Things that make you go hmmm

While doing IDs for the Florida keys, I came across this:


https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18556103

There are no notes, no explanation, no comment on the picture being taken in a wildfire. The observer’s profile is blank, and their only one page of observations is mostly rather pretty pictures of flowers and mushrooms, with some cute animals. I think I would put this observation in the “Don’t try this at home” category!

When I find observations like these lol

Undesirable No. 1

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The guy who posted photos of his own uh…excrement and claimed they were “parasitic crustaceans”

But, perhaps, a firefighter on duty at a prescribed burn?
I tried googling, there have been prescribed burns there.

best not to return to that thread given it was unlisted

Yes, this looks like a controlled burn.

I have a couple somewhat similar observations myself, from a very much not-controlled burn: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20903088

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20903087

That’s probably a controlled burn.

There is this person from London that posts animals and plants from London (also from the London Zoo or pet shops) to Morocco claiming them to be new species for Morocco. They get suspended regularly. Hmmm.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117746326

That’s an amazing photo, I must say

what an opportunity to survey post-burn ecology, the opportunistic takeover, unexpected species.

Did they literally get a dead parrot for Christmas?

That’s the thing that made me go hmmm.

Taxidermy student? Who else could see a Polly Gone as a present.

Maybe he/she thinks the turkey is too big…

In my opinion very likely.

Thats what she said.

My comment on this observation:


I don’t remember having known about Hechtia; the name sure doesn’t ring any bells now. So how did I know that the observation was out of range?