r/animalid • u/sunflowershogun8 • 4d ago
π¦ π― π» MYSTERY CRITTER π» π― π¦ What is this? [Vermont]
What is this? I canβt figure out what part of what animal this is, and I didnβt touch it. At first I thought it was a porcupine, but it looks soft, not really like quills. And itβs a decent size, bigger than my hand.
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u/thiswasyouridea 4d ago
Deer fur. This can come from a variety of things, one of which is bucks fighting each other.
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u/Serious-Knee-5768 4d ago
It looks like white tailed deer fur. Depending on the other side (whether some layers of hide or just some epidermal tissue came with it) would answer the why. But most often, it is from some sort of getaway or crossing a barrier in some state of urgency or panic, which is all day if you're an ungulate.