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Can GLP help my friend figure out what this animal is? | |
Chop Top Sawyer
(OP) User ID: 76578024  United States06/12/2018 11:48 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My best friends parents have this animal lurking near their house for a couple days. I am pretty good at identifying animals. I am too stumped. Quoting: Chop Top Sawyer looks like a wet fox. The tail..... "Dog will hunt" "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." |
| Chop Top Sawyer
(OP) User ID: 76578024 United States06/12/2018 11:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it is what it is just because it hasnt been officially recognized by science doesnt mean it doesnt exist probably doesnt suck blood but its still a real animal Yeah in a Souht American jungle but not in upstate NY. the one i saw was in riverside, california. i dunno how that one got to new york but its definitely a chupacabrra I hate saying that but damn it fits the bill. Bring on the haters. "Dog will hunt" "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 38388680 United States06/12/2018 11:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hey OP. Pretty sure that's a fox with mange. The darker color on the lower half of the legs give it away. Quoting: HomeOnTheRange Chupacabras are not dog-like critters. They are more alien, or reptilian-like. Sometime in the last 10 years or so, for some reason (most likely to spread disinfo) critters with bad cases of mange have been called chupacabras. I’ve got a 2 year degree in Fisheries and Wildlife and I know mange, it does not look like that. Plus foxes have shorter tails. Then it may be some other disease or mutation that causes hair loss. Foxes have tails about equal to their "body" length, which it appears this critter has. Whatever it is, it's canine. Here's another video showing a red fox with mange. I still think it looks similar, however the resolution of the video you shared is too low for my to see many specifics to make a determination. It could be a sick dog. |
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| Chop Top Sawyer
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| Chop Top Sawyer
(OP) User ID: 76578024 United States06/12/2018 11:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hey OP. Pretty sure that's a fox with mange. The darker color on the lower half of the legs give it away. Quoting: HomeOnTheRange Chupacabras are not dog-like critters. They are more alien, or reptilian-like. Sometime in the last 10 years or so, for some reason (most likely to spread disinfo) critters with bad cases of mange have been called chupacabras. I’ve got a 2 year degree in Fisheries and Wildlife and I know mange, it does not look like that. Plus foxes have shorter tails. Then it may be some other disease or mutation that causes hair loss. Foxes have tails about equal to their "body" length, which it appears this critter has. Whatever it is, it's canine. Here's another video showing a red fox with mange. I still think it looks similar, however the resolution of the video you shared is too low for my to see many specifics to make a determination. It could be a sick dog. Ok, u might have it. I’ll forward to my friend. Thanks "Dog will hunt" "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 38388680 United States06/13/2018 12:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hey OP. Pretty sure that's a fox with mange. The darker color on the lower half of the legs give it away. Quoting: HomeOnTheRange Chupacabras are not dog-like critters. They are more alien, or reptilian-like. Sometime in the last 10 years or so, for some reason (most likely to spread disinfo) critters with bad cases of mange have been called chupacabras. I’ve got a 2 year degree in Fisheries and Wildlife and I know mange, it does not look like that. Plus foxes have shorter tails. Then it may be some other disease or mutation that causes hair loss. Foxes have tails about equal to their "body" length, which it appears this critter has. Whatever it is, it's canine. Here's another video showing a red fox with mange. I still think it looks similar, however the resolution of the video you shared is too low for my to see many specifics to make a determination. It could be a sick dog. Ok, u might have it. I’ll forward to my friend. Thanks You're welcome :) I generally try to not talk out my ass. I visually study animals daily as a wildlife artist, so I'm pretty familiar with identifying them through movement, and and proportions. People calling sick dogs/foxes/coyotes/wolves chupacabras are a pet peeve of mine. The Chupacabra story became known from reports in Puerto Rico, and aired on Coast to Coast in the 90s. It was described as something much like a more...bestial version of a grey alien, but with kangaroo legs and porcupine quills.... which is nothing like the critter we're seeing here. The reports of sick canines as chupacabras started in the 2000s, most likely as a disinfo campaign to make people studying cryptozoology seem unhinged. |
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