Comments on: Look at the Size of That Chinchilla Poop–to Know How Much It Rained http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/08/10/look-at-the-size-of-that-chinchilla-poop-to-know-how-much-it-rained/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Joseph Calamia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/08/10/look-at-the-size-of-that-chinchilla-poop-to-know-how-much-it-rained/#comment-22644 Joseph Calamia Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:44:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=11743#comment-22644 Ann, thanks for the catch. Very sorry for the rodent picture confusion. Wombatarama, no need to eat any fossilized poop. --Joe Ann, thanks for the catch. Very sorry for the rodent picture confusion. Wombatarama, no need to eat any fossilized poop. –Joe

]]> By: wombatarama http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/08/10/look-at-the-size-of-that-chinchilla-poop-to-know-how-much-it-rained/#comment-22643 wombatarama Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:26:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=11743#comment-22643 If that photo is a chinchilla I'll happily eat some fossilized rodent poop. As a former zookeeper I don't see why grad students shouldn't to be clamoring to work on this. I mean, not only is rodent poop no big deal, it's FOSSILIZED. They could be, say, collecting fresh monkey feces. These researchers should count their blessings. If that photo is a chinchilla I’ll happily eat some fossilized rodent poop.

As a former zookeeper I don’t see why grad students shouldn’t to be clamoring to work on this. I mean, not only is rodent poop no big deal, it’s FOSSILIZED. They could be, say, collecting fresh monkey feces. These researchers should count their blessings.

]]> By: Justin Lapp (ActualityScience) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/08/10/look-at-the-size-of-that-chinchilla-poop-to-know-how-much-it-rained/#comment-22642 Justin Lapp (ActualityScience) Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:09:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=11743#comment-22642 I wonder how far back this method can be used. Does it allow us to go futher back and estimate rainfall than other tests? And I hope the name "Poop Test" sticks. I wonder how far back this method can be used. Does it allow us to go futher back and estimate rainfall than other tests? And I hope the name “Poop Test” sticks.

]]> By: Brian Too http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/08/10/look-at-the-size-of-that-chinchilla-poop-to-know-how-much-it-rained/#comment-22641 Brian Too Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:23:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=11743#comment-22641 Really? Do they have to fight off the hordes of grad students clamoring to do this kind of work? No, there are lots of positions available? You don't say! Really? Do they have to fight off the hordes of grad students clamoring to do this kind of work?

No, there are lots of positions available? You don’t say!

]]> By: Rhacodactylus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/08/10/look-at-the-size-of-that-chinchilla-poop-to-know-how-much-it-rained/#comment-22640 Rhacodactylus Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:01:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=11743#comment-22640 What's that expression? "An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until they finally know everything about nothing." I'm thinking the field of chinchilla research is well on it's way. What’s that expression? “An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until they finally know everything about nothing.” I’m thinking the field of chinchilla research is well on it’s way.

]]> By: ann aunamis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/08/10/look-at-the-size-of-that-chinchilla-poop-to-know-how-much-it-rained/#comment-22639 ann aunamis Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:36:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=11743#comment-22639 That kind of looks like a pika, not a chinch. That kind of looks like a pika, not a chinch.

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