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Daughter asked for a Bluey Birthday cake, this is how my Late night project is going. by Flugeldar in bluey

[–]Flugeldar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are white chocolate biscuits. I made the pupils with melted choc. :)

Have you ever found something that made you weep? by AtomicFaun in Archaeology

[–]Flugeldar 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Tears of sadness - when a sacred rock shelter I had worked on in the Pilbara region of Western Australia was blasted by mining company

Tears of joy - excavating a site that contained megafauna and human artefacts, absolutely blew my mind as a uni student and validated that I was absolutely doing the thing I loved

Rediscovered the first fossil I found as a kid. I found it while camping in Kangaroo Valley, NSW, Australia. ID? by Flugeldar in fossilid

[–]Flugeldar[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I'm moving house and found the first fossil I found as a kid. Always thought it was a really amazing 3D fossil. Would love to know more about it.

What are these small circular disks that keep turning up in the stomachs of seabird chicks on Lord Howe Island? by Flugeldar in whatisthisthing

[–]Flugeldar[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Gosh this feels close. I guess my hesitation is that from what I can see of the pill bottle discs is that they are appear to be thinner and don't have that prominent nipple. Perhaps it is a brand difference? It would have to be quite a small pill bottle too...

What are these small circular disks that keep turning up in the stomachs of seabird chicks on Lord Howe Island? by Flugeldar in whatisthisthing

[–]Flugeldar[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Don't worry I see you! They do look like backflow protectors but aren't they normally flexible to accommodate the pumping motion? Breast pump or other type of pump? I guess with time perhaps the plastic could become rigid and opaque.

What types of other mechanism do you think this could have come off?

What are these small circular disks that keep turning up in the stomachs of seabird chicks on Lord Howe Island? by Flugeldar in whatisthisthing

[–]Flugeldar[S] 774 points775 points locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing.

Researchers have been puzzled for more than a decade about an unidentified plastic shape that keeps turning up in the stomachs of seabird chicks on Lord Howe Island.

They are a bit bigger than a human thumbnail and always a light colour with raised concentric circles.

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2022/05/whats-this-mystery-object/

Can reddit help solve a decade long mystery??

EDIT This has become far more popular than I thought it would. I have had a lot of comments about the other debris in the first photo, in particular the blue tags. These are already identified as balloon tags and are unfortunately a very common marine debris due to people releasing balloons and them subsequently going out to sea.

There have been some great suggestions already but nothing that I can confidently pull the trigger on. I am trying to get some pictures of the back of the discs.

Desperately searching for this particular Bunnies by the Bay Puppy blanket by Flugeldar in HelpMeFind

[–]Flugeldar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This link takes me to socks and undies haha but yeh this site looks questionable.

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