Where Do Dead Bodies Go !!

[gnasher16 30,640]

Somethings been bugging me lately and having asked a few of my hunting type aquaintances im not happy with the answers so at the risk of sounding like a dick im going to ask the experts........Yous

 

You know how when you drive past certain fields/land etc you get an eye for whats normal and whats not.......well on a bit of land close to me about 3 weeks ago i drove by and noticed something in the distance thats not normally there...but couldnt see what it was.....this went on for a few weeks until curiosity got the better of me and i ventured over.....it was a dead deer.....obviously it didnt look none too clever as decomposition had set in but it didnt appear to have any obvious injuries.....and it got me thinking.

 

When an animal like this dies of natural causes in the wild where does its torso/skeleton etc go......and why isnt the countryside where theres very little human intervention littered with skeletons considering the amount of animals that must see life through to a natural end ?

 

If its obvious dont take the piss im just a dumb city boy

[scothunter 12,609]

dragged off by animals,picked clean by carrion,or lifted/ploughed into a field by a farmer. or buried by some animal hugger lol

[paulus 26]

here you go only a rabbit but no different to any animal

 

[pip1968 2,490]

crows foxs and other preditors and what they dont eat the maggots do the rest

[paulus 26]

found a deer

 

[Malt 379]

Aye picked apart by all sorts, foxes, badgers, crows, buzzards, various insects, etc. if you were to spend enough time and cover enough ground out and about you'd probably see a lot of stuff in various states of decay..

[scothunter 12,609]

you got to remember also,when the likes of a deer or fox are going to die,they normally crawl away to a secluded spot under a bush or some other hidden spot and die.i found a few long dead deer and foxes over the years.

now elephants they go away to a certain spot to die,and the story/myth whatever . says you never see an elephant die in the wild.its a very private affair. even when elephants find a dead elephants bones,they sniff them and move them about slightly.always been very interested in elephants,i find them a trully remarkable animal.

 

elephants grave yard they call it. several of them travelled to the same spot to die.

[gnasher16 30,640]

I was thinking more about the skeleton of a large animal.........i mean without getting all forensic,if a human skull for instance thats been buried can be identified after years and years..................what is it about animal bones that are just left on top of the ground that makes them dissapear..

[NEWKID 27,890]

Elephants will mourn for a dead elephant too Scott, they're family bond is very strong, lots of animals live in herds but I doubt few bond like elephants...

 

Edited because of this bloody I phone

Edited August 1, 2013 by NEWKID

[paulus 26]

I was thinking more about the skeleton of a large animal.........i mean without getting all forensic,if a human skull for instance thats been buried can be identified after years and years..................what is it about animal bones that are just left on top of the ground that makes them dissapear..

farming the weather, collie crosses

[scothunter 12,609]

in a case like that gnash,id imagine the farmer will remove the carcass,for health reasons to his other stock.when fishing up north i have found red deer carcasses.bones all still there,bleached white by the sun,and partially buried with the weather.

i guess if you really wanted to dig,you would find plenty of long deceasrd animal bones., time team dig up cattle bones from hundreds of years ago.

[scothunter 12,609]

Elephants will mourn for a dead elephant too Scott, they're family bond is very strong, lots of animals live in herds but I doubt few bond like elephants...

 

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yup seen that aswell. they really do mourn the passing of one of there herds,

[ferretess 230]

I once had a chat to a guy in chat , best not name him ,, but he said he used to love picking up road kill ,,, such a waste to drive or walk past some thing that could be used else where , he said it was him attempt at recycling.

[northern lad 2,292]

Cmon Gnasher out with it,who are you trying to get rid of SH did you see the documentary on Elephant graveyards,was fantastic,very touching,hundreds of skeletons in a giant cave/chasm,they followed an old bull travelling miles to reach it ,then it just lay down and died they do definetly "mourn"when they come across a dead one,the herd stops they all have a touch,sniff and then move on....utterly fascinating animals

[Malt 379]

I was thinking more about the skeleton of a large animal.........i mean without getting all forensic,if a human skull for instance thats been buried can be identified after years and years..................what is it about animal bones that are just left on top of the ground that makes them dissapear..

They probably just get kicked about and covered by growth unless they are in the middle of a field and get removed or ploughed into the ground. Over time they would get swallowed up by the earth and preserved if they haven't been eaten or removed. Think of the way that dinosaur skeleton's are dug from the ground these days. Same thing happened to them, it's just the ground they went into has turned to rock over the centuries..