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Published: 2009-11-15 23:45:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 7985; Favourites: 230; Downloads: 0
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This is the coyote that was found as roadkill a couple nights ago. I thought it'd be an interesting (albeit rather graphic
) comparison of what the animal's muscular structure looks like beneath the fur.Her chin looks funny in the lower picture since it still has the skin and fur left on it since I'll be preparing the pelt as a rug cut (split) rather than a case skinned pelt.
And yes, those are leaves and bits of grass stuck all over her poor body. Yes, they really bothered me. And after five hours of sitting out on the cold, hard ground, no, I didn't sit down and pick all the little annoying leaves and shreds of grass off from her before I took the picture. I'm sorry, girl. x.x
A picture of the skinning process can be seen here: [link]
Disclaimer: I did not kill this animal! It was found already dead on the side of the road where it would have simply rotted away to nothing. If you do not like what you see, don't look at it! Also, don't bother wasting your time leaving rude or pointless comments here, they will be ignored.
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whoa... that is really fascinating! Albeit sad, but really frickin cool! I learned a lot by skinning a roadkill snake (which is now in a maceration process...
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Beautiful. Well done finding one in such a good condition too! You've got a lot of talent to have not marred any part of the muscle or anything! Even all the little ligaments and tendons are left. Really a great view of whats under the fur 
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I love taxidermy but ewwwww
I feel sick...
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I was horrified when I opened this window, but after reading the description, I saw what kindness and respect you showed to her, and I really appreciate that- bless you.
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I was almost really angry with this because I normally hate pelting and such, but you spoke such respect toward the Coyote, even called her as a she than an it, that I decided to find this extremely fascinating rather than appalling, ahah. I'm actually kinda jealous of the bone collecting, I have an obsession with skeletons, particularly canine. I could NEVER skin something, but wow, this really is truly amazing. Rest in peace, beautiful girl. ):
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Poor girl was a beauty, shame she had to go so soon. :<
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Very interesting!
Its very nice to see all the jaw structure (bones and muscles really) In full view for once~
Happy I found this c:
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Oh god o.0 I think I'm going to be sick for the rest of my life
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This coyote seems to be in wonderful condition based on the picture, in the lower one it looks as if the only injuries are a few broken ribs. You do not see that very often in road kill. Anyways, this is a very helpful refferance for the anatomy.
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Magnificent use of something that would have just rotted on the side of the road. It takes a true scientific mind to take something sad/yucky and decide to look at it from a different point of view and study it.
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Wow, I can't believe that coyote is roadkill! She's so beautiful and (judging only from this deviation) without any bruises!
Thanks for the reference. It was interesting.
LOL @ super-skinny tail.
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She was a nice one. Already had that thick winter coat. Nice find and nice recycle.
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Poor baby. I know coyotes can be problems but she was so beautiful I hope she didn't have any pups. Even though this is discusting to look at for me since I'm a die hard animal lover.
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Poor baby..... This is really interesting though, I've never seen real muscle before! It's incredible how different and how much smaller she looks without her beautiful fur. I'm impressed that her body is in suck good condition for being roadkill. Do you know what her injuries were? (for all I know the other side of her could look awful)
Thanks for the reference, I'm glad her poor body was put to educational use. R.I.P girlie....
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The other side of the body looked about the same as the one that shows in this photo. The only damage that I could find was a small rub on one side of her face and some bruising where her neck merged into her body. This makes me guess that her head is what got clipped by the car and (though light) that was enough of an impact to kill her.
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Makes sense. I found a rabbit like that once.
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Sad, but nice recycling, brownie points for you there... lol!
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This is actually helpful (while a tad bit disturbing). Thanks for the picture.
Doing this seems like a huge pain. And it seems like you'd need a shitton of patience, ahaha.
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Wow, thanks so much for posting this! Of course it's sad that the coyote died but it seems you were able to make so much use out of natural beauty that would otherwise have rotted. And it looks like you've done a pretty good job skinning it too, without damaging the muscles too badly. Do you have any other pictures, of different angles and whatnot? This is excellent art reference~
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I like how u used it well! im sure that the coyote wouldve been happy for you to actually use his body, instead of just being a lump of fur on the side of the road! i probably wounldnt have skinned it, (but, its not like i shake my head at you) but i wouldve probably buried it, like i did with a Roadkill cat once! HEs Prbably proud to have been usefull Physicly!
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She's truely gorgeous.
A little more plump than the coyotes I see in my area, so I think she died happy. Course that's my wishful thinking. x3;
I've actually never seen an image like this, (probably cause I don't look them up.... Ever) so immediately I was drawn to it/fav'd it.
I need to give you kudos for sounding respectful of her as well.
My uncle hunts and he's always talking about how, "it's just a dumb animal." And it gets my blood boiling.
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i could NEVER do that, even though its dead! ; ;
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I had my deviations on full-size, and then I hit the "contains mature content" button, and I just saw the coyote dead. I thought "This doesn't contain mature content! There isn't even any gore or-" then I scrolled down to comment....
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Lol... hope it wasn't too much of a shocker.
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ive seen a few of these anatomy studies where they remove the fur or feathers from the animal around da. i love em cuz i feel it really helps me to see what the muscle looks like with out the fur! thanks for posting it. its sad when they het hit by the cars 
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Wow she was a beautiful coyote
Wow, excellent skinning job!! It took me a few years to get good at it from hunting, but it never looks clean enough. I'm impressed. Really! I own a coyote pelt of my own as well, but ours was sadly a male, shot because he was massacring the chickens at a friends house. u.u; Felt bad that we had to shoot it, but at least we had city law to do so since the farm was used for egg harvesting. -le shrug-
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It looks like you're checking its pulse in the first picture.
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I adore animals and find it extremley cruel to kill for the sake of art , sport, fashion, or anything likewise.
however, if the animal died naturally or was killed for other purposes and would otherwise rott away, I see no problem with taxidermy . infact it kind of intrests me,I dont see the big deal with it if the animal was already dead XD
She was a very pretty animal here, you certainly have skill in this, Ive seen animals skinned before that have ended up quite messy but she looks perfectly preserved without fur in the bottom picture.
this is quite helpful anatomy wise too ^^
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It doesn't look like a roadkill. It's not at all flattened or even looks at all scathed.
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Animals can get hit in the head with causing little damage on the outside but can then die quickly due to internal bleeding. If the car swiped the coyote on the site of the head the pressure alone could have been enough to kill it.
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So how did the pelt turn out? Coyote's have a natural musk that's very hard to get rid of. Also, with deer I've noticed that road kill mounts tend to loose the fur in the area in which they were struck.
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She turned out really well! You can see her here: [link] And I used a degreaser/deodorizer to get the smell out.
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Awwww poor puppy QnQ
But this is a very amazing thing. I appreciate you sharing this. It's amazing how complex and harmonizing the body is.
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hmmmm... tasty. But truly i am a vegetarian that is interested in taxidermy. yes i dont eat meat but i do like taxidermy...
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Nice mix there. Good to meet another person whose personality contradicts itself a bit.
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its a beaitifull animal... shame some drivers can be so careless...
anyway, at least its educating peole
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That's really incredible! Thank you so much for sharing. May I ask why you left the skin on the chin?
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I left it there since I would have taken it off anyway later on while trimming her tanned pelt. However, it actually proved rather difficult and very annoying to remove later on after it had dried to the jaw and I was trying to clean the skull. Because of that, I'll be sure to take off all skin from future skulls.
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