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Esparto grass sling found in historical vulture's nest
Oct 5^th, 2025 at 4:40am

A bit arcane, but here goes: nests of bearded vultures in Southern Spain (where the species is now extinct) were analysed, because they often include manmade artifacts from past times, well preserved (eg. early modern or even medieval). Among those, note a fragment from a recognizable split-pouch sling of esparto grass (fig. 1, image A). I hope this link works:

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70191

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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1834 California Gender:	Re: Esparto grass sling found in historical vulture's nest Reply #1 - Oct 5^th, 2025 at 12:19pm Someone also posted this on Reddit. Very cool. It's interesting how the construction hasn't changed in 600 years.
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erricrice Senior Member Offline spaghetti master Posts: 265 Clearwater, FL	Re: Esparto grass sling found in historical vulture's nest Reply #2 - Oct 5^th, 2025 at 4:53pm Wow yeah very cool! I'm pretty sure that's even the belly/taper on the remaining part of the cord there, just as you'd see it now.
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