Banana for scale. I was a little late to the party as it looks like something munched on it.

Found beside our raised garden bed on Vancouver Island. Not sure species, any guesses from the experts out there?

This is my first photo posted on Lemmy so excuse the amateur effort.

  • WhyAreWeHappy@lemmy.caOP
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    1 year ago

    I was thinking it was a deer also and maybe our dog spooked him off before he finished his meal. We have a lot of blacktail deer here. They eat everything, and our landscaping reflects their appetite.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’d guess it took the first test bite from the front right (hence the gills left intact) and then a more confident chomp from the left. Both are from an upper angle, and the teeth seem far too large for anything smaller that might nosh on rando fungi (raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, etc.), so your local blacktail are my bet. 🤓

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        1 year ago

        Chomp, nosh,… Please do continue. I am immensely enjoying your use of words I haven’t heard in a while. :)

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          Ha! I enjoy the vibrant diversity of the English language and do try to paint with it sometimes. Besides, my gramma always said, “Don’t use the same word twice in short succession. That’s lazy.” 😅