Bear scat.

Did you ever ID the poop? Looks like coyote poop.

After viewing this several times, I’m no longer as interested in the poopetrator as I am in that brass & silver looking thing that’s stuck in the middle of one of the segments (or is that just an optical illusion?). It’s in the segment on the right (a little less than dirty tree and a turd from the right side of the picture). Is that some kind of fitting or coupling, or is it just my imagination? It appears to be shiny metal.

If it has a lot of hair in it its coyote poo.

I have not ever seen bear poo in person, but to me it looks like it could be buck(male deer) poo. The female deer(doe) have pellet/berry like poo, and the bucks have droppings that look like your picture above. Are there hoof or bear prints in the area? Do you see any black or brown fur? If you really want to know put a trail camera out and put deer and bear bait see what shows up.

Coyote scat with persimmon seeds.

Other folks got it right already. It’s coyote droppings with persimmon seeds in it. And I’ll second what stone said – if you have the stomach (pun not intended), get those seeds. Persimmons seeds especially benefit from passing through the digestive tract of an animal. Gut acids break down the coating of the seed, preparing it to sprout like nothing else. Happy Scavenging!

I’ve been curious about this scat and the source of food for years. Whatever critter depositing likes it to be noticed, because they “do it in the road”. The seeds are like pumpkin seeds, with the germ on the pointed end. The weeks and weeks of this kind of poop is way longer than pomegranates are ripe, so the fruit is a mystery to me. We have only one pomegranate tree in 2 square miles to my knowledge.

bear scat with persimmon seeds.

‘@Lois… I’ve planted those seeds rescued from animal poop… They come up in the spring. Part of the fruiting tree’s survival strategy, to use animals as dispersal agents for the seeds…. Is why the seeds are so difficult to remove…. If we spit them out, the tree is less successful. Of course… Get too specialized, and your dispersal agent goes extinct… Become an anachronism: https://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/trees-that-miss-the-mammoths/

Something in the photo for scale would help — a coin or such. Definitely persimmon seed in the scat, and when you split them open, they can forecast the weather.

Here’s the ultimate website for identifying animal tracks and scat: http://www.bear-tracker.com/ After studying a bunch of them, I still favor raccoon for our puzzle.

It is coyote poo

Looks like wild hog scat with persimmon seeds….see it all the time on our hunting lease in Wilkes County

I’m gonna go with bear scat….one who recently dined on ripe persimmons! For a great pictorial guide, see http://icwdm.org/inspection/BlackBrownDroppings.aspx

Not all Oriental persimmons are seedless and non-astringent.

I agree. I agree that it looks bigger than a raccoon or even possum. If there is a stray dog in the area, it would be something that size or larger. We had a dog that loved persimmons from the tree just outside our fence, He particularly seemed to like them after they fermented a bit on the ground. if he ate too many, he would act tipsy. The seeds are definitely undigestible.

Looks like dog poop with persimmon seeds in it. My dogs love those persimmons!

No way to tell the size from the photo. The leaves could be small. Bob: no way it’s deer. They leave small pellets. This certainly wins the prize for most poopular posting. A lot of people seem to give a **** about its correct ID.

Raccoon poop! I find this on my tiny farm every year. This year I dug the seeds out (yuck, I know) and have tried to get them to sprout just to see what they are. No luck with that yet!

Deer, poop for sure.

It is too big to call it raccoon or fox scat. Definitely coyote, they do eat a lot of persimmons in the fall.

With out a doubt it is from a chupacabra.

I am going with coyote scat and either persimmon or mimosa seeds….

If it was at my house, it would be our black lab’s poop with all the persimmons she eats. I would say a raccoon.

The way that it’s segmented is a key factor, plus raccoons eat a lot of persimmons. Wouldn’t think it a big part of fox or coyote diet.

No way to be certain, but I’m sticking by raccoon. There’s plenty of example photos of raccoon scat and other candidates online.

I just saw this on my walk with the dogs this morning! I was wondering about bear or raccoon also.

Depending on the size and amount it could be bear scat.

Bear? From here it looks pretty big. I have racoons here every day (they eat the cat’s food) but I’ve never seen anything like this.

Another poster suggested racoon poop and that is not out of the question, but I’m pretty sure it is ‘Possum poop though it is a pretty large “log” for such a small critter. The what’s in it question is easy, those are definitely [American] persimmon seeds (the Oriental persimmons don’t have seeds). Opossums evidently don’t experience the pucker factor that American persimmons casuse in humans prior to a heavy frost (which Oriental also don’t cause). ‘Possums love persimmons and I used to see his quite frequently when I was running around in the woods in my youth.

Animal poo with persimmon seeds that did not digest!

Looks like bear scat to me, depending on area of the country and if bears are in the area. Looks too large for racoon. There are web sites with photos of different scat for different animals. Good luck!

We see this all the time on our local trail…I always assumed fox or coyote who’s been eating persimmons.

Scat of some sort loaded with persimmon seeds

Scat. Poop. Critter doodoo. Looks bigger than raccoon. Maybe bear??

Well not sure but I see seeds that maybe something ate. My guess is an animals scat. When they eat seeds they pass them.

Looks like bear scat.

Looks like Bear Scat. Yes Virginia… Bears do Poop in the Woods! 😀

Deer droppings with persimmon seeds

Pretty sure a raccoon left it.