tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146962751658584405.post2565700975446446535..comments2023-08-02T03:39:47.609-05:00Comments on Nature Nerd... A Phenology Blog: Hanging Monkey BrainsNaomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10433142561006998591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146962751658584405.post-55540800683219412862009-11-08T21:01:08.855-06:002009-11-08T21:01:08.855-06:00That's really interesting... about the mammoth...That's really interesting... about the mammoths, I mean. And yeah, kids around here love to play with them, too. (Never heard of one as the cause of a car accident, though.)Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07867272119168828390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146962751658584405.post-40789705138477473352009-11-08T18:43:08.763-06:002009-11-08T18:43:08.763-06:00Ahh Horse Apples! as we call them here in the sout...Ahh Horse Apples! as we call them here in the south, where they are plentiful and the seeds quite viable, they are actually native here and whats interesting is that their only other relative worldwide hails from Australia and has similar fruits that are orange and small.<br /><br />These are actually dieing out slowly in their native range because they are considered a nuisance since the bid rotting fruits are difficult to get rid of and may cause car accidents when they get in the highways and interstates.<br /> The other reason is that there is no natural way for them to spread because they were once widely consumed by the woolly mammoth,as a favorite food,and their range wad identical to the woolly mammoth in north America and widespread. well there's really no woolly mammoths<br />left we ate them all,so the osage oranges are dwindling slowly.<br /><br />I remember bowling these down the big hill as a child or using them as baseballs or just whatever, fun fruit even if not edible.J.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07136711278514817016noreply@blogger.com