Tools of a couple of common predators- PICS!

[will hunt for food]

Someone posted a racoon skull in another thread to show the equipment that these critters have. I am an environmental biologist (water quality) by career, with education in wildlife and forestry. I love skulls (my kids have a collection of all kinds of "nature stuff"), and I thought some of you would be interested in seeing a fox skull and a bobcat skull. Both of these animals were taken legally.

The bobcat is on the left, fox on the right. Contrary to what many believe, bobcats are pretty common, HOWEVER they are seldom seen, especially by those who do not spend a lot of time in the woods.

 

[wyliefarms]

I wouldn't want to meet either in the woods! What a set of teeth.

 

[LizzyJo]

Thanks for posting these pictures. What effective chicken slaughtering tools! You must have an interesting household. I always tried to have interesting things around for my kids, too. We had a snakeskin, a cougar pelt, and smaller bones and stuff that we picked up on hikes.

 

[sparkles2307]

And this is why we shoot at the dang fox when he comes to our house....

 

[TXmom]

Cool pics, thanks! My kids and I love science, nature, animals, etc. I'll show my kids these pics when they get home from school.

Luckily, I haven't seen those around here, but I have seen coyotes.

 

[sparkles2307]

Coyotes arent as common around here as fox and weasels... but OMG we saw the fattest coyote run across the road this morning! Thank goodness it was 12 miles from our house!

 

[b.hromada]

Thats something. Where I live, I don't have those problems, I'm happy to say. Wow, poor chickens would never stand a chance against those guys for sure. Thanks for the pics though, very interesting.

 

[Emzyyy]

I want to be a enviromentalist :]

 

[lickskillet]

My DD's collect skulls that wash up on our creek banks. Don't know what they are, but we hang them on the front of our wood shed.

There is a pasture that butts up to the creek on the back side of our property. They have had everything from horses to llamas, donkeys, pigs, etc.

 

[will hunt for food]

herbivore skull - the one with the flat teeth.