Cold Case - Who Killed Roger Rabbit? (Graphic Image Warning)

[British Red]

Came across this today.....


Rabbit kill as found by British Red, on Flickr

From a distance I thought it was fur and faeces

Up close I realise something had neatly eviscerated a rabbit and left a neat, untouched, undamaged pile of guts and a "rear portion"


Rabbit kill intestines by British Red, on Flickr

This is rural Lincs so possible large raptors would include buzzard, kestrel, sparrowhawk (many), marsh harrier (local), barn owl (local), little owl (local). Mammals would certainly include badger, fox, weasel, stoat, mink, dog, cat, brown rat.

Its got me puzzled I must confess....

 

[mountainm]

Chupacabra.

 

[British Red]

The locals scare them off round here....one hint of banjo music and they are gone

 

[swotty]

Chupacabra.

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[Harvestman]

I'm hopeless at these, but that looks neat enough to be human activity.

 

[British Red]

Definitely not though - not in my field

 

[David Morningstar]

I have seen our old cat do that many times with rabbits and mice, the results were very neat.

 

[lannyman8]

55 grain ballistic tipped .243 @ 150 yards......

 

[British Red]

Lol - I found some fur so probably not!

Whatever it was took away the hind quarters the following night - left the guts though

 

[david1]

head gone ?

 

[British Red]

Head, chest and forelegs all missing. Rabbit had been neatly paunched, guts laid aside, halved and front half removed.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

The only animals I know that eviscerate their prey & then place the abdominal contents in a neat pile are cats. ..........let's not rule out either that some of the 'missing parts' (the head for example) may have been taken by another critter...

 

[Samon]

The only animals I know that eviscerate their prey & then place the abdominal contents in a neat pile are cats. ..........let's not rule out either that some of the 'missing parts' (the head for example) may have been taken by another critter...

Yep, I think cat too.

The cat I had as a boy was fond of catching and eating grey squirels and only eating the top half. However, he didn't leave his squirel butts in the garden, he kindly left them on my mums bed.

 

[david1]

its a black panther of....

 

[21st century pict]

I’ve know Badgers can turn a lamb skin completely inside out with everything gone from the inside, The carcass I seen looked like a mop at first glance , was the spinal cord cut or crushed ?

 

[Silverback 1]

55 grain ballistic tipped .243 @ 150 yards......

Or a 50 grain Berger Match Grade Varmint + 41 grains of Hodgdon H380 steaming along at 3,900 FPS.........2nd one down in group shot, the only thing that this rig doesn't do to long range Coney is shrink wrap and bar-code 'em

 

[ozzy1977]

Seen one done like that before, never knew what done it. Found a pigeon missing its head last week, body totally untouched too, any ideas?

 

[Clouston98]

Don't have a clue but I don't think it was a bird because the beak or claws would have punctured the guts?
Any other ideas?

 

[JonathanD]

I'm going for badger. Looks like a classic case to me. They turn their prey inside out just like that. I've found they do it with hedgehogs very well, almost like a human did it.

 

[JonathanD]

Seen one done like that before, never knew what done it. Found a pigeon missing its head last week, body totally untouched too, any ideas?

Sparrowhawk.