where do animals go to die?

[matcom]

we have hundreds of squirrels, thousands of birds, chipmunks, skunks, DS1's and other vermin in our yard all year.

so, where do they all go to die?

ever seen a squirrel keel over from a heart condition?

ever seen a bird die of old age and fall out of the sky?

I saw a DS1 pass out once but it eventually awoke (the closest I have come to witnessing this particular mystery)

seriously though. where is the critter graveyard and how do they get there?

[skygazer]

1. Seriously?

Wild animals are always aware of any vulnerability - when they're sick or dying, they tend to find a hiding place or safe place of some sort where they won't be a target for a predator. So you don't see them. :shrug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. I had a wren who built a nest on my porch.

He died there this past summer. We buried him, nest and all.

[sasquatch]

3. Why are you posting here?

Aren't you supposed to be in your car driving to Virginia, staking out Cracker Barrells and snatching midlo up to work as your servent? The good news for you is that she's from Virginia so she probably doesn't like wearing shows to begin with.
:D

[matcom]

4. if you are asking about TeenMidlo

i am trying to break her of her southern setbacks. she is allowed to wear shoes in my kitchen.

just no tops :D

[sasquatch]

7. .

:rofl:
*I might be PMing this to Midlo later on just for shits and giggles.*

[matcom]

10. if you do, tell her tonight TM is making 'thong soup'

[sasquatch]

17. LOL!!

:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

20. He can't afford the toll booths in Delaware.

:)

[sasquatch]

21. Ooh, Lynnesin's gonna tear you a new one to the tune "Whole lotta love"

:rofl::popcorn:

[madinmaryland]

22. Apparently, I am the ringleader of the DE toll booth brigade!

:rofl:

[sasquatch]

25. Those our your words and not mine

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Cleveland

Same as everybody else.

[sasquatch]

8. No that's South Carolina

[rug]

6. On my way to work, at the base of a tree I passed a squirrel dissolving over 3 months.

[Drunken Irishman]

9. My kitchen. I cook 'em...

:9

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. I don't think most vermin live to old age.

You'll find them flattened by the side of the road, or in spherical form, on the ground near your nearest owl roost.

[Bucky]

13. Noteable exception: Donald Rumsfeld

and his Brazillion friends

[Skittles]

26. Strom Thurmond

:puke:

[Bucky]

12. I assume they're eaten by fellow loveable critters

What's a DS1?

[matcom]

14. kind of like a Monty Python white rabbit

only hopped up on Tequila

[lost-in-nj]

15. Seriously

I know Elephants walk to the graveyard....
There are special places that they die in.....
maybe our domestic animals have some kind of
ancient ground where they go to....

just a thought....

but your right.... we should see more dead animals....


lost

[sniffa]

16. i was gonna say the slaughterhouse

but DS1s are killed humanely after living a life on the free range.

[MonkeyFunk]

18. I once saw a bird fall out of a tree, dead

[femmocrat]

19. Mice come to our basement, unfortunately.

I can smell a dead one now. Now I would like to know where they hide their smelly little carcasses!

[madinmaryland]

23. The Meadowlands, next to Giants Stadium, beside Jimmy Hoffa.

:shrug:

[greendog]

24. Around here, they just jump in front of a moving vehicle.

Little bird = thump.

Full grown bull moose = kaboom!

[Generic Brad]

27. I think they all eat each other - bones and all

You could always sift through their droppings and test my theory if you are so inclined.