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Good evening=2E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D= =22=22 /=3EI was trying to think of a witty title=2C but I=27m too tired= !=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EAbo= ut a week ago=2C my dog went running off the trail in a spot that he usu= ally goes running and barking off the trail=2E A few days before that he= had treed a raccoon=2C so I assumed that was what he was up to again=2E= =3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EA m= inute later he came out of the trees with a skull ( animal of some sort = ) in his mouth=2E I caught a glimpse of the fur and thought it was the r= accoon=2E ( It had been there for a few days=2C picked clean=2C no brain= s=2C but fur and nose still there=2E The front and face mostly=2E )=3Cbr= =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EThen I sa= w the nose=2C it was definitely not a raccoon=2E I though maybe a rabbit= as the neighbors have some loose around the woods=2E But the ears didn=27= t fit=2E I actually thought for a second =26quot=3B OMG=2E There is such= thing as a jackalope=2E=26quot=3B=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cb= r =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EAll this took about 10 seconds to run thro= ugh my mind as the dog came towards me with his prize=2E I got it from h= im and am now really quite perplexed as to what it could be=2E It is def= initely cat like=2E But the long teeth- canines on a dog- are just under= an inch long=2E The part of the of the skull that=27s left is about 3 i= nches=2E Not a fox and anything dog like=2E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22= /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EI took many pictures with a tape = measure and still have the skull in a baggie in the shed=2E When I went = to get my camera I thought it set it out of reach of my dog=2C but he ma= naged to get a few more chomps on it before I got out again=2E I couldn=27= t find any other parts or carcass around the field or the trees where it= was=2E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /= =3EI checked ermine/ weasel and it=27s bigger than that but smaller than= a cat=2E Although I suppose it could have been a big house cat=2C but t= he teeth=2E=2E=2E I was thinking maybe a pine marten but the coloring do= esn=27t seem to match=2E It=27s the teeth that I can=27t quite place=2E=3C= br =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3ELet me = know if you want some pics sent your way=2E I have most of the neighborh= ood involved now!=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D= =22=22 /=3EThanks=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EAngela in Windsor=3Cb= r =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3Ealjoudre= y=40eastlink=2Eca=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D= =22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22= /=3E=3Cbr /=3EWhen one tugs at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it = attached to the rest of the world=2E =3Cbr /=3EJohn Muir=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr = /=3E
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