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02-28-2011, 09:26 PM
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~Gross alert! Anteater carrion?
Black vultures were busy on this carrion, which for some reason, I photographed. Trying to ID it led me to think it may be an Anteater. What do you think?
Taken along Rt 31 near Alva  Fresh carrion  Anteater?  "And it was this big!"   Black Vulture Roosting tree I assume
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02-28-2011, 09:49 PM
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Hard for me to tell--but it reminds me of a possum.
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02-28-2011, 09:59 PM
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 Fun to see who was first to look! Did you look at the link after the first pic? |
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02-28-2011, 10:31 PM
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 No, I missed the link the first time. I did an image search of my own. Then I just looked now after you mentioned it.
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02-28-2011, 10:35 PM
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and...............?
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02-28-2011, 10:38 PM
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02-28-2011, 10:51 PM
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The very long snout and ears and the images Google came up with seemed to match better than possum which was my first guess. I'm not really sure and anteater is a guess, as are most of my IDs!
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02-28-2011, 10:55 PM
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I think what looks like a snout is really a forearm that seems to be in an odd position. (Just guessing here too.)
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02-28-2011, 11:00 PM
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Well, that could be. I thought I saw eyes above the snout/leg.
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02-28-2011, 11:04 PM
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Let's see what others say.
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