Blue Snow

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Ok I know some guys here know this answer,

what causes it?  Its obviously from rabbits, I saw a lot of blue snow today and am curious.

[fz4vgq]

They been eating wild blueberries ?   :D

[mcgroundstalker]

Them there wabbits fill water pistols with blue Gatorade and play cops and robbers.  :D

... mike ...

[JamesJamison]

Never seen blue snow, sounds kinda weird, and if a rabbit is causing it, might be scared to eat it to.

[ishiwannabe]

European buckthorn. Apparently a chemical passes through them with the urine and turns blue when exposed to sunlight.
I have seen blue-green urine from deer too. I believe that is from eating cedar.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Originally posted by mcgroundstalker:
Them there wabbits fill water pistols with blue Gatorade and play cops and robbers.   :D  

... mike ...

Funny stuff Mikey.  If ever you want to come chase em out of their hides, let me know.

I hope you been able to "Dig Out" after Thurs. Morning.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Originally posted by ishiwannabe:
European buckthorn. Apparently a chemical passes through them with the urine and turns blue when exposed to sunlight.
I have seen blue-green urine from deer too. I believe that is from eating cedar.

Thanks Jamie,  

I knew there had to be an interesting scientific explanation.

Your mojo arrow was riding at my side.

[ron w]

If it mixes with yellow snow do you get green!!!???      

[Duker]

Thanks for the answer Jamie    I've seen Yellow , but blue  

[ishiwannabe]

Hey I googled. Boring day at work.  

[fz4vgq]

Wow......never heard of that before. Learn something new every day.

[Covey]

Now I'm gonna be looking for blue snow!  :D  Jason

[Jock Whisky]

I'll be buggered. I saw that in Ontario when I lived there over 40 years ago and although I knew it was bunny pee I had no idea why it was blue. And I recall there being buckthorn in the area.

Thanks Ishiwannabe. Where did you learn that little gem???

JW

[Old York]

I have seen blue-green urine from deer too. I believe that is from eating cedar. [/QB]

I've seen that too a few years back, there was blue snow right next to a row of evergreens that were stripped bare by deer. They were so hungry they resorted to eating this type of vegetation, poor buggers.   :(

[kawika b]

I work in the aviation industry... we stay away from the "blue ice".

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I thought they were drinking windshield washer fluid.    

It was amazing how much blue snow there was in the rabbit tracks. I thought it had something to do with mating.

[Stumpkiller]

Probably the rabbits sloshing their Curaçao.

Damn wild drunks.

[John Lipinski]

Originally posted by kawika b:
I work in the aviation industry... we stay away from the "blue ice".

My dad (aircraft mechanic) has some pretty funny stories about that stuff!

[Stone Knife]

Watch out were the bunnies go and don't you eat that bright blue snow....

[Three Finger]

Its gotta be those wild Smurfs.