how many teeth in a horse’s or bear’s mouth

how many teeth in a horse’s or bear’s mouth

in a dank, candlelit room,with  large wet stones for walls, the great society of elitists were discussing the question of how many teeth there are in horse’s mouth.

a small child wandered to the dimly lit doorway, and listened. the ran, found a horse, opened its mouth and counted its teeth. then ran back to the doorway. burst into the room and shouted the answer.

he was whipped and thrown out of the room into the dark street, because the elitists really did not want the answer,they wanted the long discussion.

if helping tree depends on counting teeth in a horse’s or bear’s mouth, then let’s get out there and start counting teeth! we do not have time for long discussions.

(story from old records in philosophy)

this black bear made of wood was coated with wound dressing every year. it was on the campus of the university of maine in orono. the right paw was so decayed that it fell off. the author is using a drill to test for decay in the head. the shigometer helped to detect decay throughout the bear . it was dismantled for the sake of safety. the wound dressing provided perfect conditions for rot to develop rapidly.

Alex shiog. modern arboriculture