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Originally Posted by Wyody  Hard to figure the size, 53.
Well, my first thoughts are to figure out what animule we know it could be and figure out why one toe didn't leave a print.
I've been out west too long - can't recall if we even have sloths in this country. Seems like we do - can't recall if I've seen one or not.
Then, there's also the notion that it is a prehistoric print exposed by a glacier-melt ... don't remember too many glacier-fields near Sheridan ... but we have many strange animules from prehistoric Wyoming - like, for example, a duck-billed platypus found at 10,000 ft. near Kemmerer/Diamondville.
Off-hand, I'd say somebody somewhere picked up a hitchhiker or somebody else had a good time inventing a print in the mud.
You keep looking and I'll try and find a good recipe for Sloth-Stew. This might be a left-over from Ice Age 2! |
The track was about 2 3/4 inches from heal to toe. Approximately 3/4 inch deep.
Not prehistoric, not man made. Of if it is man made, they did tracks all the way from the grassy area, across 40 feet of sandy beach to the water, then off in another direction for about 60 feet before it was lost on grass again.
All 4 feet were 3 toed. This one happened to be the best print. It appears that the hind legs caused tracks about an inch wider then the front tracks.
Boy, it's got me buffaloed. I pride myself in being able to track just about anything and be able to tell you what it is and whether it's male or female. but this one has me stumped.