Poo contents?

[FishnDave]

You can thank me for not taking and posting pics of animal excrement.

So, while out fishing from shore, I often find animal fecal piles with really big seeds in them.  And I've wondered what the seeds are from.  They are roughly the size and shape of an almond nut (meat, not shell), maybe not as thick as an almond.  Kind of a brown or light reddish-brown color.  They must be tough, because they seem to be completely intact inside the poo.... not cracked or partially chewed.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a Paw Paw tree where I fish.... but they could certainly be around.  I looked online.... the poo seeds might be similar to Paw Paw seeds, but not quite as dark brown as the pics I saw online.

I dunno.  Just curious about it.  Anybody have any ideas, or have seen what I'm talking about?

[fishinwrench]

Persimmon. 

They are getting ripe for the eating right now. 

[FishnDave]

Ok... well, I did another search online for it.  Found some similar pics.  So, I'm sharing them.  sorry. 

Persimmon Seeds?

[FishnDave]

3 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Persimmon. 

They are getting ripe for the eating right now. 

I believe you are right!  I don't think I've seen these around when I'm fishing either... but there's so many seeds in the poo, they've gotta be really close by. I'll have to look harder!

[fishinwrench]

Looks like lots of snow & ice this winter.  😊

We'll see.

[fishinwrench]

The one in my yard is LOADED. 

[fishinwrench]

It's really fun to sit on the porch and shoot them with a pellet gun 👍😎

[FishnDave]

Not sure I've ever eaten one.... are they any good?

 

[Dutch]

The skins are bitter but the insides are very sweet.   I think they are better after the first frost.

[fishinwrench]

My grandma used to make a persimmon cobbler a couple times per year.  It was good with a couple scoops of ice cream over it.......but I gotta admit that I don't miss it nearly as bad as some of her other desserts.