Ever seen a chupacabra?

[Sonoran Silkies]

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WHOA wait cickens aren't sussposed to have claws on there wings???

ALL 9 of mine have claws on the wings i thought every chicken had them... wow i never knew that was a "rare" thing... chickens are so complicated...

It is more common in some breeds than others. A few of my silkies have them, but most don't. It's pretty cool, actually.

 

[SuziQ991]

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Ok I took a pic today of my coyote with mange. Keep in mind that she has already had her second dose of meds for mange, two weeks
apart. I didn't want to stress her out, so I left her in the cage, but you get the idea. There are many photos of chupacabra, but I think this matches one of them that is going around.

Also this is a young coyote, about three months, so it is smaller. Here is a pic of a healthy coyote the same age to compare.

Again, I don't want to cause debates about rehabbers, so please be nice to me

 

[noodleroo]

SuziQ991; Thank you for posting the pics. I know the chance of criticism would keep others from posting and I hope no one fusses at you for your choices. I do have to say that the pics are great examples...

I really need to get a copy of the photos that I saw from a friend of a friend's ranch that I described in my original post. The animal that they shot and killed did not have mange and was covered in short, scruffy looking hair. Its hind legs were very developed, like it used them for its transportation-just the two hind legs. The feet on the hind legs were more like our feet; long and skinny with long toes that had claws on the ends. The front legs were much shorter and less muscular. The head looked like a cross between a coyote and a coon but with really big canine 'fangs'. The ranch hands said that it took off running on its hind legs and that's when they shot it. Again, I've never seen that photo anywhere else. No one jumped to the conclusion that it was a 'chupacabra'; but they didn't know what it was. When I saw the newest Oklahoma news story that I linked in the original post, I recognized that animal to look very similar to the ranch photos I saw. I'll try to get a copy of my friends email and scan it some way so you can see too and decide for yourselves...

 

[GammaPoppyLilyFlutter]

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Hmm.. that does look like a chupacabra- though I think that either there are lots of coyotes with mange or coyotes have mutations that through thousands of years of natural selection have become a new species.

Hehe, this is so cool!

BTW, are those coyotes your pets? I never knew that was legal, but you learn something new every day!

 

[SuziQ991]

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Hmm.. that does look like a chupacabra- though I think that either there are lots of coyotes with mange or coyotes have mutations that through thousands of years of natural selection have become a new species.

Hehe, this is so cool!

BTW, are those coyotes your pets? I never knew that was legal, but you learn something new every day!

No not my pets. I volunteer at a Wildlife Rehab and I take care of them when they come in very young, when they need to be bottle fed. I have a habit of saying "my coyotes" because I feel like I am their momma lol. It is illegal to keep any wild animal in Missouri. We get them healthy and release them. I own chickens and we also have all the predators here on my land. So I do not want them to get my chickens either. I just make sure my chickens are secure and hope I can co-exist with the predators. Not always easy I know. But I love all animals.

 

[GammaPoppyLilyFlutter]

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Sounds strange. I'm glad I payed attention in biology class last year. Perhaps scientists should do a DNA test on one of the bodies to see if it's a rodent or a canine.

 

[darbella]

I worked in animal rescue with the humane society and dogs with sever mange infestation ARE found completely hairless. These were not dogs bred down from a tossed out hairless breed either. Mange can and does lead to hair loss, most of which is caused by the animals skin itching so bad they claw themselves raw and rub the fur off leaving that hard elephant skin behind. sad, disgusting and true.
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I'm not sure that's accurate, just watch any of the "Animal Cops" rescue shows, look at some of the photos on here of coyotes, foxes and so on folks have trapped or shot or scroll down and look at the dog here: (WARNING, it's pretty graphic)

http://animalpetdoctor.homestead.com/mange.html

I always kinda go with Occam's razor"pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate" ("plurality should not be posited without necessity") or, simply, "the simplest explanation is usually the correct one".

Without a bit of input from the government or the media, it still looks like a coyote with mange to me!

 

[wsdareme]

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Ummmmmmm, Debbi, HLAC was being sarcastic. Note that 'chupacabra' is in single quotes? Anybody who is a successful bow-hunter is going to know that is a coyote (albeit a very mangy one).

 

[wsdareme]

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[BarbK]

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I have no issue with it. I only have a problem when a few decide the livestock is easier to catch. Then I only try to take out the offending party. They were here first and part of our responibility is to take care of this earth and its other inhabitants. Not destroy it like humanity is doing.