What ya see here?

[kennym]

I know what I think, what ya think?

[Bladepeek]

It looks like either a cougar or a doe with the shortest ears in the world.

[23feetupandhappy]

A doe.....?  

[23feetupandhappy]

Originally posted by Bladepeek:
It looks like either a cougar or a doe with the shortest ears in the world.

Eyes on the side of the head......
Doe with short ears.....

[Rough Run]

Odd.  Ears are too short for that to be a long neck.  Big cat?

[Mike Faith]

Oh, that is a rare, short-eared, Missouri Whitetail!!

would sure like to see another few frames...

[Terry Green]

Can I get a tag ???

Or, are they like GA and claim they 'aren't here'?

[kennym]

Sorry, no more pics of it. I think its a deer, neck too long and swoopy for a cat.

Was a neat pic when it came up tho,made me double take for a sec!!

[monterey]

Capybara?

[old_goat2]

Chupacabra!

[Azwatasha]

I'm with Monterey, Capybara...

I think it is a dog.

[Michael Arnette]

Neck is too long for a cougar

[Possum Head]

Not enough hair to be Ron Laclair!

[kill shot]

It looks like sonething horror movies are made from.

[JimB]

Michael Arnette is correct.The neck is too long for a mountain lion but the neck and shoulder are consistent with deer.A mountain lion's neck is actually shorter than it's skull.

A mountain lion's ears are much wider at the bases and are black on the back.This even shows up with an IR flash.In the photo,you are seeing the back of the right ear and at the bottom,rear of the left ear,you should have also seen black.


Notice how the skull is arched up,between the eyes.All lions have this,not a dip between the eyes.A mature lion can have a crease down the top of the cranium,like a bear but that crease starts well behind the eyes.The eyes are also,proportionally too small for a lion.Lions have large eyes.

You can see the width of the ear base here.It is about the widest part of the ear.



It's a strange looking animal in the picture for sure.The ears have a more deer like shape but are unusually small.I guess that happens occasionally but that one's pretty unusual.Even dogs have ear bases similar to cats.

Whatever it is,I'm positive it isn't a lion.

[jcar315]

Doe

[MnFn]

I think a dog as well, Pavan.

[kennym]

Yep, knew it was a deer, but the pic was pretty neat anyway.  :D

[JimB]

Now he tells us!