this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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What is this thing?
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Could it be just mud with iron bacteria that's dripped on the tree?
That might be it, this photo was taken near a river bank where there are streams of slow running water
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron-oxidizing_bacteria
The shade of orange is pretty distinct I think.
The dude from primitive technology is going to make that into a knife