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Weired black tar poo stuff at Araps... 11-Apr-2014 At 4:02:09 PM Ithomas

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It's almost certainly a substance formed by marsupials pissing on their own droppings. It's actually very interesting and I would be very happy if you could tell me the location of any deposits. Before it sets, it acts as a trap for pollen and spores floating about in the atmosphere. Animals such as possums and wallabies tend to utilize the same spot for defaecation for quite some years and then abandon the place in favour of another. By radio carbon dating many deposits it's possible to build up a little picture of ecological change over even thousands of years. Similar stuff deposited by Hyrax in South Africa has been used very successfully to understand local plant community changes over quite long periods of time. Interesting? Shit yeah!