Norwegian Wood For The Ages: 'Mummified' Pine Trees Found
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091014210431.htm
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