ML43187061

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Tags

No bird

Observation details

One was scavenging on opossum on road; I looked at possum carcass after car scared off vulture. Having not really looked at TUVU-scavenged carcasses much, it surprised me at how organized and neat the excavation appeared. There was very little blood. There was a hole where the anus had been, and the abdominal cavity was opened its entire length. (Could the TUVU penetrate intact skin of the belly, or does there need to be an existing wound, or opening by another animal?). All of the intestines and organs (abdominal and thoracic) were visibly completely gone. The chest cavity appears to have been opened by disengaging each rib between its distal end and the sternum. Where skin was pulled back over the limbs, tissues of the limbs were taken.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX710 HS

ISO

160

Focal length

4.5 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/3.5

Shutter speed

1/30 sec

Dimensions

4686 pixels x 3515 pixels

Original file size

4.59 MB