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Originally Posted by slugworth
birds don't bite
probably mice or rats
if you can't see the fruits before picking,birds can't either.
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Hey Slugworth,
You're absolutely right.
Went down late this morning and saw one ripe St. Pierre lying on the ground, mostly gone, with little bits of tomato skin spat out (?).
I went to the vine and picked the remaining (almost) ripe one, and noted on one side there were two sets of bite marks. Symmetrical, you could see the top and the bottom teeth marks. This one didn't pass the taste test and so was left alone. However, because each mark is in a "v" shape (like parentheses) and is about 1.5 cm apart, I'd strongly suspect some rodent rather than a bird. Rat or squirrel? Don't know. But I am tempted to spray the fruit with some pest repellent (pepper based) which will render it all but inedible to me without some vigorous washing off.