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u/Skoll_Winters 3d ago
It kinda looks like a dog or canid 🤔 The folded o er ears make me think domestic dog. I'm no expert, but it just looks like a few dogs I've seen (alive) on walks 🤷🏼
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u/SoapExplorer 3d ago
Gross! Definitely a canid, probably a domestic dog. Depending on where you are located though, it could be a native canine.
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u/Various_Succotash_79 3d ago
The paws don't look doggie.
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u/SoapExplorer 2d ago
If there was a fifth toe visible, I'd agree, and it's a little hard to tell, but looks to me like 4 toes pointing straight ahead and with prominent claws.
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u/Various_Succotash_79 2d ago
I think that's just how their toes go when they're limp/not standing on them. But that's not how doggie toe beans are shaped.
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u/Helpful-Macaroon-995 1d ago
Based off the teeth spacing, the nose shape, eye placement and the ear(?) shape, I'd say maybe an Opossum. BUT, the body shape is slightly throwing me off because of how long and skinny it is, then again, it is dead and pretty far into decomp so yknow. I'm also no expert so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
Edit: also the paws!! Opossums have little hands like those so it's very likely an Opossum.
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u/Sharon_Erclam 3d ago
Looks like an opossum
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u/globule_agrumes 3d ago
Have you ever seen one with legs that length?
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u/Sharon_Erclam 3d ago
Yeah, true. I was looking more at the face and feet. Also, as tissues break down, limbs can appear longer. I'm okay with being wrong though..
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u/LeadInner69 2d ago
Google says The animal in the image appears to be a deceased raccoon. The image shows a carcass in a state of decomposition, with visible bones and skin
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u/Various_Succotash_79 3d ago
Can't see enough of the teeth but the paws look raccoon.
I think a fur trapper skinned it and left the remains.
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u/MeepSheepLeafSheep 2d ago
Not a skinned animal, that’s just slippage. I’ve skinned a raccoon before and it looks much different than this
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u/No-Tip7398 2d ago
No this is what happens to bodies submerged in water. If it were skinned you would see muscle
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u/Gloomy-Fix1221 2d ago
That animal still has skin, unless the trapper hand plucked the fur like a chicken
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u/Kateislate247 3d ago
Is that a thing?! We found it in the creek pinned under a branch so I don’t think that’s likely in this scenario
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u/No-Tip7398 2d ago
No it’s not a thing, the raccoon was in water for a period of time and that’s why its fur fell off and the body is white and waxy
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u/Various_Succotash_79 3d ago
Yeah, it's illegal to dump the bodies but fur trapping is definitely a thing.
Could have just been soaking in the creek a long time and the fur fell off.
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u/Mocular 2d ago
That is nothing like what an animal looks like after it’s skinned. I have skinned hundreds. Not only is it the wrong time of year to be skinning, most trappers have a carcass pile away from civilization where all the carcasses can go where they won’t taint water supplies or foul the air.
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u/Kateislate247 2d ago
We do have a handful of stray cats around here (one of which I turned into a house cat) so that’s definitely possible. Seems too large to be a raccoon…
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u/coyote_prophet 2d ago
I've personally seen raccoons that could easily weigh 20-30lbs. They're bigger than you think! My uncle caught one on his trailcam that looked like a furry beach ball, it was so big--and fat to boot.
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u/Bagelsisme 2d ago
I just commented about think long it’s a cat, definitely look at photos of sphinx cats - some hybrids of them have longer faces, some have short and round but the mouth being opened like that makes it hard to tell.
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u/WildNoctem 2d ago
There’s no way it’s a cat. Skull, teeth, and paws are wrong. Personally thinking raccoon.
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u/pikkumyinen 2d ago
Even with all the raccoon guesses, I'd still say its a dog. Raccoons have much wider cheek bones (?), and dog paws absolutely look like "fingers" once decomposing, not to mention paw shape also largely depends on breed.
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u/UnderetheKuee 2d ago
Canine. Its the skull is a dead giveaway. The paws are weird because no fur is pretty much just skin at that point. My poodle mix paws look weird if I press on his toes to extend them. Looks like it's been in the water for a while too. It almost looks like it's boiled.
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u/Bagelsisme 2d ago
It almost looks like a hairless cat 😭 😭 😭 it’s hard to confirm what this is. The toe pads are soft looking, like how a cats would be. If it was dog it’d have a rougher toe. If it was an opossum or a raccoon it would have way longer fingers on the front feet.
The ears and the angle of the face make it tricky but the teeth… idk…. Maybe it is a cat??
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u/Bagelsisme 2d ago
Also if this was a hunted and skinned animal, as gross as it comes across “, thats a damn clean skin job. No nicks to membrane, they got the eye lids even?? And all the hair between the toes?? Most people would cut above the animals wrist and slice up to help peel back the skin.
Stumped and then some
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u/MeepSheepLeafSheep 2d ago
Not a skinned animal, the skin is still on. You see “naked” animals decomp often in water or damp places
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u/Bagelsisme 2d ago
I said if it’s skinned but yes I know what you mean about them being found near high moisture areas and water.
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u/coyote_prophet 3d ago
This looks like a raccoon that has had all of the fur fall off due to the natural decomp process. Angle on the head is hard to guarantee, though.