30th October Unsprung quiz and your questions

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Martin Hughes-Games | 15:28 UK time, Friday, 30 October 2009

Hi everyone, another conundrum or two for you. Can you identify these three bones? Let us know by commenting below.

And please keep all your nature questions for the team coming in below too.

(if you're looking for the eye quiz, it's here.)

Update 5th November 2009. The answers are:

- Hippo tusk and leg bone: These fossilised bones were discovered during the excavation of the Honiton bypass in 1965 and donated to Allhallows Museum in 1968.

The bones were identified as coming from about 150,000 years ago when the area was a lot warmer than it is now. At that time Honiton had the same sort of climate that we now associate with Africa. The area would have been home to large deer, oxen, elephant and hippopotamus. It is thought that the hippos lived in a marshy boggy area where weaker animals became trapped.

- Cave bear jaw and elephant tooth (not pictured): The cave bear jaw (Ursus spelaeus) came from excavated seat earth (floor of the cave) from a cave at Durdham Down in Bristol during the 19th century. Along with it were other finds including teeth from a straight tusked elephant and teeth from a spotted hyaena.

The cave bear lived during a warm spell in the Ice Age known as the Ipswichian, which dates from 128,000 to 70,000 years ago. The humans living at that time (Middle Palaeolithic) were Homo Neanderthalensis. This was well before modern man (Homo sapiens) appeared.

The jaw was on display in the old Bristol Museum (now Browns) but survived the bombing of the 1940s. It was partly repaired using plaster-of-paris.

The elephantid molar tooth is from the Pleistocene to Recent, perhaps 100,000 years old. It's most likely a straight tusked elephant tooth. It was found when a trench was dug by a builder in 1992, at a depth of 10 feet, at Oakhill Manor, Oakhill in Somerset and donated to Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.

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1. At 9:08pm on 30 Oct 2009, magmac57 wrote:
why have the birds in our garden stopped using our bird bath after using it for almost 4 years nothing different has happened we used to have blackbirds, starlings, robins, collared doves and wood pigeons amongst many, the wood pigeons were the last to use it and now even they have gone, help!

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2. At 9:14pm on 30 Oct 2009, Glasgow11a wrote:
A week ago my garden was full of birds around my feeders and bird table but now there are hardly any birds. Any ideas why?

Andy Cunningham
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3. At 9:15pm on 30 Oct 2009, Glasgow11a wrote:
A week ago my garden was full of birds around my feeders and bird table but now there are hardly any birds. Any ideas why?

Andy Cunningham
Glasgow

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4. At 9:19pm on 30 Oct 2009, elingtwo wrote:

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5. At 9:21pm on 30 Oct 2009, laneyday2 wrote:
Hi All..Would love to know due to this warm weather whats happening eco wise in Great Britain how has it aqffected our wildlife..love the show x

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6. At 9:29pm on 30 Oct 2009, RK-BLAST wrote:
1. A Horse's Ulna.
2. A Cow's femur.
3. A Boar's lower jaw.

I'm not sure about any of these but just a thought.

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7. At 9:31pm on 30 Oct 2009, lewisandmason wrote:
hi to you all, me and my two sons were wondering why simon is always out in the cold, whislt you guys in unsprung are having tea and cake, it would be nice to see simon with you guys, maybe for the last show of autumnwatch, we love the programme, watch it every year, it gets better. all the best dean.

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8. At 9:33pm on 30 Oct 2009, redkite30 wrote:
If Percy has been the 'King of the Greens' for the last few years, does this mean that he has been mating with his own off spring if so won't the Gene Pool be weakened?

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9. At 9:34pm on 30 Oct 2009, DJEProductions2 wrote:
hi team

I've been missing auntumnwatch since it's been on because of the late time, will it be earler from now on please.

From
David

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10. At 9:36pm on 30 Oct 2009, DJEProductions2 wrote:
I'm sort of guessing

1. Horse's Ulna
2. Cow's femur
3. Boar's lower jaw

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11. At 9:36pm on 30 Oct 2009, bazandrue wrote:
Hello there! At this time every year we get inundated with flies in our loft. I believe they are cluster or autumn flies and they are just coming in from the cold. Is that right? Can you tell us anything else about them, please? It only seems to have become a problem over the last five years, since we have had a skylight in the roof. Thanks, Ruth (in Chester)

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12. At 9:37pm on 30 Oct 2009, abelsaffie wrote:
I live in outer London and for the past two years we have had no Sparrows in our garden, We have Blue tits, Robins, Starlings but no Sparrows. We do however have lots of Parakeets and was told that they eat small birds is this correct ?

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13. At 9:37pm on 30 Oct 2009, Snowyowl1232 wrote:
Wooly mammoth tooth
Saber Tooth tiger

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14. At 9:37pm on 30 Oct 2009, Chris Hodgson wrote:
Any idea what kind of sider this is, and is http://www.flickr.com/photos/massive-photography/4057286571/sizes/l/

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15. At 9:37pm on 30 Oct 2009, Snowyowl1232 wrote:
(lower jaw of saber tooth tiger and tooth)

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16. At 9:38pm on 30 Oct 2009, greenman22 wrote:
spurn whale?

greenman22
martinhughesgames.terapad.com

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17. At 9:38pm on 30 Oct 2009, RK-BLAST wrote:
1.A cow's Ulna.
2.A Cow's Femur
3.A Boar's Lower Jaw.
4.The tooth that there is no picture of is from a Wooly Mammoth.

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18. At 9:38pm on 30 Oct 2009, Sparrowhawk1974 wrote:
I think they are extinct - one may be a wooly mammoth - the giant one at the top with the tusk...???

The other looks like a badger or boars jaw or something like that???

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19. At 9:38pm on 30 Oct 2009, MrBarnOwl wrote:
Hello Unsprung team,
I have no wildlife question i just want to be mentioned on tonights show... I like Level Headed Joe!

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20. At 9:39pm on 30 Oct 2009, Wildlife Filmer Adam wrote:

Is one of the bones belonging to a Badger!?

Adam L Canning
Frankley, Birmingham

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21. At 9:39pm on 30 Oct 2009, Emsiecat wrote:
The first is from a horse possibly, not sure which bone.

Second has got to be a cow, looks very thick, probably from the leg.

The third one has got to be a wild boar, the mandible jaw bone.

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22. At 9:39pm on 30 Oct 2009, markymarky69 wrote:
Narwhal

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23. At 9:40pm on 30 Oct 2009, DJEProductions2 wrote:
what sort of clue is that

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24. At 9:40pm on 30 Oct 2009, jeromesh wrote:
One is a mammoth's tooth

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25. At 9:40pm on 30 Oct 2009, Snowyowl1232 wrote:
SCRAP MY LAST TWO COMMENTS!!

Horses ulna
wooly mammoth tooth
saber tooth tiger tooth
wild boar lower jaw

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26. At 9:40pm on 30 Oct 2009, markymarky69 wrote:
Narwal and Mamoth teeth

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27. At 9:40pm on 30 Oct 2009, baigy247 wrote:
wolly mammoth
sabre tooth tiger
blue whale

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28. At 9:40pm on 30 Oct 2009, jungliemonkey wrote:
Hippo?!
Wild boar
and a mammoth tooth?

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29. At 9:41pm on 30 Oct 2009, Emsiecat wrote:
Oooh prehistoric?

Um first one sabertooth fang?

Oh gosh dunno the second.

Um third definitely looks boar-ish though.

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30. At 9:41pm on 30 Oct 2009, Modaisy wrote:
1. mastodon femur
2. extinct giant pig lower jaw?
3. mammoth tooth

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31. At 9:41pm on 30 Oct 2009, DJEProductions2 wrote:
I think one is a Wooly Mammoth Tooth

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32. At 9:41pm on 30 Oct 2009, jpeltiffney2 wrote:
wolly mammoth

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33. At 9:41pm on 30 Oct 2009, Chris_springsteen wrote:
You cheats !! lol

the leg bone and the the horn probably from european bison

jaw from a boar i guess

and the tooth which is not on the site a mamoth tooth

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34. At 9:41pm on 30 Oct 2009, greenman22 wrote:
love the shirt, pirate MARTIN!
lol
greenman22

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35. At 9:41pm on 30 Oct 2009, metalhardrocker wrote:
elk, cave bear and mammoth

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36. At 9:41pm on 30 Oct 2009, Paul66Rutter wrote:
Mammoth tooth
Bison femur and horn
Lion jawbone

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37. At 9:42pm on 30 Oct 2009, whosyamonkey wrote:
sabertooth tiger tooth
wolly mammouth femur
sabertooth tiger jaw

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38. At 9:42pm on 30 Oct 2009, TribeofOne wrote:
1 horse tooth
2 Auroc (that giant bovine we used to have here)
3 wild boar jaw

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39. At 9:42pm on 30 Oct 2009, indychick_uk wrote:
Irish elk leg bones?

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40. At 9:42pm on 30 Oct 2009, tracymichele wrote:
Isobel & I think they are:
A mammoth/elephant tooth
A hippo's lower jaw
An Auroch's horn

Love Martin's shirt by the way - very Darcy!!

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41. At 9:42pm on 30 Oct 2009, tiptopccare wrote:
i think the bottom bone is a boar jaw??? please say im right!!!!!!

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42. At 9:42pm on 30 Oct 2009, HappyTentacles wrote:
Ice Age animals -

Parts of woolly rhino

Lower jaw of boar

Mammoth tooth

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43. At 9:43pm on 30 Oct 2009, indychick_uk wrote:
ooh - and the antler of course

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44. At 9:43pm on 30 Oct 2009, featherandhay wrote:
God1 what the heck is the top bone in the first picture?

The second bone is a humerus, and if this is indeed from the same animal as the lower jaw pictured, I would have to go for cave bear.

The large ridged object shown in the programme (but not pictured here) is a mammoth tooth.

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45. At 9:43pm on 30 Oct 2009, yeldenbrams wrote:
its a mammoth

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46. At 9:43pm on 30 Oct 2009, metalhardrocker wrote:
mammoth was the tooth. Cave bear the jaw, elk the two bones

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47. At 9:43pm on 30 Oct 2009, eastyorkshirebird wrote:
Mammoth femur and tusk?
Giant slooth / ancient hippo? jaw
Tooth from?

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48. At 9:43pm on 30 Oct 2009, Chris_springsteen wrote:
european bison also called Auroch !!!

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49. At 9:43pm on 30 Oct 2009, colourfulTBow wrote:
One is mamouth tooth
Two together are from Auroch
The lower jaw is from a Wild Boar

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50. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, JoeboyCampbell wrote:
What is the best way to attract Tawny Owls? We hear them at night in the woods accross from our house, but can never catch sight of them, and would love to see them!!

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51. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, virtualDeanbug wrote:
I think they are a mammoths tooth, a cave hyena jaw and humerus
virtual deanbug

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52. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, odonate wrote:
1) Walrus tooth
2) Mastodon
3) Hippopotamus jaw

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53. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, mtb777 wrote:
mammouth

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54. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, ph87gb wrote:
I think the bones are:

Hippo
brown bear
elephant

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55. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, ChloeChihuahua wrote:
Woolly mammoth, sabre-tooth tiger and a giant sloth?

Loving the Halloween theme tonight!

Who else here has noticed that Kate never posts on the blog? Kate, we would love to read a post from you :)

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56. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, leg1ndyoll wrote:
Is one of the 'fossils' from an Oryx?

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57. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, onlychickens wrote:
woolie rhino, mammoth

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58. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, Irenescarff wrote:
Is one of the fossils a wooly rhinoserus tooth.

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59. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, jabba69 wrote:
Woolly Rhinoceros

and a crocodile

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60. At 9:44pm on 30 Oct 2009, mrcanny wrote:
Sabre toothed tiger and hippo?

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61. At 9:45pm on 30 Oct 2009, pippapls wrote:
aurochs
wild boar
mammoth

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62. At 9:45pm on 30 Oct 2009, pcees2003 wrote:
are the two bones together from a sabatooth tiger, as you said the animals were extinct.

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63. At 9:45pm on 30 Oct 2009, norfolkharryuk7 wrote:
Wooly Rhino, Hyaena, Elephant or Mammoth

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64. At 9:45pm on 30 Oct 2009, legendarynatureman wrote:
sabre tooth tiger tooth
cave bear leg

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65. At 9:45pm on 30 Oct 2009, tiptopccare wrote:
Can you let simon know that at carshalton beeches ( near wallington in surrey) you can feed the squirrels.... they even chase you if you have nuts!

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66. At 9:45pm on 30 Oct 2009, megandoscar wrote:
Woolly Mammoth tooth, tusk and femur. Lower jaw bone of a wild boar.

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67. At 9:45pm on 30 Oct 2009, fionaisthegreatest wrote:
MAMMOTH JAW BONE?

possiblyyyyy? by the way i would love a mention on the show :)

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68. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, reblousou wrote:
Hi I'm not sure about the others but the one that got shown upside down is a mammouth tooth.

Rebecca (Gloucestershire)
Ozzy is beautiful

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69. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, potassiumdichromate7 wrote:
Is the bottom picture (the jaw bone) from the pliosaur that was found in Dorset recently?

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70. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, MartynFordham wrote:
Saber toot tiger
Bison femur
giant pig lowe jaw

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71. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, HeatherJaneBetty wrote:
Happy Halloween to all at Unsprung
Could the bones belong to a Woolly Mammoth?!
Loving the programme. Heather

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72. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, Sparrowhawk1974 wrote:
Might be a bear in there??

One may be a walrus tusk and bone??

One looks like a fish - maybe a burbot or houting??

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73. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, H3Rents wrote:
Rats! Rats! Rats!
I thought;
mammoth tooth
narwhale
and something else....

....then had to register before I could post here.
LOST my chance at fame and fortune ;-(

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74. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, havingfuninthesun wrote:
is it a dinosaur?????

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75. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, eco-pete wrote:
Elk, mammoth tooth, hippo jaw

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76. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, druss67 wrote:
woolly rhino
boar

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77. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, EatYerGreens wrote:
Hippo tusk
Hippo femur
Thylocine lower jaw
Woolly mammoth (or mastodon?) molar

EYG

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78. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, Mr_Simnock wrote:
The four bones maybe from

1. Mammoth tooth
2. Rhino horn and leg (?) bone
3. Warthog Jaw bone

Just guesses, great show by the way

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79. At 9:46pm on 30 Oct 2009, bauxite wrote:
The bones could be
Woolly mamouth tooth
woolly rino femur + Tusk
Wild boar jaw

just an idea

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80. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, merlingirl41 wrote:
I think the top one is a tooth from a shark.
Is the lower one a jaw of maybe a teradactil, or a pteranerdon?

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81. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, giderz wrote:
Auroch horn and hip, Sabre Tooth lower jaw bone

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82. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, flyingsilverwolf wrote:
the one that was held up is a mammoth tooth

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83. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, trailjockey wrote:
One of the was a wooly mammoth tooth i think.

Brian
Bridge of Allan

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84. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, M3rrymaiden wrote:
Mammoth tooth
Woolly Rhino
Hippo

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85. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, Summergale wrote:
The big block that's got 'ridges and furrows' on the TV show is a mammoth tooth.

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86. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, maisie357 wrote:
mammoth tooth

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87. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, eco-pete wrote:
In the previous programme Chris said that a hornet was top of the food chain, could he explain this please. Eco-pete

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88. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, johnorobbo wrote:
Bones are Hippo, Aurochs and Mammoth

Johno

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89. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, leg1ndyoll wrote:
That skunk is lovely, not a pet type though.

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90. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, jamesjennie wrote:
Must be a sabretooth tiger!
Jennie Bateson

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91. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, Sosgez wrote:
Aurox, Mammoth, Hyena

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92. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, whosyamonkey wrote:
mammoth tooth
bison femur and horn
tiger/lion lower jawbone

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93. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, ptrowley wrote:
Wild boar jaw
Whale molar

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94. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, strixsomerset wrote:
mammoth tooth
cave bear lower jaw
wooly rhino tusk and pelvic bone?

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95. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, msSusie02 wrote:
My husband and 2 sons were playing golf on a golf links in North Cornwall on Wednesday and a seagull flew off with one of their golf balls.

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96. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, mesmerizingrobin wrote:
mammoth tooth, nessie's jaw bone & sabre tooth tiger

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97. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, bagsie23 wrote:
Hi could you show the picture on the tv ....the one that is not posted
thanks bagsie23

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98. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, havingfuninthesun wrote:
tusk of a mammoth

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99. At 9:47pm on 30 Oct 2009, mrmoran0077 wrote:
Bear?

Polar bear from bone caves, inchnadamph?

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100. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, captainpandy1 wrote:
we think the bones are woolly mammoth molar, hyena jawbone and woolly rhinoceros femur and horn ???

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101. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, markthejarv wrote:

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102. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, Renapich wrote:
1: Mammoth tooth
3: Looks like David Coulthard's jaw!

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103. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, ehebrides wrote:
1. Elephant/mammoth tooth
2. hippo
3. crocodile lower mandible

Love the show, keep up the good work

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104. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, waterPatricia wrote:
I believe these to be the bones of a Mammoth
Patricia

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105. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, blurrrrr13 wrote:

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106. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, plinky_master wrote:
Yeah I was thinking woolly mammoth or woollt rhino for the 1/2 jaw...I'm assuming all the animals that the bones came from are extinct so things like sabre-tooth cat?

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107. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, andyntrudy wrote:
hi is the top pic of a nar whale?

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108. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, Gracefuldecor wrote:
The one on the black cushion is a hippo jaw.

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109. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, emmaonthefarm wrote:
top photo: aurochs horn and lower leg (tibula)
bottom photo:Bears mandible

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110. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, teresaofcourse wrote:
Hi there, we think these are woolly rhino bones - horn, leg bone (femur) and lower jaw bone.
Teresa and Jim

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111. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, Sosgez wrote:
Maybe Aurox, Mammoth, straight tusked elephant

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112. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, markthejarv wrote:
Bones are of the hairy mamouth ???

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113. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, jellyandmrwilli wrote:
is one bone from a unicorn?

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114. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, Sparrowhawk1974 wrote:
Could be a wooly rhino - the big bone and tusk?

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115. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, crawfordleigh wrote:
The first bone is in fact a tooth - wooly mammoth. The second bone is humurous of wooly rhine and the last jaw bone is from a bear.
Leigh and Mark in northumberloand

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116. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, hilstha wrote:
I think a tooth of a mammoth, the femur of a giant elk and the jaw of a wooly rhinoceros

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117. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, merlingirl41 wrote:
My daughter and I are really enjoying your series. OOPs that skunk is gorgeous.

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118. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, phill7wltn wrote:
They are fossils, A Mastadon, a Rhino and ?

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119. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, pcees2003 wrote:
sabatooth bones
mammoth tooth
boar jaw
rose

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120. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, Terrordactylman wrote:
The bones are:

mammoth tooth
hippopotamus jaw
tooth and femur of cave bear

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121. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, mrspee41 wrote:
OMG - what a coincindence! My step mum was telling me today about the crows that come down and steal golf balls at her local course - one nicked her ball just the other day! She lives in Eastbourne. Spooky stuff! lol

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122. At 9:48pm on 30 Oct 2009, Brummylass10 wrote:
saber tooth tiger?

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123. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, sebloram wrote:
How about mammoth, bear and narwal...love the show!

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124. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, MrJonasPollard wrote:
Mammoth

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125. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, tazyshedevil wrote:
mammoth jaw bone
sabre tooth tiger
mastodon

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126. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, auntybruce6 wrote:
1. A hippo's tooth and fema.

2. A lion's lower jaw.

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127. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, rolyat20 wrote:
Bones are from Woolly Mammoth, Wolly Rhino and a hippopotamus

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128. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, landsmith wrote:
The bones; Mammoth tooth, wooly rhino femur, Sabre tooth tiger lower jaw.

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129. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, johnorobbo wrote:
Bones are Bear, Aurochs and Mammoth?

Johno

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130. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, christinetredway wrote:
the first one you showed on the program (it is not in the pictures) was a mammoth tooth. I saw one in a museum!!!!

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131. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, animal pheasant wrote:
i reckon the first one is a part of an elephant but i am not sure

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132. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, metalhardrocker wrote:
Sabre tooth and cave bear

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133. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, garyswanney wrote:
The bones are a wooly rhino, mammoth, hippo
Gary Swanney Erskine, Scotland

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134. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, colinll wrote:
a hairy mammoth bone/tusk
whale tooth
wild boar

colin llewellyn, shrewsbury

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135. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, stublick wrote:
Irish Elk & Mammoth?

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136. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, dabbersaint wrote:
1 = Sabre-Tooth Tiger
2 = Crocodile

Josh, 14, Southampton

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137. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, goldjohnniebgood wrote:
Hi I think the bones are from an AUROC

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138. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, devbow wrote:
MAMOUTH TOOTH
AND SABRE TOOTH TIGER
AND CROCODILE

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139. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, JJ-Barnowl-Nch wrote:
MAMOUTH TOOTH,- BOARS JAW -JACOP SHEEP HORN

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140. At 9:49pm on 30 Oct 2009, markymarky69 wrote:
Although not a native species, this was at Longleat :p

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30576142@N02/4059453036/

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141. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, DeLongy wrote:
The tooth and bone look like Hippo fossils
The lower jaw a walrus fossil and the tooth a mammoth fossil

Q As it's Hlloween - have there ever been sightings of vampire bats in the UK?

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142. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, captainlaurel wrote:
Wooly Mammoth
loch ness monster
boar

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143. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, whosyamonkey wrote:
mammoth tooth
wolly rhino femur and tusk
tiger/lion lower jawbone

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144. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, tonym1959 wrote:
From the top:
Hippo tooth,
Seal leg bone
Cave bear jaw

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145. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, Chris Hodgson wrote:
Mammoth tooth
Bison femur and horn
Wolf jawbone

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146. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, teresaofcourse wrote:
One that Chris was holding was mammoth tooth

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147. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, KevScott73 wrote:
Mammoth or hippo?

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148. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, Emsiecat wrote:
Saber toot tiger
Mammoth femur
wooly rhino jaw

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149. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, Firefox132 wrote:
Hi i think the bones are of a femur and tooth bone of a Wooly Mammoth.

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150. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, Paul66Rutter wrote:
Aurochs bone and horn
Mammoth tooth
Lion jawbone

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151. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, animal pheasant wrote:
the first one i think is part of an elephant

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152. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, rutheeo wrote:
Hmmm....this is tricky! I am guessing a bear-like thing and a rhino-like thing!

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153. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, ph87gb wrote:
How about
Hippo
elephant/mammoth tooth
hyena jaw

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154. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, giantmamothtooth wrote:
I think these are mamoth teeth and other bones

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155. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, Beowulf2 wrote:
A Narwal's tusk and a mammoths tooth?

Ian.

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156. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, derbyshireharrier wrote:
Woolly Rhino horn and leg bone
wild boar bottom jaw
Woolly Mammoth tooth

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157. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, metalhardrocker wrote:
Sabre tooth being the bone and tooth, the cave bear lower jaw

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158. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, mesmerizingrobin wrote:
prehistoric fish, bear, wolf. This show is brilliant! I'm going to watch all the time!

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159. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, theangrypixie wrote:
Wooly rhino horn and bone
sabre tooth tiger skull
Mammoth tooth

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160. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, Sosgez wrote:
Please can we have fewer animals and more cakes!

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161. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, Badgerbob71 wrote:
Mammoth, mastadon, rhino?

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162. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, judytotman wrote:
hi i have seen a male phesant that looked like an albeno but had a normal coluers on the head he was acompeied by a female and was seen in the hampshier area can you tell me what he was and if it is normal
thanks judytotman

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163. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, giderz wrote:
Auroch horn and hip, Sabre Tooth lower jaw bone and Woolly Mammoth molar?

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164. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, hazelhaz wrote:
hi,
Are the bones from a sperm whale?

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165. At 9:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, carolepaish wrote:
narwhal
mammoth
sabre toothed tiger

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166. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, Mr_Simnock wrote:
That Jaw bone isn't from a Alligator possibly?
That horn is a swine of a bone

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167. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, giantmamothtooth wrote:
I am sure these are mamoth bones as we have a mamoth tooth

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168. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, marbledoreen wrote:
is it elephant bones?

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169. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, bengalsfan2 wrote:
A coypu or a capybara jawbone

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170. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, carolepaish wrote:

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171. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, captainsmith10 wrote:
I think the bones are
A stag's ankler and femur
And the bottom jaw of a peccarie

=]
Sian Smith
Xxx

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172. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, leighfrances72 wrote:
This is not a nature question, but can you ask Chris if he shops for T-shirts at 'Last Exit to Nowhere?'!!

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173. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, blow23 wrote:
1.Mammoth's tooth
2. Cow's femur
3. Boar's lower jaw

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174. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, blurrrrr13 wrote:
Hiya,
Top bones are from a hippopotamus I think. The other one is from a giant armadillo? & Chris' T-shirt is from Alien!!!

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175. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, MartynFordham wrote:
Falow deer rut... see these at Holkham fantsatic http://www.flickr.com/photos/railphoto/4023621788/

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176. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, havingfuninthesun wrote:
megalosuarus

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177. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, intellectualStephenC wrote:
I think it's a mammoth and a wild boar

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178. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, Irenescarff wrote:
woolly Mammoth and a saber tooth tiger?

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179. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, tracymichele wrote:
We've changed our minds after a little thought! Are the bones from:
A woolly rhino
Hippo
Mammoth

Although the hippo one could be boar? Its difficult to tell without handling them!!!
Tracy & Isobel in Suffolk

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180. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, reblousou wrote:
Hi again,
A quick question for the team, we live in Gloucestershire and would love to be able watch dear in the wild, we're frequent ramblers but have only ever seen one dear. Where in the county would be good to head to?

Thanks
Rebecca (Gloucestershire)

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181. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, TheBiggins wrote:
Bones
Mammoth tooth and bone
Hippo Jaw
Ox bone

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182. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, druss67 wrote:
woolly rhino
cave bear

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183. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, mckechnie-graham1 wrote:
is it a sabre tooth tiger and a mammoth?

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184. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, mckechnie-graham1 wrote:

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185. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, jeromesh wrote:
The first two are from a wooly Rhino

The second is a wild boar

The one not shown is a woolly mammoth's tooth

Shaun

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186. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, onlychickens wrote:
entelodont, woolie rhino, mammoth

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187. At 9:51pm on 30 Oct 2009, Chris_springsteen wrote:
ok another try :)

the bone and the tusk are they the leg and tooth of a hippo coz i know they were once here

boar jaw bone still my guess

and still mammoth tooth

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188. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, Brummylass10 wrote:
man a horn n jaw of narwhale?

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189. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, stinkerlinker wrote:
a herbivore molar..woolly rhino
a mammoth leg bone
a boars lower jaw??

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190. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, danwaters2000 wrote:
is one of them a wooly faced Oddie....

or indeed are they:

Jaw of a wooly mammoth

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191. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, Straw-Dog wrote:
The tooth that isn't pictured: Mammoth
1&2: Mastodon
3: Wild boar

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192. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, RK-BLAST wrote:
1.Wooly Rhino horn.
2.Wooly Rhino femur.
3.Sabre-Tooth Cat lower jaw.
4.Wooly Mammoth tooth.

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193. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, schlep1 wrote:
That was an elephant/mammoth tooth Chris was waving around. Also wooly rhino? Maybe Irish elk jaw?

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194. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, misslechat wrote:
is the one that isn't pictured an elephant tooth? or as some people have said, more probably a wooly mammoth tooth

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195. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, abelsaffie wrote:
I live feltham and for the past two years we have had no Sparrows in our garden, We have Blue tits, Robins, Starlings but no Sparrows. We do however have lots of Parakeets and was told that they eat small birds is this correct ?

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196. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, sebloram wrote:
on second thoughts..wooly rhino, bear and mammoth

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197. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, Widelens wrote:
Hi Gang

I think the bones are from a Mastodon (or Mammoth) and a Sabre-tooth Tiger ...great show guys as ever. Kate you are perfection !!

See you (on the box) next week.

Chris

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198. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, captainajaybee wrote:
a Mammoth's tooth
a cave bears jaw
the bones/fang of a sabre tooth tiger

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199. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, merlingirl41 wrote:
mammoth tusk

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200. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, judytotman wrote:
hi i have seen a male phesant that looked like an albeno but had a normal coluers on the head he was acompeied by a female and was seen in the hampshier area can you tell me what he was and if it is normal
thanks judytotman

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201. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, archeopiltdown wrote:
1. Mammoth tooth

2. Auroch Phalange and tooth

3. Wild boar lower jaw

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202. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, virtualDeanbug wrote:
hippo tooth
cave hyena humerus and jaw bone

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203. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, Buxtonmountainman wrote:
The tooth and bone are from a sabre tooth tiger.
The lower jaw bone is from a brown bear.
The tooth shown on tv but not on the web site is from a mamoth.

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204. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, peterblackrabbit wrote:
The large tooth bone is that of a woolly mammoth.
The jaw is of a long extict crocodile that used to roam Britain and the bones are probably those of dinosaurs.

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205. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, Wichywolf wrote:
There's no picture but Martin was holding a mammoth tooth earlier.

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206. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, magpiewatch wrote:
Sabre tooth tiger tooth
wooly mammoth femur
bear jawbone

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207. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, cleverchristopher10 wrote:
narwel whale horn, elk or moose lower jaw, brontiosaurauus leg , sorry spelling not good, or bones from dorset coast

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208. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, MrJonasPollard wrote:
all were mammoth, tooth, bone and Jaw

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209. At 9:52pm on 30 Oct 2009, indychick_uk wrote:
ok

1- Irish Elk
2 - Wolf jaw
3- Mammoth tooth

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210. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, virtualalicecuffley wrote:
i think the jaw is of a wild boar

the teeth of a mammoth?

and the tusk of a mammoth?

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211. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, Densebrains wrote:
No idea for the 1st and 2nd bone structures but the 3rd Bone structure looks very similar to that of an elephant's teeth. Each tooth will be worn away and is shed from the mouth as new teeth grow from the back and push the old teeth forward.

I am guessing that the 3rd bone structure is a set of Mammoth Teeth.

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212. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, bauxite wrote:
another guess
the tooth has got to be Woolly mammoth
Woolly rhino femur + tusk
saber tooth cat lower jaw (big gaps for saber teeth?)

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213. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, Neilelliott wrote:
I think the bones tonight are from a sabre tooth tiger, woolly mammoth and hippopotamus.

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214. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, kikobert wrote:
I think the fossil that's not pictured here is possibly a mammoth's tooth...

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215. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, pamla0 wrote:
I think the bones are part of a mammoth jaw and the horn of a woolly rhino, fossilised of course ((o:

Regards
Peter Gee

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216. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, stigaroo wrote:
Don't know what the bones are, but can Chris confirm the back of one of his cue cards is part of the cover to legendary Psychedelic Furs album 'talk talk talk'? Thanks!

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217. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, lincmoores wrote:
Quiz

Cave bear, woolly rhino, mammoth

Hope it's right!

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218. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, jumags wrote:
Mastadon jaw! Phew took me half the programme to sign in!

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219. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, ChloeChihuahua wrote:
Martin, you've just been Tango'd...

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220. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, whosyamonkey wrote:
mammoth tooth
wolly rhino femur and tusk
wild boar lower jawbone

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221. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, ChirpingChiffchaff wrote:
mammoth tooth
woolly rhinoceros femur and horn?
prehistoric boar jaw?

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222. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, flyingjames104 wrote:
woolly rhinoceros
brown bear

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223. At 9:53pm on 30 Oct 2009, myshopwindow wrote:
looked like a wolly mammoth molar on the TV

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224. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, tootsietim wrote:
brown bear, giant elk and mastodon.

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225. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, navigationlou wrote:
I think the horn may be from a wooly rhinoceros.

The middle bone is a humerus. Could it also be from a wooly rhino?

I think the one Chris held up is a whale tooth.

The mandible looks like it's from a pig of some sort.

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226. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, Bwanapima wrote:
This nest of golf balls is probably built by a rat, they like collecting eggs and also bones and make nests, I had one under the bonnet of my car, all pieces of bone

Brian Dawtrey
New Forest,

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227. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, ryanhughes95 wrote:
1.sabre tooth tiger tooth
2.sabre tooth tiger femur
3.sabre tooth tiger lower jaw

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228. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, blow23 wrote:
Why only 2 pictures but 3 items on TV ??

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229. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, oneill2009 wrote:
yesterday the birds were out in the moring at night they a surpose to be in bed but they were out singing there littal harts out is this normal

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230. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, irispiers wrote:
It's a Woolly Rhino's molar
An exstinct reptile species
And a piece of Mammoths tooth

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231. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, merlingirl41 wrote:
The beast of bodmin moor maybe when it first appeared for the first pictures.

The lower jaw bone we think is a prehistoric aligator.

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232. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, druss67 wrote:
walrus
cave bear

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233. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, abelsaffie wrote:
I live feltham and for the past two years we have had no Sparrows in our garden, We have Blue tits, Robins, Starlings but no Sparrows. We do however have lots of Parakeets and was told that they eat small birds is this correct

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234. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, johnrhyder wrote:
Elephant tooth
Hippo bones
bear Jaw

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235. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, lewisandmason wrote:
hi again guys, great show tonght, in the new year will autumn/springwatch bring a calendar out, with seasonal pictures, money going to a good cause, im sure it would be popular with the viewers. cheers dean.

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236. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, stevernismyname wrote:
umm, the straight one looks a bit like the tip of an Auroch's horn. perhaps the chunkier bone in that picture is part of the leg bone. the jaw bone looks a bit like a horse's so i'm thinking a Tarpan's or something of the sort.

Frances doran age 13

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237. At 9:54pm on 30 Oct 2009, MiloClayton wrote:
They are: mammoth, sabre toothed tiger & pleiceosaur (sorry for misspelling!)

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238. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, Divingsmurf wrote:
First thought was a woolly mammoth or rhino and then the jaw of a large cat, not sure if a sabre tooth but were these 'british' species?

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239. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, lyndagee wrote:
The Rhino

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240. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, captainsmith10 wrote:
Or
A mammouth tusk and femur
and the bottom jaw of peccarie

=]
Sian Smith
Xxx

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241. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, ingeniousJane wrote:
A swine's femur maybe?

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242. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, darlingpoglepie wrote:
Bones are: Alligator, Woolly Rhino and Bear

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243. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, Beowulf2 wrote:
An ichthyosaurus jaw bone
Mammoth tooth
Narwal's Tusk
Somethings femur!

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244. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, julie_foster wrote:
evening all,
this may sound silly but last week i saw a bubble bee out on the path, is it too late for them now and is the something you can do if i saw this again or do you just have to leave them???
julie from epsom

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245. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, Magicmidnightforest wrote:
1 - Mammoth
2 - Boar
3 - Can't see the picture :)

Thanks :)

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246. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, merlingirl41 wrote:
elephant tusk

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247. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, proteanspirit wrote:
Hippo tooth and humerous
Warthog lower jaw
Elephant/mammoth tooth

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248. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, ryanhughes95 wrote:
when do the waxwings start coming over ?
ive always wanted to see one

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249. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, bluewaterbeetle wrote:
Straight tusked elephant
Hippopotamus
Mammoth

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250. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, scara001 wrote:
Hi, How about Martin having his hair cut on the show for Children in Need? I would definately make a donation.

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251. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, MullAndy wrote:
sabre tooth
Wild Boar
Wooly mammoth

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252. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, whosyamonkey wrote:
mammoth tooth
wolly rhino femur and tusk
saber tooth tiger lower jawbone

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253. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, Akhen1khan2 wrote:
Wooly Rhino horn and leg bone and hippo lower jaw

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254. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, mckechnie-graham1 wrote:
a bear
and a whale

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255. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, wsg256 wrote:

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256. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, Oathbreaker wrote:
Surelt the big bones in Pic A are from a Mammoth? :)

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257. At 9:55pm on 30 Oct 2009, sueroo wrote:
Hi,

Can anyone tell me if a spider can spin a web continuously if it needed to, i.e. if the web kept getting damaged, or can they only spin say once in 24 hours say?

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258. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, MegatronTommyB wrote:
Is it from the exticnt Horse Hyracotherium??

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259. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, DormouseDave wrote:
Elephant tooth, warthog jaw, deer (? elk) leg and antler

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260. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, coolwimmer wrote:
hi
rhino, mammoth and hippo
Dave

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261. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, LucyBoyd wrote:
I think one bone you showed on the TV is a mammoth tooth

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262. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, lordbriany wrote:
Mammoth tooth
Sabre toothed tiger
hippopotamus

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263. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, wsg256 wrote:
Narwhal
Mamoth
Wild Boar.

YESSSSSS

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264. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, neoblog wrote:
woolly Mammoth

Hippo jaw

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265. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, donnellyfam wrote:
Is it a hippos tooth and femur and bears lower jaw and mammouth or wooly rhino tooth?/

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266. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, mattburlace wrote:
prehistoric elephant tooth

ox leg bone

and a prehistoric hippo's jaw

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267. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, gilligeek wrote:
1. Wooly Rhino
2. Wooly Mammoth Tooth
3. Alligator

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268. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, regalKATIEMUM wrote:
my daughter katie, 8 - thinks those bones are wooly mammoth bones or a kind of hippo/ wild pig.

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269. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, sandie0122 wrote:
Are these bones of a hippo?

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270. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, animal pheasant wrote:
i think they are all elephant bones

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271. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, jenandpet wrote:
The bones, are, hopefully:
1. Wooly mammoth tooth and femur
2. Hippo lower jaw

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272. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, thunderousfionnuala wrote:
the jawbone is a wild boar , the tooth is an elephants tooth, and you need to show the tusk type again

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273. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, acebrad78 wrote:
The pictures are Hippo and Lion.... the tooth thats on the programme is elephant.

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274. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, natterer38 wrote:
Hi is it a mammoth tooth, a walrus bone and a bear jaw?

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275. At 9:56pm on 30 Oct 2009, Nick-plymouth wrote:
Mammoth, rhino and hippo

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276. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, babyjackson76 wrote:
i think it's a wooly rhino

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277. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, DormouseDave wrote:
Probably dredged from Dogger bank

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278. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, ELTRENDO wrote:
1ST BONES ARE FROM A WOOLY MAMMOUTH
2ND FROM BROWN BEAR...i THINK !!!

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279. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, JackieinLyndhurst wrote:

Saber tooth tiger
Woolly mammoth molar
Bear lower jaw

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280. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, whosyamonkey wrote:
mammouth tooth
wolly rhino
hippo

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281. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, Bridget_writer wrote:
Regarding the golf balls, I have seen crows picking up and fly off with very large pebbles that form the soak away in my drive, they were as large and just as heavy as golf balls.

Also when a I had a larger and more rural garden I have also seen magpies pick up large stones.

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282. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, Amber-Isabel wrote:
European Mastodont (teeth and bone)
Mammoth molar
Wild boat (as in wild pig)(jaw)
I'm sorry, being Dutch I do hope boat is a correct word for the wild pig living in de woods.

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283. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, mistermick wrote:
1. wooley mammouth tusk
2. wooley mammouth thigh bone ( both dredged up from the north sea
3. wild boar lower jaw

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284. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, newsmiffy wrote:
the second bone picture is a lower jaw to a wild boar

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285. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, EcoHeathen wrote:
Bone quiz:
Mammoth
Rhinocerous
Sabre-tooth Tiger

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286. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, leninis1dog wrote:
bones are woolly mammoth bones

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287. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, stevieuk1111 wrote:
a tricerotops
buffalo
crocodile / aligator

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288. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, lIZPEARSON wrote:
Just for future, just in case. .....the way to get rid of the smell of a skunk spray is to wash your body (bath) in tomato juice. Regards Liz Pearson

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289. At 9:57pm on 30 Oct 2009, darlingpoglepie wrote:
Bones are - Alligator, Wooolly Rhino, Bear and Mammoth's tooth

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290. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, DorsetEuan wrote:
I hazard a guess that they are:
Hippos tooth
Mammoth bone
hyena jaw

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291. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, phill7wltn wrote:
mammoth tooth
rhino horn and thigh bone
bear jawbone

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292. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, dynamicTelthecelt wrote:
I guess we have a Narwhale tusk and a seal mandible and humerus?
I think the molar is from an extinct herbivore...maybe hippo.

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293. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, mischievousalex2009 wrote:
i think one is a wholly mammoth tooth.
the bottom jaw of a bear
and the femur and the fossilised tusk of a hippo

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294. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, newmoorcroft wrote:
With regards to the bones
they Are:
Aurox
Wooly Mammoth Tusk
Hippo Jaw

Bet I'm wrong!

Thanks
Ray Pitt

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295. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, smartmarklake wrote:

Is it the teeth of a giant marine predator Liopleurodon and bones from an Iguanodon?

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296. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, prettymegaleg wrote:
1. mammoth
2. bison

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297. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, lifemhyv wrote:
Chris my wife is from america and has just watched the piece about the skunks, she says you can get the smell off anything with tomatoe juice

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298. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, keeleykale wrote:
1 sabre tooth cat tooth
2red deer (really big pre-ice age one, now extinct)
3 hippo

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299. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, sunflowertracy wrote:
ithink that the first picture of bones from the giant ground sloth and that the second picture is a warthog.

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300. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, danwaters2000 wrote:
Giant wild orox

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301. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, ryanhughes95 wrote:
1.sabre tooth tiger claw
2.sabre tooth tiger femur
3.sabre tooth tiger lower jaw

ryan hughes
york

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302. At 9:58pm on 30 Oct 2009, virtualDeanbug wrote:
mammoth tooth
hippo tooth
hyena jaw aqnd humerus

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303. At 9:59pm on 30 Oct 2009, elandjim wrote:
cave bear

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304. At 9:59pm on 30 Oct 2009, Joeseymour wrote:
I have put some pictures of a tame bullfinch that appeared on the day that England won the ashes so it has been name broady. so if you would please show them everyone at RSPB Fairburn Ings will be grateful and they think you would like to see them

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305. At 9:59pm on 30 Oct 2009, roger_greenwich wrote:
I have seen reports of foxes taking golf balls and possibly collecting them, also some birds in Australia. There are some examples on YouTube. I surrendered one to a monitor lizard in Indonesia, but I have no idea if it was collecting.
Sorry if I am posting in the wrong place, I am new here

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306. At 9:59pm on 30 Oct 2009, ingeniousJane wrote:
Haha, nice guessing everyone! ;)

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307. At 9:59pm on 30 Oct 2009, poco-paul wrote:
Please can you tell me where Simon got his boots?????? I love them!

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308. At 9:59pm on 30 Oct 2009, captainRachelann wrote:
Is it Bill Oddie?

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309. At 10:00pm on 30 Oct 2009, carolepaish wrote:
what does a redwing sound like?

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310. At 10:00pm on 30 Oct 2009, leowolves2 wrote:
woolly mammoth
andrew wolverhampton

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311. At 10:00pm on 30 Oct 2009, micropalaeo wrote:
elephant tooth
hippo jaw and shoulder
canine tooth from sabre tooth tiger
All from the Pleistocene

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312. At 10:00pm on 30 Oct 2009, verreaux wrote:
lol ok

Unicorn horn
baslisk femur
Dragon jaw

:)

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313. At 10:00pm on 30 Oct 2009, gilligeek wrote:
Greater Spotted Woodpecker in garden yesterday in Urban South Derbyshire.

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314. At 10:04pm on 30 Oct 2009, newsmiffy wrote:
we have squirrels visiting our garden. one has a white stripe the lenght of its tail and another squirrel has a white ring around its tail is there any reason for the different markings

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315. At 10:05pm on 30 Oct 2009, jabba69 wrote:
Great footage of the horsehair worm erupting from the earwig. I found three of these on our fence, waving around like tiny cobras. I put one under a pocket microscope and you could see thousands of eggs inside it. Weird but wonderful.

Brilliant show - More Bats please!

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316. At 10:06pm on 30 Oct 2009, kenny444 wrote:
Pigmy hippo and mamoth

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317. At 10:06pm on 30 Oct 2009, badgerwatch1066 wrote:

GOLF BALLS

At a golf course in Bexhill, the crows steal the balls while the golfers are playing!

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318. At 10:07pm on 30 Oct 2009, lyndagee wrote:
Luv the show can you please let us know how to encorage more animals into the garden for the first time in over 20 years we saw a grey squirrel in the garden although we have many magpies and encourage animals with food as do our neighbours. What is the best type of food to encourage different species without conflict.

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319. At 10:11pm on 30 Oct 2009, sorchacantwell wrote:
i'm sure there was a wooly mammoth molar there on the table

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320. At 10:12pm on 30 Oct 2009, keeleykale wrote:
Were Chris's cue cards pictures of eighties album covers? New Order and Phsychedelic Furs? My husband really pleased springwatch hit his area of expertise!

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321. At 11:19pm on 30 Oct 2009, briarstonerose wrote:
Over the summer we have regularly been walking with our grand-daughter by the River Itchen in Southampton and have followed the progress of a pair of mute swans and their seven cygnets. At the beginning of October we saw the group apparently chasing one of the cygnets away and since then we have seen only six cygnets. This week we saw the adults and the other cygnets brutally attacking a seventh cygnet. Is this normal behaviour?

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322. At 11:50pm on 30 Oct 2009, mintyjinty wrote:
Are they the bones discovered on the beach on the Jurasic Coast recently ???

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323. At 10:14am on 31 Oct 2009, yodaspal wrote:
Friday afternoon a bird of prey took a dove in our back garden as I stood looking out of the shed window not 8ft away!
It took it's time preparing it's catch before flying off with it, which gave me enough time to grab the camera for a very quick shot.
I can't figure out how to post a photo on here so I've placed it on our website in the Gallery pictures, At Home folder.

http://soulsnstone.webs.com

Please have a look and see if you can identify it!?
The rust on white underside should help, but the lack of any black barring has us stumped.
You should be able to judge the size of the bird from the dove, but the dove was definitely bigger than it's predator!
Hope someone can help as this now solves a long standing mystery of dove / pigeon feathers in our garden - we thought it was a cat!

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324. At 11:19am on 31 Oct 2009, Dormouse59 wrote:
QUESTION (hopefully not too late, but it might be in time for weekend firework parties)
Everyone says: Check your bonfires carefully for hedgehogs before lighting them.

But my question is HOW do you do this? If there's a hedgehog curled up in the centre surely you'd have to demolish the whole pile of wood before lighting it... Which isn't a very practical idea, especially for big bonfires.

Do the team have any suggestions how Bonfire checking might best be carried out?

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325. At 11:25am on 31 Oct 2009, alorus wrote:

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326. At 12:22pm on 31 Oct 2009, NicknJanHunt wrote:
In Response to comment No.323. At 10:14am on 31 Oct 2009 from yodaspal

It looks like and I think it may be a Sparrowhawk, great pics by the way.

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327. At 1:30pm on 31 Oct 2009, mpbracher wrote:
in a field near crewkerne in south somerset there is a flock of about 50 buzzards. is this unusual ?

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328. At 3:48pm on 31 Oct 2009, leiba1 wrote:
Do outdoor spiders hibernate?

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329. At 4:48pm on 31 Oct 2009, Mike-and-Lucy wrote:
Taking up the theme of being overly-focused on mammals & birds, it would be interesting for AW or SW to pick an ecosystem, say a wood, and spend ten minutes each week detailing the changes taking place as the season progresses. I'm sure that time-lapse tography would be used to the max but interactive shifts of the physicochem and the responses of the flora & fauna would be interesting. Bud development, mamalian movement, insects, fungi etc. The whole thing not just a part. Ten mins each week for eight weeks. A wood seems to provide the greatest opperchance for richness but on reflection an overgrown graveyard or riverside (first salmon of the season) are also possibilities.

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330. At 5:18pm on 31 Oct 2009, cazzie66 wrote:
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331. At 6:20pm on 31 Oct 2009, RU12TAWNY wrote:
HI MARTIN
HAVE YOU HEARD THE OLD WIVES TALE ABOUT KEEPING SPIDERS OUT OF A ROOM BY PLACING A BOWL OF CONKERS IN IT. I HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRIED IT THAT IT WORKS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS DO YOU KNOW WHY??

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332. At 7:36pm on 31 Oct 2009, evangelinecollyer wrote:
1.hippo tusk ?
2.hippos leg bone?
3.a bear or wild boar???
4.elephant tooth?
just guesses

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333. At 8:01pm on 31 Oct 2009, handypunky wrote:
hi everyone!
Looking forward to you coming to the lake district as this is our neck of the woods and there is so much to explore round here.
Whilst you are here you have to visit silverdale to see the magnificent flocks of starlings before dusk. We were there today and there were thousands of them, it is a spectacular sight that is not to be missed.

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334. At 8:10pm on 31 Oct 2009, Chaffinchesrcute wrote:
To Autumnwatch team
In spring we put up a bird table and we've had lots of birds coming. But for lots of months we have had none I cleaned the table and got some more new feed they have been coming ever since we have also see our first ever chaffinch.
1 Why did the birds go?
2 Why have we suddenly got birds we have never got before

ps my daughter wanted this posted

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335. At 8:15pm on 31 Oct 2009, Chaffinchesrcute wrote:
I'm glad you are coming to the lake district as I live there it is extremely beautiful we have a tawny owl and a barn owl ,never seen the tawny but we've heard it

to-whit-to-wooooooooooooooooooooo

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336. At 11:04pm on 31 Oct 2009, AmazingAmy wrote:
I live in the New Forest and spend lots of time walking my dogs in the forest and just being outside in my garden. However throughout the whole of the summer I never saw one single ladybird, but last friday (the 23rd october 09) I saw 5 or 6 in the same day. Is this usual or not??

Amy W

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337. At 08:46am on 01 Nov 2009, Actinia wrote:
Re the three bones.

On Autumnwatch Unsprung, we did not really get a good look at the bones. From the brief glance that we did get, I was able to identify the cave bear and the hippo incisor tooth. I could not really see the other hippo bone (not that it would have helped much). The other tooth was clearly an mammoth or elephant, however we only saw the side view. To tell which one we would have needed to see the crown view. A mammoth has a pattern of parallel ridges, fossil elephants would have had extra twiddles on these ridges.

By the time we watch Autumnwatch, we would have shut down our computer, so this page would have been no use. Even so, I find that the elephant tooth was not pictured.

I have to confess that, though now retired, I spent my working life as a lecturer in Animal Biology, with a lab full of bones!

John

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338. At 11:33am on 01 Nov 2009, falconsmark wrote:
Hi All,
would love to know how do you get to be in the crowd during unsprung ???

I promise not to eat your chocolate (I'll even bring my own to share)

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339. At 12:14pm on 01 Nov 2009, auntpennyforthem wrote:
How far will a wood mouse travel to find its way home? When they come into our house, we catch them and let them out nearby. But, maybe the same one keeps coming back?

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340. At 3:40pm on 01 Nov 2009, gordon1955 wrote:

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341. At 3:50pm on 01 Nov 2009, valkyrie1008 wrote:
I am wondering if anyone of you very clever presents can explain to me why a crow/rook that appeared in my garden on Halloween started making an unusual call. It wasn't a lough rough call it usually makes but sounded quite sad and lonely. I have submitted a video of it making the strange call to your site. I hope it gets posted up and then you can litsen to it for yourself as it really was most peculiar. I would love to know what it means by that strange call or if it's just a bit confused.

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342. At 3:59pm on 01 Nov 2009, hazydaisygirl wrote:
Hi All,
We found this imprint on our bedroom window (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hazy-daisy/4064661702/). The imprint is so clear (down to its individual wing feathers) that it must have hit the window very hard. We were expecting to see the bird lying dead on the ground, but there was no sign of it or any feathers. The closer we looked at the image, the more we thought it looked like an owl. What do the team think, and is it possible to tell what sub-species it is?

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343. At 5:14pm on 01 Nov 2009, threadingham wrote:
We live in Dalton in Furness in a terraced house with a backyard and although we are surrounded by fields we don't see much variation on birdlife in our yard apart from starlings and jackdaws. So, imagine our surprise when our son came up to us in bed this morning (1st November) to tell us that there was a big fat starling sitting on the back step. So downstairs I went, looked out of the back window (past our cat Mac sitting on the ledge) and took a sleepy eyed glance at the fat starling only to be confronted with a very very wet juvenile kestrel. So, panicking about the cat, who was taking no notice of the kestrel, I opened the kitchen window to get the cat in and isolate him from the kitchen. Then Jim, my husband was summoned to check on the kestrel. Jim opened the back door and bold as brass the kestrel just hopped over the step and into the warmth of the kitchen! We didn't want to handle him but were unsure as to whether he was injured so we called the World Owl Trust at Muncaster and we spoke to David there who suggested we get him into a box and bring him to Muncaster where he could be dried out and checked over by a vet. By this time the kestrel was still sat with Jim falling asleep in front of the cupboard. We think the torrential wind and rain overnight had just overwhelmed him and he just wanted to get warm and dry. We got him into the cat carrier (only thing we could find) and drove him through rain and flooded roads up to Muncaster where David checked him over, gave him a clean bill of health, and put him in the cage ready to be checked by the vet in the morning. What was odd about all of this, apart from a kestrel strolling into the kitchen, was the fact that our cat Mac would not go anywhere near him which was why I had to get him in through the kitchen window. Part of me would like to think that Mac showed him our house and said "come home with me my mum and dad will look after you".
Our experience this morning really brightened our day as we love birds of prey and to have helped this one felt good.

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344. At 5:29pm on 01 Nov 2009, threadingham wrote:
And here is the kestrel that wandered in this morning - http://www.flickr.com/photos/44205874@N03/4065044862/
Hoping I have done this link right.
And here is the kestrel just after he walked in - http://www.flickr.com/photos/44205874@N03/4064295019/

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345. At 5:35pm on 01 Nov 2009, threadingham wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44205874@N03/4065044862/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44205874@N03/4064295019/

Think I have finally done it now!

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346. At 09:54am on 02 Nov 2009, Sylvanusbones wrote:
It's very frustrating not having internet near the TV, I can't take part in these quizzes!! Can you imaging the frustration I have, as a bone specialist, not being able to answer these live?!!

The larger tooth was an elephant/mammoth - ancestor to the the Indian Elephant and they have similar teeth and quite different from African Elephants.

The long staight tooth (a lower front incisor) and the humerus are from Hippo, once very common in this country.

The mandible is a prehistoric bear.

Also, just to spark something else off on the reintroductions, I personally would welcome seeing the hippos back in the UK, perhaps not the elephant as they would wander too far. All for the Lynx (one common in the uk until probably the Roman period, possibly a bit later) coming back, these shy cats would help control the numbers of deer and rabbits.

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347. At 10:22am on 02 Nov 2009, Elisabeth Longley wrote:
On cleaning out our nestboxes recently, we found in one of them 3 dead nearly-ready-to-fledge great tits. We have sometimes previously found a single dead bird but never 3. Could something have raided the nest? If so, what? Living in the north of Scotland we have a abundance of red squirrels and the occasional pine marten. Any ideas?

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348. At 10:49am on 02 Nov 2009, Emma Darbyshire wrote:
anyone know what this weird looking insect is that I found in my window?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44322672@N08/4067486797/in/pool-bbcautumnwatch

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349. At 11:29am on 02 Nov 2009, KATHRYNJT wrote:
On a trip to Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Northampton, I saw dozens of dragonflies and it was the 28th October, whats going on, isnt it to cold for a dragonfly to be out in October? Will we be seeing butterflies next?

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350. At 11:55am on 02 Nov 2009, KATHRYNJT wrote:
I didn't see small birds like the: Swallows and the Tits, Well maybe One or Two but that was it, Why wasnt there any small birds?

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351. At 1:24pm on 02 Nov 2009, Barry wrote:
I live in North Cambridgeshire and occassionally see buzzards - last Friday on my drive to work I passed a recently sown field that had 5 buzzards standing in it, spread over an area of about half an acre. They didn't seem to be doing anything & there didn't appear to be any food source (carrion etc) around - what were they doing?

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352. At 2:57pm on 02 Nov 2009, bingobongerton wrote:
We were at WWT Slimbridge yesterday (01/11/2009), we couldn't believe it when we saw 6 Mallard ducklings paddling around. As if that wasn't odd enough, given the time of year, despite the presence of a very attentive female Mallard, the ducklings were also being protected by, and seemed to be following, a bar-headed goose! who was being very defensive indeed, more so than the female Mallard! Is it likely that this goose had lost her babies earlier in the year and had decided to adopt the ducklings, and also what are the chances of their survival at this time of year, will it help that they are being bought up on a reserve?
Also, at home in Nottingham, we are still hearing the sharp two-toned sound that a Great Tit makes, usually during springtime, we have never noticed this before, and can only put it down to the mild weather, is this a confused bird, or is it normal for them to make that sound in autumn?

Thankyou

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353. At 4:43pm on 02 Nov 2009, gardencat wrote:
I want to encourage people not to tidy up the garden too much before spring. We have ladybirds hibernating in the seedheads of phlomis plants (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44269278@N04/4068877864/in/pool-bbcautumnwatch). I also found 2 hibernating queen wasps in the folds of the garden umbrella and a further 2 in the folds of some tarpaulin in the shed.

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354. At 5:53pm on 02 Nov 2009, Tim Ellis wrote:
The woods where we walk our dogs are usually strewn with acorns at this time of year. This year, however, we havn't seen any. There are non on the trees or on the ground, no shells or anything. Do you have any idea why this should be?
Tim Ellis
P.S. Let's see more of Martin's Triumph.

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355. At 8:12pm on 02 Nov 2009, debra hodkin wrote:
i would like to find out that if we are walking in a forest or park and come across some deer antlers are we allowed to pick these up and take them home, thats if we are lucky enough to find any...

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356. At 8:55pm on 02 Nov 2009, andy64 wrote:
Last week, I climbed to Alcock Tarn near Grasmere. My three daughters were surprised to see hundreds of tiny fish swimming around and then the eldest daughter cried out LOBSTER! On closer inspection, it turned out to be a large crayfish. This did get us all wondering, how do creatures like this come to be living in a tarn 300m above sea level. Any suggestions please?

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357. At 10:42pm on 02 Nov 2009, PAUL Reading wrote:
Hi Team !
Great show as ever !
Here in Reading, Berkshire we have a pair of Coots with two recently hatched chicks !
We also have a pair of Black Swans that have sucessfully reared a four cignets this year which are full grown. The mother is on her nest again(and has been for at least 3 weeks)! Surely this is not normal is it ?
Best regards
Paul.
P.S. I have some photos but I'm not sure how to attach them here.

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358. At 08:44am on 03 Nov 2009, Aves wrote:
Hi team - Can you tell me why owls don't hunt sleeping small birds at night? Or do they? And can they really turn their heads right round?

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359. At 09:11am on 03 Nov 2009, Deborah Rands wrote:
Hi team.
I have a question about Herons. In a field next to the Goe Adams food factory just outside Spalding in Lincolnshire can often be seen, sitting along the edge next to a very small dyke, as many as 10 Herons. Can you tell me why so many gather there. Its not as if they are near a large lake full of food, just a small empty dyke. It would be interesting to know what keeps them there.

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360. At 2:57pm on 03 Nov 2009, roo123 wrote:
On the new A38 Dobwalls bipass in Corwall a special bridge has been constructed across it costing £150000 to allow bats to crawl across. Can you say why bats would want to crawl so far when they could fly across the road?

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361. At 6:49pm on 03 Nov 2009, dean_area51 wrote:
I have a question.
Why, when I watched the moon rising tonight did it appear large as it sat on the horizon and then suddenly appeared smaller as it rose?

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362. At 7:30pm on 03 Nov 2009, Les Bunyan wrote:
I took a photo of a male Sparrowhawk on sunday in our back garden but all my bird books show Sparrowhawks having yellow eyes whereas my photo clearly shows red eyes any body explain photo can be supplied

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363. At 10:45pm on 03 Nov 2009, suzy wrote:
Whats happened to all the birds near Glasgow (where I live)? My two feeders have been out for a month now and are still full. Whats going on?!

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364. At 11:08pm on 03 Nov 2009, janmontague wrote:
Inspired by Autumnwatch, I took my 3 boys aged 10, 8 and 6 for a walk on the Ashridge Estate in Herts on 31st October. In glorious weather we saw scores of deer - fallow and muntjac - and the boys were spellbound. We watched a stag 50m away rub his antlers against a tree, then, from a standing start, leap right over a barbed wire fence - magical! An incredibly atmospheric place to spend Halloween, as dusk fell...

What was the funny bouncing motion that some of the younger deer were doing? All four feet were leaving the ground at once, as if they were on springs.

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365. At 11:28pm on 03 Nov 2009, Beachdrifter wrote:
Why is it that there seem to be such an emphasis on surveys?
We seem to know where exactly it goes, how far it travels & the exact route it takes etc.
I understand that to protect endangered species a certain amount of survey needs to be done, but it appears that if it can be caught and some kind of transmittor attached to it we do.
So many small birds, animals etc are trapped/caught manhandled then released. All of this must be terrifying to them even though handling times are kept to a minimum. Lets enjoy nature, the films photos etc are stunning.I am lucky enough to live in Purback Dorset and I still get excited and amazed by the things I see, even driving to work but don't you think the less we get involved with the more common species the better? After all it NATURAL history!

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366. At 06:28am on 04 Nov 2009, Simon Firth wrote:
HI, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR CHRIS AND SIMON.

I've been watching magpies on a large patch of public lawn very near to my house and what their doing is strategically storing food within it. They seem to be observing objects in their surroundings and using them as markers to precisely indicate where they've hidden the food for later retrieval. They tuck the food into the grass and actually press a leaf down on top of it and then check its position and fly off. On occasion I've seen them return, and what they do is carefully follow the path they've previously mapped out in their head to locate the food. What clever birds they are!

MY QUESTION IS: 'are there any other species of bird that do this, in this way, or is it just unique to the mischievous magpies???

Simon Firth

Lancashire.

PS. I was smitten when I saw Arnold the starling, I'll never think of starlings in the same way again. Could the film he's star-ling in be 'The Hobbit'? I guess so.

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367. At 10:03am on 04 Nov 2009, moogiesmum wrote:

I was at Ingleton Waterfalls in North Yorkshire the other day and saw in the sky a large crow attacking a buzzard type bird of prey. The buzzard wasn't retaliating there were no other birds about why didn't the buzzard try and attack the crow? Why was the crow attacking it?

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368. At 6:47pm on 04 Nov 2009, KATHRYNJT wrote:
What is the best tree for me to plant in my garden, I can not plant a rainforest but am I better off planting a fast growing tree like a pine, or a slow growing tree like an oak? Or is it the size of the leaves that make the difference?

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369. At 9:14pm on 04 Nov 2009, newtlover wrote:
I often find newts from our pond on the patio at night and wondered if there is any likelihood of a passing hedgehog eating one ?

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370. At 11:52am on 05 Nov 2009, steve francis wrote:
hi, this is a general question for the team, we were wondering, when are you going to do the feature (that you mentioned on about the second show) on how to easily identify birds of prey, as we are by no means boffins on birds and assume also that " it must be a buzzard".
brilliant show, learnt loooaaaads from it!!.

Cheers steve 'n bev

nr chepstow.

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371. At 6:37pm on 05 Nov 2009, dean sparkes wrote:
i went to my sisters for a few days, when i came back i saw 3 butterflies in my stairway, theirs 2 now, 1 flew out the window last week. i've also got about 50 ladybirds, and something wrapped in silk (mybe) on my bathroom wall! pls tell me what i can do! you are wellcome to come and visit my inset "zoo", just email or phone me. [Personal details removed by Moderator]

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372. At 6:39pm on 05 Nov 2009, dean sparkes wrote:
i went to my sisters for a few days, when i came back i saw 3 butterflies in my stairway, theirs 2 now, 1 flew out the window last week. i've also got about 50 ladybirds, and something wrapped in silk (mybe) on my bathroom wall! pls tell me what i can do! you are wellcome to come and visit my inset "zoo", just email or phone me. [Personal details removed by Moderator] thanks. dean in andover

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373. At 9:04pm on 05 Nov 2009, hentlandhall wrote:
A question for Chris or Simon.
I have been hearing the call of house martins today and over the past few days and have been surprised to still see some birds flying South overhead in Herefordshire. They all fly with a similar 'marathon' style - three or four flaps of wing and then a pause and then another few flaps and so on. Is this the way that they migrate and cope with such a long journey? I have never seen them around so late before. Are they from a late brood perhaps somewhere far North like Shetland? Are there any records of the latest date house martins have been seen in the UK? Thanks!

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374. At 11:01pm on 05 Nov 2009, Camilla Armstrong wrote:
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p266/xx_milly_moo_xx/Butterfly00000.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p266/xx_milly_moo_xx/Butterfly00001.jpg

Hi I love the showm, please could you tell me whats going on? This butterfly has been in my house outside my bedroom door for over a month now, is it hibernating? And do butterflies usually hibernate in houses?
Sorry the pictures are poor quality. Camilla Armstrong age 18 in North Yorkshire x

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375. At 11:45am on 06 Nov 2009, Susan wrote:
I just wanted to say "Thank You" for explaining why and how geese etc travel in a "V" shape, for years I have watched these birds flying over, but only after your show the other week actually understood what was actually happening. We are at Reighton near Filey, on the Yorkshire coast and saw a huge flock of geese come in from the sea on Wednesday and today 15 swans flew over in the "V" formation. Amazing. Do you think they will be heading for Hornsea Mere, or will they be continuing further south? We enjoy the show so much, keep up the good work.

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376. At 12:52pm on 06 Nov 2009, Linda Banting wrote:
Hi

Thank you, I am really enjoying this series.
Can you tell me what camera I should be looking for to start wildlife filming with? Also, where can I get one? The ones I have found on the internet seem very expensive. Is there anywhere you can get them second hand?
By the way, what a great Friday night (6th Nov) - Autumnwatch, followed by Robbie Williams on BBC One....... Say no more........

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377. At 9:07pm on 06 Nov 2009, 007Garden wrote:
Hello, I we have a question, In our garden we have 8 -10 squirrels. We have had these for over 3 years. We were wondering why sometimes when the mum comes down she will get in our christmas tree tub and slide /swim in the mud/earth constantly popping her head up covered in dirt then shaking it off and doing it all again. She sometimes does this for 20 minutes. why?

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378. At 9:52pm on 06 Nov 2009, Patricia Jones wrote:
Have found a caterpillar in the house.Is this unusual for this time of year.

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