Road Mysteries

swedishskoda · 30-06-2008, 22:36

A nice 250 miles trip to the weekend cottage today, giving me lots of time to think about life's oddities...

...like this one: You often see road-killed animals on the road shoulder. Badgers, hares, rabbits, hedgehogs, the odd pheasant, cat or fox. But they don't stay there for long. The ones I see all look as if they were killed the night before, the badgers especially (that are hit rather than flattened out). You never see any half-eaten carcasses. Why not? Where do they go? And how? Is it foxes (or maybe large birds, such as buzzards) that drag them from the road into the ditch or the bushes? There cannot be any secret road authorities patrol picking them up - too costly, and I should have spotted them at least once during all these years?

Can anyone shed any light on this? And do you have any road mysteries of your own?

sdenny · 30-06-2008, 22:42

I see a lot of crows picking at road kill.

devonutopia · 30-06-2008, 22:44

A lot of buzzards down our way. If the roadkill is just "knocked down" and not pancaked, they just pick it up to fly off and devour it elsewhere.

Vix · 30-06-2008, 22:45

Some people eat road kill, we had a program on T.V. about it a few years ago

I can't remember what it was called and have to admit I didn't watch it, neither would I eat anything like that. I sometimes see Crows and Magpies risking their lives eating this sort of stuff also

swedishskoda · 30-06-2008, 22:52

People eating roadkill

- well, should it be deer or elk I might contemplate it. I've noted the crows/magpies too, but if they were the only ones around I would expect to see a lot of half-eaten animals. devonutopia's observations strengthen my buzzard/fox hypothesis - we also have a lot of them around.

KTP · 30-06-2008, 23:59

i usually take roadkill home with me, i call it a good nights hunting and tastes better than the local takeaway.

Bigw2069 · 01-07-2008, 00:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by swedishskoda

People eating roadkill

- well, should it be deer or elk I might contemplate it. I've noted the crows/magpies too, but if they were the only ones around I would expect to see a lot of half-eaten animals. devonutopia's observations strengthen my buzzard/fox hypothesis - we also have a lot of them around.

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L-Y-K · 01-07-2008, 00:13

dont people do that to phesants? because you cant shoot them?

there dumb animals!

KTP · 01-07-2008, 00:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by L-Y-K

dont people do that to phesants? because you cant shoot them?

there dumb animals!

i think its illegal to take anything you kill home, or at least this is the case with pheasants, but should you happen along some fresh meat someone else has taken out, then i think its fair game.

Taxi 219 · 01-07-2008, 03:55

Foxes and travellers

Octygone · 01-07-2008, 07:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by KTP

i think its illegal to take anything you kill home, or at least this is the case with pheasants, but should you happen along some fresh meat someone else has taken out, then i think its fair game.

If you run it over then you can't legally pick it up.....but if some one else does that is fine

30-06-2008, 22:36	#1
swedishskoda Briskadoodian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 3,094 Members Car: Felly Estate 1.6 LXi 1998 Thanks: 54 Thanked 165 Times in 151 Posts	Road Mysteries A nice 250 miles trip to the weekend cottage today, giving me lots of time to think about life's oddities... ...like this one: You often see road-killed animals on the road shoulder. Badgers, hares, rabbits, hedgehogs, the odd pheasant, cat or fox. But they don't stay there for long. The ones I see all look as if they were killed the night before, the badgers especially (that are hit rather than flattened out). You never see any half-eaten carcasses. Why not? Where do they go? And how? Is it foxes (or maybe large birds, such as buzzards) that drag them from the road into the ditch or the bushes? There cannot be any secret road authorities patrol picking them up - too costly, and I should have spotted them at least once during all these years? Can anyone shed any light on this? And do you have any road mysteries of your own? __________________ It's feral ! It's fervid! It's a Felicia!

30-06-2008, 22:42	#2
sdenny Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ross on Wye, Herefordshire Posts: 1,042 Members Car: Yellow Octavia vRS Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Road Mysteries I see a lot of crows picking at road kill. __________________ You're obviously mistaking me for somebody who gives a 5h1t!

30-06-2008, 22:44	#3
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,088 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 75 Thanked 352 Times in 295 Posts	Re: Road Mysteries A lot of buzzards down our way. If the roadkill is just "knocked down" and not pancaked, they just pick it up to fly off and devour it elsewhere. __________________ Jason - Only a Skoda. Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

30-06-2008, 22:45	#4
Vix Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Preston Posts: 1,318 Members Car: Fabia VRS Thanks: 15 Thanked 67 Times in 67 Posts	Re: Road Mysteries Some people eat road kill, we had a program on T.V. about it a few years ago I can't remember what it was called and have to admit I didn't watch it, neither would I eat anything like that. I sometimes see Crows and Magpies risking their lives eating this sort of stuff also

30-06-2008, 22:52	#5
swedishskoda Briskadoodian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 3,094 Members Car: Felly Estate 1.6 LXi 1998 Thanks: 54 Thanked 165 Times in 151 Posts	Re: Road Mysteries People eating roadkill - well, should it be deer or elk I might contemplate it. I've noted the crows/magpies too, but if they were the only ones around I would expect to see a lot of half-eaten animals. devonutopia's observations strengthen my buzzard/fox hypothesis - we also have a lot of them around. __________________ It's feral ! It's fervid! It's a Felicia!

30-06-2008, 23:59	#6
KTP eeeeeeeeevil. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 1,490 Members Car: Thanks: 27 Thanked 55 Times in 52 Posts	Re: Road Mysteries i usually take roadkill home with me, i call it a good nights hunting and tastes better than the local takeaway. __________________

01-07-2008, 00:13	#8
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