February 15, 2010
#702: Snow Tracking explain
BACKYARD SNOW TRACKING GUIDE
[Each panel contains an overhead view of tracks through the snow, with a caption indicating the apparent source.]
[Standard paw prints through the snow.]
CAT
[Large split-toe tracks and smaller rodent tracks.]
MOOSE AND SQUIRREL
[Cat prints, but with more space between the pairs of prints.]
LONGCAT
[Two similar careening tire tracks.]
MOUSE RIDING BICYCLE
[Longer tracks, with a large melted ring surrounding a point in the middle of the frame.]
RABBIT STOPPING TO USE HAIR DRYER
[No visible tracks.]
LEGOLAS
[Single deep holes with cratering.]
BOBCAT ON POGO STICK
[Round prints that suddenly turn to the right halfway into frame.]
KNIGHT
[Human footprints up to a square melting pattern, turning into animal prints.]
KID WITH TRANSMOGRIFIER
[Human footprints up to a rectangular melted area, which are then doubled to another rectangular area, which are then doubled again up to another rectangular area, which are then doubled.]
KID WITH DUPLICATOR
[Right curve on a road, with tire tracks careening out of frame.]
Out of Frame Garden Owner: MY VEGETABLE GARDEN!
PRIUS
[A series of spiraling and outwardly traveling lines extend from a point in the middle of the frame.]
HIGGS BOSON