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canuckguy · 02-06-2010, 01:26 PM

Found these in my backyard, not sure what animal left these. My first guess is a possum but it is just a guess, there about 3 inches across each track. Any ideas?

Jetée · 02-06-2010, 01:44 PM

First thing that fizzed to the top of my brain: it's a snow crocodile.

Baraka_Guru · 02-06-2010, 03:02 PM

I did some online research. It looks like a pair of tracks from a bounding animal. Maybe weasels or rabbits or squirrels or something.

Craven Morehead · 02-06-2010, 06:11 PM

ummm, be careful next time you go out

clavus · 02-06-2010, 09:08 PM

Bounding animal with long tail. Do possums bound? I think they scamper.

Grancey · 02-06-2010, 10:23 PM

Raccoon, maybe?

downhill · 02-08-2010, 04:42 PM

Do you live near any nuclear facilities, government genetic research labs, or toxic waste dumps? If yes its a giant frog with a tail. If the answer is no, i'd have to say it looks very squirrelish...

Crack · 02-09-2010, 07:04 AM

Son, I think what you have discovered is:

MSD · 02-09-2010, 12:15 PM

It doesn't look quite like the squirrel tracks around here, I'd say rabbit.

highthief · 02-09-2010, 06:08 PM

Knowing where you live would help narrow it down.

thingstodo · 02-10-2010, 12:20 PM

It isn't rabbit as they have four tracks with two larger and two smaller and their tails don't drag, they puff! Is this one set or two sides side-by-side? I'd have to say mice but they usually burrow under the snow unless they are on a driveway or other hard surface.

Wyodiver33 · 02-10-2010, 12:31 PM

Definitely jackalope tracks.

The Jackelope Planetary

thingstodo · 02-15-2010, 11:37 AM

A friend said they look like mink tracks because that is the way they bound.

Craven Morehead · 02-15-2010, 12:54 PM

canuckguy · 02-16-2010, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by highthief

Knowing where you live would help narrow it down.

London Ontario, I am now thinking there just squirrel tracks?!?!

thingstodo · 02-16-2010, 08:45 AM

I've never seen a squirrel drags its tail!

canuckguy · 02-16-2010, 10:31 AM

I've seen a possum in my backyard before so i think that might be it, but the hole under my shed is pretty small and the tracks lead to it. Anyone want to come over and stick your hand in? Beers on me!

downhill · 02-22-2010, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thingstodo

I've never seen a squirrel drags its tail!

Good point. I think i was drunk when i guessed last time. My new very educated opinon is a yeti. Hope that clears it up.

Hektore · 02-22-2010, 07:29 PM

Mouse?

Maybe a rat, some kind of rodent.

canuckguy · 02-22-2010, 07:51 PM

Well she wants a cat, I guess I could see a use now. Cheers

I had to call the city this morning as there was a dead skunk on my neighbours driveway this morning, near the end of the road. Big sucker too. Stinky. It is like wild kingdom here. City style.

bobby · 02-23-2010, 07:28 AM

mink...or some relative,long tail that drags andthey bound along...how deep was the snow?

xoxoxoo

Rekna · 02-23-2010, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wyodiver33

Definitely jackalope tracks.

The Jackelope Planetary

That is what I was going to say. Though it could be snipe tracks also.

girldetective · 02-23-2010, 09:16 AM

I think I recognize those as Plan9 tracks.
He must have been wearing heels.

besitos.

MSD · 02-25-2010, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Craven Morehead

Even in the unlikely case that a Higgs Boson decay were observed in a bubble chamber, none of the proposed decay models looks anything like that. I would expect better from Randall.

bobby · 03-01-2010, 08:17 AM

are you near water?....otter tracks !

xoxoxoo

canuckguy · 03-03-2010, 02:48 PM

Nope far away from water (30km). I think it is a deer mouse....

yournamehere · 03-03-2010, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thingstodo

I've never seen a squirrel drags its tail!

A male squirrel.

Jaegyr · 03-03-2010, 11:52 PM

for once im stumped on a track!

shalafi · 03-07-2010, 06:57 PM

chupacabra

Hektore · 03-08-2010, 03:46 AM

I just went for a hike across one of the mountains around here that still has snow on it, I'm quite thoroughly convinced now that it's a mouse.

shalafi · 03-08-2010, 07:49 PM

maybe its a tiny bunny pushing a wheelbarrow

canuckguy · 05-03-2010, 05:10 PM

I am taking down my deck and shed this summer in a backyard project. I am scared of what I am going to find hidden under the shed.

iamnormal · 05-31-2010, 12:45 AM

Maine Secretary of State Kids: Animal Tracks
Looks like weasel tracks.

02-06-2010, 01:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	First thing that fizzed to the top of my brain: it's a snow crocodile. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

02-06-2010, 03:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	I did some online research. It looks like a pair of tracks from a bounding animal. Maybe weasels or rabbits or squirrels or something. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

02-06-2010, 09:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Bounding animal with long tail. Do possums bound? I think they scamper. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

02-06-2010, 10:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Grancey Life's short, gotta hurry... Location: land of pit vipers	Raccoon, maybe? __________________ Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.

02-09-2010, 07:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
Crack Misanthropic Location: Ohio! yay!	Son, I think what you have discovered is: __________________ Crack, you and I are long overdue for a vicious bout of mansex. ~Halx

02-06-2010, 06:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	ummm, be careful next time you go out

02-08-2010, 04:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
downhill Upright Location: west michigan	Do you live near any nuclear facilities, government genetic research labs, or toxic waste dumps? If yes its a giant frog with a tail. If the answer is no, i'd have to say it looks very squirrelish...

02-09-2010, 12:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	It doesn't look quite like the squirrel tracks around here, I'd say rabbit.

02-09-2010, 06:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	Knowing where you live would help narrow it down. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.

02-10-2010, 12:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	It isn't rabbit as they have four tracks with two larger and two smaller and their tails don't drag, they puff! Is this one set or two sides side-by-side? I'd have to say mice but they usually burrow under the snow unless they are on a driveway or other hard surface. __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.

02-10-2010, 12:31 PM	#12 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Just here for the beer. Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	Definitely jackalope tracks. The Jackelope Planetary __________________ I like stuff.

02-15-2010, 11:37 AM	#13 (permalink)
thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	A friend said they look like mink tracks because that is the way they bound. __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.

02-15-2010, 12:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
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02-16-2010, 08:45 AM	#16 (permalink)
thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	I've never seen a squirrel drags its tail! __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.

02-16-2010, 10:31 AM	#17 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	I've seen a possum in my backyard before so i think that might be it, but the hole under my shed is pretty small and the tracks lead to it. Anyone want to come over and stick your hand in? Beers on me!

02-22-2010, 07:29 PM	#19 (permalink)
Hektore Junkie Location: Greater Harrisburg Area	Mouse? Maybe a rat, some kind of rodent. __________________ The advantage law is the best law in rugby, because it lets you ignore all the others for the good of the game.

02-22-2010, 07:51 PM	#20 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	Well she wants a cat, I guess I could see a use now. Cheers I had to call the city this morning as there was a dead skunk on my neighbours driveway this morning, near the end of the road. Big sucker too. Stinky. It is like wild kingdom here. City style.

02-23-2010, 07:28 AM	#21 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	mink...or some relative,long tail that drags andthey bound along...how deep was the snow? xoxoxoo __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo

02-23-2010, 09:16 AM	#23 (permalink)
girldetective sufferable	I think I recognize those as Plan9 tracks. He must have been wearing heels. besitos. __________________ As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons...be cheerful; strive for happiness - Desiderata

03-01-2010, 08:17 AM	#25 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	are you near water?....otter tracks ! xoxoxoo __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo

03-03-2010, 02:48 PM	#26 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	Nope far away from water (30km). I think it is a deer mouse....

03-03-2010, 11:52 PM	#28 (permalink)
Jaegyr Crazy Location: Central Ore	for once im stumped on a track!

03-07-2010, 06:57 PM	#29 (permalink)
shalafi ARRRRRRRRRR Location: Stuart, Florida	chupacabra

03-08-2010, 03:46 AM	#30 (permalink)
Hektore Junkie Location: Greater Harrisburg Area	I just went for a hike across one of the mountains around here that still has snow on it, I'm quite thoroughly convinced now that it's a mouse. __________________ The advantage law is the best law in rugby, because it lets you ignore all the others for the good of the game.

03-08-2010, 07:49 PM	#31 (permalink)
shalafi ARRRRRRRRRR Location: Stuart, Florida	maybe its a tiny bunny pushing a wheelbarrow

05-03-2010, 05:10 PM	#32 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	I am taking down my deck and shed this summer in a backyard project. I am scared of what I am going to find hidden under the shed.

05-31-2010, 12:45 AM	#33 (permalink)
iamnormal Addict Location: In the id	Maine Secretary of State Kids: Animal Tracks Looks like weasel tracks.