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Griffon Washes Up Onto Long Island Beach

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Ok, you guys can stop making fun of me now :o
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"A turtle without its shell, is a like Third Eye Open with its eye ripped off and stuffed into duck while being roasted with some paprika and coriander."

"A turtle without its shell, is a chicken dancing the cha-cha on Memorial Day while shooting a shotgun at a monkey."

"A turtle without its shell, is a like a porn star and a physicist doing the *bleep* *bleep* with a chainsaw while *bleep* *bleep* on Christmas."
 
Just so that you guys know my mother told me the vast majority of reactions of that picture in New York is:
"It's a dead dog..... Why is this important...."
I don't get why something that is apparently widely understood as being so innocuous is being played up as something mystical.
Ok, you guys can stop making fun of me now
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Relax you can rest in comfort knowing that my mother also told me that some think it's a turtle.
 
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I didn't come here to mention that it at first looked like a turtle out of it's shell to me.

Nope.:o
 
Could be a boar. The teeth aren't exact but there may be other species.


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The article I read about this critter never mentioned its size. Is it the size of a bulldog, a pig, a pit bull? At first I only saw the top picture, which I thought was probably photoshopped. After seeing the second one, though, I figure the first one was just taken at a funny angle. The second picture in Skepigirl's post is much clearer, and looks like somebody's unfortunate pet. There is clearly no beak, just exposed skull. I'm no vet, but I'm going with dog. It doesn't look like it has pig hooves, and its tail is very long. It does have really big teeth, though, so I wouldn't be too surprised if it is a pig, either.

This little question could easily be solved if the guy who hauled off the carcass just took a veterinarian to have a look at it.
 
Hooloovoo said:
The article I read about this critter never mentioned its size. Is it the size of a bulldog, a pig, a pit bull? At first I only saw the top picture, which I thought was probably photoshopped. After seeing the second one, though, I figure the first one was just taken at a funny angle. The second picture in Skepigirl's post is much clearer, and looks like somebody's unfortunate pet. There is clearly no beak, just exposed skull. I'm no vet, but I'm going with dog. It doesn't look like it has pig hooves, and its tail is very long. It does have really big teeth, though, so I wouldn't be too surprised if it is a pig, either.

This little question could easily be solved if the guy who hauled off the carcass just took a veterinarian to have a look at it.
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Psiload gets the credit for the additional picture links. I can't see the foot because it appears buried in the sand and the image is unclear in the other photos.

It is obvious there is no beak at least.
 
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Size would help, but without seeing the feet, my initial impression is that of a porcine or related critter. The skin and head look much more piglike than canine, as does the little bit of hair in the one pic. (Full disclosure, I didn't click on the links, just looked at the actual posted photos.) Pigs have fairly long tails, especially when young, but we mostly see them curled until the pigs are adult.

Agree with many posters that a vet could solve this in, oh, 8 minutes. Take it to the local zoo and ask somebody to look at it!
 
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Miss_Kitt said:
Size would help, but without seeing the feet, my initial impression is that of a porcine or related critter. The skin and head look much more piglike than canine, as does the little bit of hair in the one pic. (Full disclosure, I didn't click on the links, just looked at the actual posted photos.) Pigs have fairly long tails, especially when young, but we mostly see them curled until the pigs are adult.

Agree with many posters that a vet could solve this in, oh, 8 minutes. Take it to the local zoo and ask somebody to look at it!
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From Jeff's link:
It was relatively small, roughly 21/2 to 3 feet long, he said.
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I think it is funny that Jeff Corwin chimed in saying it was a raccoon. From the images I can't see that conclusion at all. But I would bet someone who has seen dead otters or whatever it actually is could indeed figure it out on seeing the images.
 
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The feet are hidden in the sand.

And the skull was identified as a boar on the page I got it from. I'm not vouching for the accuracy of the site. Looking at the numerous skulls in the other link I posted, I'd say a lot of them look like a lot of them.

However, tis all moot. I have changed my assessment to sea otter. I am no longer suggesting boar.
 
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skeptigirl said:
From Jeff's link:

I think it is funny that Jeff Corwin chimed in saying it was a raccoon. From the images I can't see that conclusion at all. But I would bet someone who has seen dead otters or whatever it actually is could indeed figure it out on seeing the images.
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Heh..... He's probably right. I once mistook a dead raccoon as a sea otter once on a Long Island beach. Your guesses tend to be as wild as the explanation as the thing being an actual griffon.
However, tis all moot. I have changed my assessment to sea otter.
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Wait a second a quick search on wikipedia would show you that this would actually be as amazing as having an actual griffon. Sea otters are not native to the eastern coast. Raccoon it is. It could be a dead skunk. Anyone have a picture of a partially decayed corpse of a skunk?
 
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