spottedGARRR Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron4blues Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I say partially decomposed dog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lund-SS Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 dinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsmooth Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Not to be "Captain Bring Down". But..... Last Saturday, a woman and her mid sized dog jumped over the Falls from the State Park. Her dog,did not jump willingly. That is likely the dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvevolution Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 it's not possible that it's a dog, but the snout looks very similar to an Opossum. my guess is a rather beat up, partially bloated and decomposed Opossum. a size refference would be good to know, but that's my guess. if you want to get technical, dogs have four pads on their feet that are fairly short fingers, not counting the dew claw which sits further back and partially up the leg. if you look closely, this animal has 5 pads that look like long fingers, which coincides with an Opposum. so it's still my guess, it's deffinitely NOT a dog. the other tell tale sign is in the first pic. a mammal's joint to the foot bends outwards, whereas on a Marsupial (which is what an Opposum is), it bends inwards when naturally relaxed, or stiff from rigor mortis. another tip off is the groin area................it looks very rodent-like, which is a major identifying trait of a Marsupial. all things added up, my guess is deffinitely Opossum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I think possum as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little cleo Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Not to be "Captain Bring Down". But..... Wouldn't that be Dr Bring Down? lol I think the degree of entropy indicates more than 1 week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsmooth Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Wouldn't that be Dr Bring Down? lolI think the degree of entropy indicates more than 1 week? No... Not "Dr Bring Down". If you were a "Simpson's" fan from 10 years ago you would have got the "Captain Bring Down" reference. Also. Where I work we get asked to look for stuff like this all the time. Guess what a human looks like, after 2-3 days in late summer, warm water. I could describe it to you if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmate Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 saw something extremely similar to this about a month a go floating around the whirlpool..i was going to take a picture but by the time i took my camera out it had already flowed by....never know what you're going to see flowing down that river...most of the time its just dead fish, ducks, cormorants, and gulls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Sokolowski Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 This one popped up a few months ago. http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTV...=TorontoNewHome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ketchican Kid Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Definatly Opossum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieWalleye Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I'm glad its a possum and not a dog. thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjcanoe Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 my vote would be the good old "Raccoon Balloon" jjcanoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Not opossum. Teeth are wrong. Feet don't look right either, no claws. Could be raccoon. Teeth look more correct for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marth11 Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 NO opossum. Teeth are wrong. Feet don't look right either, no claws. Could raccoon. Teeth look more correct for that. both animals are equally adorable I want one for a pet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkEdge Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I say raccoon. The dental work matches, the shape of the previous build matches. And the print would definitely match. Maybe it's one of those things they found in New York? www.montauk-monster.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fang Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Paws are wrong for raccoon as well. Unless the goby's chewed off the "fingers". They have slightly similar paws to opossum. from the feet and teeth I'd say badger which are on the rise in niagara region Still looks like it could be a dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishkid Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 teeth and feet are both a perfect match to badgers. Body proportions (minus the bloating) are also very typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingAddict Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 looks like thoroldfisher sunbathing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvevolution Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 you obviously missed the second picture then. look at the paw on the right...................there are deffinitely claws on that foot. the other thing I look at is the lower jaw. most possums don't have any teeth on the lower jaw at the front. some have a few but most have none. this animal has a few teeth on the lower jaw, but basically none. they haven't been knocked out either, cause if you look close enough, there's no provision for teeth on the lower jaw. if they were knocked out, you'de still be able to see sockets where the teeth came from. here, there aren't any. paw shape is also wrong for a Racoon. the front fingers of a Racoon are long and slender. these ones, while bloated, are short and stubby. also, on the first pic, if you look to the left of the pic and look closely at the rear paw, you can clearly see an oposable thumb, which is a huge tip off for a Possum. I agree that a badger is plausible, but without a size reference, I'm still going with an Opposum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rockfish Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I'd say it's closer to a raccoon. From all the skull pics I looked at, opossums have 2 top front teeth that stick out similar to a mouse and they do have bottom teeth at the front. Raccoons top teeth are basically straight across like in Joe D's pic. On the back feet of the pics, if it was an opposable thumb, is it missing on the other foot ? Shows the 2 top protruding teeth. Opossum skull pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I saw Bigugli wearing a Davy Crockett hat !! That looks like a skinned coon to me .......hmmmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyverDown Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 I say it is an alien... we are being invaded! DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Andrews Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 This question has an easy answer. What kind of animal does it taste like? I still think it's an armadillo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkers only Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Opossums are marsupial. I don't see a pouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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