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Forks, Washington - any ideas?

i’m not so great with tracks compared to photo id, perhaps an otter or raccoon?

37 Comments
2024/12/04
06:48 UTC

164

Track around the size of my palm in a woodsy Asheville, NC neighborhood. Is it a dog print?

58 Comments
2024/12/03
13:21 UTC

79

Animal Track Oregon

I have included scale in my photos: no.

Geographic location: Northwest Oregon

Environment: forested area

14 Comments
2024/12/02
20:55 UTC

15

Poop ID request, Scotland

20 Comments
2024/12/02
15:18 UTC

2

Question about ID request post

Hi, I submitted a poop ID request a couple of days ago, following all the bot's instructions, but it hasn't been approved. How can I find out why, and whether there is anything else I need to do to get my request posted? Thanks

2 Comments
2024/12/02
10:20 UTC

1

On a wikipedia page & labeled beaver tracks, but I really doubt it.

Could it be some weird type of snow tire tracks? Lol

2 Comments
2024/12/02
01:44 UTC

3

Dreh- und Wurzelpunkt

Put a single trail cam out in the woods. See what came along, before the cam was stolen

0 Comments
2024/12/01
22:51 UTC

5

Found in a creek in oklahoma. May be opossum or coon.

4 Comments
2024/11/30
22:14 UTC

1

Big kitty? Central cascades, Washington State

Sorry didn’t think to put something down for scale, but about the size of a large dog print.

3 Comments
2024/11/30
18:55 UTC

15

Single file(?) tracks in the snow, about 4 inches between prints

21 Comments
2024/11/30
17:50 UTC

1

Coyote or Big Dog?

2 Comments
2024/11/30
16:44 UTC

1

ID request, Scotland

β€’ I have included scale in my photo(s): [no] β€’ If not, here are estimated measurements: [approximately the size of a human little fingernail] β€’ Geographic location: [Scottish Highlands (Glen Affric)] β€’ Environment (pine forest, swamp, near a river, etc.): [mixed deciduous/pine forest, a few hundred metres from a river]

2 Comments
2024/11/30
16:06 UTC

71

Upstate, NY. Woods/forest. What animal made these?

Hand is approx 7.5" from tip of middle finger to bottom of palm.

64 Comments
2024/11/30
15:32 UTC

5

House cat or something else?

Same size as cat paw print. On my deck steps so it was hanging out under my deck for a bit. It snowed a little overnight. What threw me off is the u-shaped big pad. I'm in New England, I live behind a 1,500 acre wilderness preserve, so we have raccoons, skunks, possums, foxes, fishers, coyotes, bobcats, etc.

7 Comments
2024/11/30
15:16 UTC

1

Fox scat?

Wv state park, middle of trail on top of rock. Lots of fur, size was pretty small. Not much bigger than a chihuahua sized dog turd.

2 Comments
2024/11/30
14:25 UTC

5

Who pooped in my yard (VT)?

Curious what animal pooped on our septic tank lid 🀣

My guess is skunk or racoon.

Also - what did that eat that came out so smooth in that bottom chunk?

5 Comments
2024/11/30
14:11 UTC

1

Any Ideas? Spotted in the Adirondack Mountains

They were about the size of my hand (I am a 24 year-old man).This is the only picture I made, since I wasn't feeling too comfortable on top of this snowy mountain accompanied by an animal of which I did not know the size, nor the danger.

2 Comments
2024/11/30
12:20 UTC

4

Southern Vermont. Black Bear and friends.

0 Comments
2024/11/30
07:59 UTC

1

What tracks are these?

Thanks in advance!

2 Comments
2024/11/30
03:21 UTC

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