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[KKatknap]

Throw in another vote for team coon. BIG coon. When I looked at it thinking it was a coyote, I thought it was a weird looking coyote. Lower jaw is recessed, nose sticks out like a coon.

Icky.

ETA - Looks like it was shot out of the tree.

 

[BekahBear]

definitely badger. its not shaped right to be either a coon or coyote.

i would also call animal control to investigate...animals don't usually drop dead like that. not to mention nothing else has eaten it...maybe someone set our poison that it got into

 

[KKatknap]

See, originally I liked the badger idea, but the ears look wrong to me (big badger expert that I am...

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[crosbygroup]

I think you should go out tonight with a flashlight and a shovel or pole and turn it over. We need more pictures.

Maybe DNA testing???? CSI Forest

 

[danischi24]

Bear?

 

[flowerchicks]

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I agree, after a closer inspection of a picture, I am changing my vote to chupacabra or hyena. or, a coyote, I don't see coon at all.. turn it over and take more pictures. How big is it, what do its legs/feet/hands look like? We must know!

 

[Qi Chicken]

definitely team Jacob!

 

[Cetawin]

Okay....does anyone have a clue what a badger looks like? They are small vicious creatures. They have distinct striped marks on their heads, small rounded ears, razor sharp teeth and beady little eyes....

This is a badger

This is the paw and the claws on the suckers

In this picture there is a blue fox draped over the futon and XL wolverine (5' + from tip of tail to nose) stretched out on the futon and behind it is the badger stretched out...

That is not a badger nor is it a raccoon but it could very well be a small coyote or a large fox. A fox can easily reach the length of a small coyote. Take a shovel and flip his butt over and let's see the rest of him.

 

[buck-wild-chick]

Never seen a coyote with hair that long. Looks like a mutt...
I found a dead raccoon a few weeks ago right next to my trail camera... Weird

Luckily it died the night before so It didn't really smell but I DID wear gloves just incase it was diseased. I have pictures of it eating and acting normal and there were NO bullet wounds,punctures. Just dead as a door knob.

Oh well I'm not complaining, One less coon...

 

[BekahBear]

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hmmmmmmm, i take it back. you're right. the ears are all wrong. but it doesn't look like a coon or coyote either.
hmm.....could it be a fox? (it doesn't look "fox-ish" though) i vote chupacabra

Well, it "Looks" like a hyena, but I doubt that's what it is

it really does resemble a hyena.........glad its not in my backyard. i would be really creeped out :shivers:​