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Found some hairy hair lol

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:03 pm
by Yowie Chaser
Hi Guys, Yowie Chaser.

Today near Canungra i found some hair wrapped in a fence in a creek.

Have no clue what it is. To me its thicker then human hair and it as long as my size 12 thong.

Im still out around Canungra tonight just having a feed.

So ill put up the photo we took today.

Has anyone got any pic to see there same

Re: Found some hairy hair lol

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:15 am
by Rusty2
Hey Yowie Chaser , Australian animals do not have hair that long which means it's most likely cow or horse hair . That doesn't mean that it is but fences are excellent for collecting cow and horse hair .

As you know and have heard there are multiple species of yowies and witnesses describe long and short hair and some describe fur or a "pelt" . This means that there are different types of hairs and only a close inspection will reveal who may own it .

Your going to need a microscope and the Hair ID program . https://www.ecobyte.com.au/hair_id.html

Here is a link with many pictures of hairs under a microscope . http://www.microlabgallery.com/hair.aspx

Re: Found some hairy hair lol

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:14 pm
by Yowie Chaser
Rusty2 wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:15 am Hey Yowie Chaser , Australian animals do not have hair that long which means it's most likely cow or horse hair . That doesn't mean that it is but fences are excellent for collecting cow and horse hair .

As you know and have heard there are multiple species of yowies and witnesses describe long and short hair and some describe fur or a "pelt" . This means that there are different types of hairs and only a close inspection will reveal who may own it .

Your going to need a microscope and the Hair ID program . https://www.ecobyte.com.au/hair_id.html

Here is a link with many pictures of hairs under a microscope . http://www.microlabgallery.com/hair.aspx
Cheers Rusty, ok i dont have microscope, but i will check the id thingy out.

There was a heap of hair there, dosnt look like horse or cow its more like human hair i think. just a lot thicker might just be some very hairy mate who had a hair cut up creek. i will post a better pic soon.

Re: Found some hairy hair lol

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 5:49 pm
by Rusty2
You need a microscope to analyse the hair samples first then use the Hair ID program to check what you found . :D