Who Killed Mr Wabbit ????

[pitdog]

Took my pooches out this evening, they both thought they looked cool in their winter coats....

They soon picked up a scent and started searching around....

After a few minutes it was Snicker who found the source of the smell, any guesses what would kill a rabbit and only take the head ?

I used my own nose and sniffed out some field mushrooms, upon breaking one open I found they had grubs inside !

Also came across these striking fungi....

One final pic of my dogs posing !

 

[Stormstaff]

Zombie? Sorry, couldn't help myself since tomorrow is Halloween

 

[pitdog]

Zombie? Sorry, couldn't help myself since tomorrow is Halloween

I should have took the rabbit to carry around when I go out tomorrow night eh, that woulda freaked some people out !!!!

 

[myright]

eeewwww bugs in the mushroom - yuk

I can't think of anything that would only take the head other than a human.

 

[JCavSD]

I had a cat that would eat the head off mice and rats...and leave the rest on the back porch...I suppose as a gift for me. After a few hours he'd always come back and eat the rest. However, I agree with Storm that this was most likely the work of a zombie.

 

[Tuxdad]

only thing I can think of would be a fox... Have seen them kill and then get scared off by something(one), but they usually start with the head around here...

 

[pitdog]

only thing I can think of would be a fox... Have seen them kill and then get scared off by something(one), but they usually start with the head around here...

We don't have foxes on the Island !

 

[halo2]

got fisher cats?

 

[pitdog]

got fisher cats?

Not sure ? I know there are a heck of a lotta Raccoons in that spot but don't know if they'd take a rabbit?

 

[Masteroffajitas]

Zombies usually won;t go for animals, and animals are usually smart enough to stay clear of them.

 

[brians]

Looks like the work of the holy hand-grenade to me :thumbup:

 

[Jose Wales]

Foxes do some weird things.

 

[brians]

I would heed this warning whilst strolling those trails without adequate protection.

 

[cmdionne]

I've known racoons, possums, foxes, weasels all to take only the heads off chickens they killed at my grandparents farm. Don't know why though. And chickens sleeping in the coop are a ton easier to catch than a rabbit in the open (dont think a possum or racoon could do that).

 

[Loosearrow]

Don't know what killed it. Looks like something chewing on it's neck. It is a fresh kill and you probably spooked the animal and it ran off with the head. Took the smaller, easier to carry piece. Surprised the dogs didn't follow the scent of the head and animal. Since that didn't happen, maybe it was a hawk and that was an easy piece to fly off with and peck it's eyes out on a limb.

 

[RescueRiley]

most of the fat in a rabbit is the brain and eyes...the body is mostly lean meat with the exception of the organs... any critter looking to fat up for the winter.. might be llokng to maximize fat a minimize the consumption of lean calories....(just a hypothesis)

 

[kgd]

When I dis some research at an American kestrel colony at McGill University, we used to feed them 2-d old chicks (pre-killed). The birds would always eat the heads first and then if they were really hungry they'd eat the rest of the bodies. As part of our study, we were dosing them up with contaminants and wanted to do it through a natural feeding route. After studying their feeding behavior we elected to inject the contaminants into the heads of the killed chicks. Worked great.

Maybe its another raptor or owl. Like RR says - lots of fat in the brain (sphingolipids, yum!) and the eyes are an important reservoir of Vitamin A (retinol) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (smacking lips)...

 

[mkhop]

I would heed this warning whilst strolling those trails without adequate protection.

Beware the fabled Saber Toothed Rabbit.

 

[TheGame]

That is interesting. Each time I saw something dead outside, their whole bodies were eaten.

Anyway, thanks for sharing.

 

[jw2n]

I know it was already posted, but I have had the same experience with cats. Kill a mouse or rat and eat the head. Maybe they watch too much G. Romero.