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johnny means
10-22-2019, 7:59 PM
Title says it all.

scott vroom
10-22-2019, 8:05 PM
Alpaca....

Frank Pratt
10-22-2019, 8:15 PM
Nope, it's just a sheep.

Andrew Hughes
10-22-2019, 9:43 PM
My first thought was a cinnamon roll that was forgotten about in the freezer.

Roger Feeley
10-28-2019, 2:36 PM
I was going to an aerial photograph of Tatooine. Luke Skywalkers house is down there somewhere.

Frank Pratt
10-28-2019, 7:28 PM
4 completely plausible answers, but still nothing definitive.

Mark Hennebury
10-28-2019, 7:44 PM
My guess would a fine red.

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John K Jordan
10-28-2019, 10:47 PM
Title says it all.

The title doesn't say much.

Do you know the species and is this a game? Is there a prize?

If you don't know the species and want to, there are better ways than guessing. One way to start is to tell what you already know about the wood, where you cut the tree, the density, any smell, etc. A painless way is to send of a piece for free analysis. One of the best ways to do it yourself is to examine the end grain with a magnifier or microscope and look at the pore structure, presence of tyloses, etc. Search the net for wood database wood ID, read.

Or just make up a species. That might be as good as a guess!

JKJ

Tom Bender
10-29-2019, 7:09 AM
It looks like some rhubarb oak I saw in a dream.

Frederick Skelly
10-29-2019, 7:59 AM
Animal or Vegetable? "Species" could apply to either and this feels like a trick question. :) ;) :)

Bill Dufour
10-29-2019, 9:35 AM
The title doesn't say much.

Do you know the species and is this a game? Is there a prize?

If you don't know the species and want to, there are better ways than guessing. One way to start is to tell what you already know about the wood, where you cut the tree, the density, any smell, etc. A painless way is to send of a piece for free analysis. One of the best ways to do it yourself is to examine the end grain with a magnifier or microscope and look at the pore structure, presence of tyloses, etc. Search the net for wood database wood ID, read.

Or just make up a species. That might be as good as a guess!

JKJ

It would also help if we at least knew what Continent he lives on and if the wood is from that continent.
I assume it was grown on earth and not in the space station or inside Elons's greenhouse on Mars?
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Bill Dufour
10-29-2019, 9:36 AM
My guess would a fine red.

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So are you saying it is a mold or maybe fungus?
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Bill Dufour
10-29-2019, 9:37 AM
Frog Sperm. need better picture, with scale, to determine species.

Jim Koepke
10-30-2019, 2:13 PM
Is it animal, mineral or vegetable?

Next would be does the OP know or are they eliciting help in trying to determine the species.

jtk

Scott Donley
10-30-2019, 7:33 PM
Extra woolly sheep.

Bill Dufour
10-30-2019, 7:41 PM
Extra woolly sheep.

Looks like the stuff to the left of the dog's tongue to me.
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