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Offline Parnell

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Chupacabre caught?
« on: April 04, 2014, 01:20:16 pm »
Ok, that is not a coyote, raccoon, dog, or any other damn thing with mange.  What the #$@% is that?

Awesome!

Am I missing something here?  How much dope has that wildlife biologist smoked?

I wonder how it tastes?  Ha! ;D

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/living-chupacabra-capture_n_5085942.html
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Offline Mohawk13

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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2014, 01:46:13 pm »
Sits on its back legs like a kangaroo and eats with its paws...No Coon, Fox, or Coyote I have ever seen!!!
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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2014, 01:48:35 pm »
No doubt about the canine thing, ain't never seen a dog w/ hands for paws like that. I bet it tastes like it looks, don't think I'd eat it. Hope they keep it around, maybe it's mamma will come looking for it.  >:D  They need to stick it in a pen w/ a goat and see what happens.  >:D

 Thanks for sharing Parnell, dp
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2014, 01:57:33 pm »
It certainly looks K9 but people are wanting to say it's a coyote with mange.  Sorry, that isn't a coyote with mange.  No flipping chance.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2014, 01:58:33 pm »
It's a raccoon with mange. Are wildlife experts really that uneducated? Anyone who has ever had a raccoon as a pet has seen them eat like that.
 Geez.
 
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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2014, 02:02:26 pm »
Quote from: PatM on April 04, 2014, 01:58:33 pm
It's a raccoon with mange. Are wildlife experts really that uneducated? Anyone who has ever had a raccoon as a pet has seen them eat like that.
 Geez.

A raccoon?  Only one way to find out, get the DNA.
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Offline Marks

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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2014, 02:04:25 pm »
Mangy coon. I heard on another site it might be a mangy Coatimundi.
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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2014, 02:06:28 pm »
Here's a video of a raccoon eating cat food with its "hands" and then running off on its back legs while carrying food with its paws.
 You don't need to see DNA. It's blatantly obvious.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcjzaqL0pE
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Offline JonW

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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2014, 02:20:30 pm »
I have coon hunted most of my life. 100% mangy coon.
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2014, 02:23:10 pm »
Most likely.  Crazy looking! 
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Offline PatM

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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2014, 02:27:26 pm »
Any animal without hair will look unexpectedly different but that doesn't mean we have to lose our common sense when trying to identify them.
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2014, 03:06:06 pm »
Quote from: PatM on April 04, 2014, 02:27:26 pm
Any animal without hair will look unexpectedly different but that doesn't mean we have to lose our common sense when trying to identify them.

PatM, I'm teaching mutations in biology currently and I think this is a perfect example of the topic.  Of course, I'm trying to get a rise out of people.

I'm agreeing that its a raccoon.  But I'm skeptical it has mange.  Symptoms aren't there.  Could it be a raccoon that has received a mutated gene for being "hairless". 

DNA testing!

Sorry, I can't help myself, I love stuff like this! ;) ;D

P.s.  Would the state of TX have a responsibility to ID this animal even though its been trapped on private property?  That is what I'm wondering...
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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2014, 03:28:04 pm »
At 45 seconds it sure looks like a coon. It's in a coon trap. Got front feet like a coon. Were did the wildlife biologist come up w/ canine?  That's funny.

PatM, That was a funny video.

dp
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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2014, 04:50:14 pm »
Quote from: Parnell on April 04, 2014, 02:02:26 pm
Quote from: PatM on April 04, 2014, 01:58:33 pm
It's a raccoon with mange. Are wildlife experts really that uneducated? Anyone who has ever had a raccoon as a pet has seen them eat like that.
 Geez.

A raccoon?  Only one way to find out, get the DNA.

Well I have to respectfully disagree...
There is another way to tell if it's a raccoon other than DNA...
Barbeque it... anyone that's ever eaten BBQed Coon could tell you right off...
In Three Bites or Less...
Name That Coon!

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Re: Chupacabre caught?
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2014, 04:54:41 pm »
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