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Originally Posted by jharte
(Post 11516563)
Last Fall I was on my way to work on an awesome crisp morning. I saw a dead squirrel in the road and swerved to the right to miss it. At the same time a car went around me on the left. The car ran over the squirrel and shot squirrel juice all over my leg. It took me 20 minutes in the restroom to scrub the squirrel juice off.
Jerry H Around here I worry more about the live ones that try to dart this way or that to avoid my wheels (and sometimes end up underneath them).
Originally Posted by AlmostGreenGuy
(Post 11520295)
I live in Columbia County, NY, the road kill capital of of the world. On any given morning, I can ride by 10 dead squirrels, a dead fox, two dead skunks, 3 dead cats, two dead deer, 5 dead chipmunks, a plethora of dead birds, and a few possums too. It's just wicked, the number of dead animals on the side of Route 9.
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Originally Posted by irclean
(Post 11520407)
That's disturbing! Is there just an extraordinary amount of wildlife in your area, or are drivers aiming for kills?
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Originally Posted by AdamDZ
(Post 11517108)
If it's relatively fresh, you can stop, start some fire... you get my drift? Carry a knife, some salt and pepper with you though.
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Seriously, just leave em. You cant help em now, and if they are on the side of the road they present little hazard to motorists.
Man, if I was compelled to stopped and fiddle with every decomposing critter I rode past, I would never get home. Plug your nose and pedal faster, that's my advice. |
Originally Posted by AdamDZ
(Post 11517108)
If it's relatively fresh, you can stop, start some fire... you get my drift? Carry a knife, some salt and pepper with you though.
Adam |
It ain't the dead ones I worry about...neighbor was out for his daily morning ride the other day, and a "live" rabbit ran out in front of him right under his front wheel. Well, he ended up on the ground with some pretty good road rash and an injury to his neck...helmet pretty scarred up...guess the lesson is, watch out for them little animals before they are road kill.
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Originally Posted by AdamDZ
(Post 11517108)
If it's relatively fresh, you can stop, start some fire... you get my drift? Carry a knife, some salt and pepper with you though.
Adam I wasn't paying attention one day, looked behind me to scope an oncoming truck, and when I turned around, there was a 4-foot dead alligator laying all the way across the shoulder... couldn't go around, didn't go over, went through it. Still scared the mess out of me. |
Originally Posted by colleen c
(Post 11515856)
..take a gallon size Zip lock bag ... and lay it in a peaceful spot like in the brush nearby....
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Originally Posted by Surfmonkey
(Post 11521397)
It ain't the dead ones I worry about...neighbor was out for his daily morning ride the other day, and a "live" rabbit ran out in front of him right under his front wheel. Well, he ended up on the ground with some pretty good road rash and an injury to his neck...helmet pretty scarred up...guess the lesson is, watch out for them little animals before they are road kill.
The larger ones are another matter. :( |
I once worked with a trapper. He used to tell us some really cool stories about getting lost in the woods for days while trapping. He told us there are three stages of a dead animal (roadkill).
1) fresh roadklll. Good to eat. 2) rigor mortis sets in. No good to eat. 3) softens up again. Good to eat. We almost believed him... Jerry H |
So what is one supposed to do about dead animals on the side of the road? |
Originally Posted by scroca
(Post 11521436)
Isn't there enough plastic litter without adding to it for something as stupid as this?
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Originally Posted by colleen c
(Post 11522966)
Did I recommend the op to leave the bag behind???
Yes, you did. You suggested leaving it in the brush, nearby. Reread your post. |
If it make you any happier, the bag was meant for transporting the animal only, ok? OP can throw away the bag elsewhere later.
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Originally Posted by scroca
(Post 11523306)
Yes, you did. You suggested leaving it in the brush, nearby. Reread your post.
I'd find a stick and just flick it out of the way or out of sight. This one is probably too old but the recently deceased can have fleas and other vermin you would rather not have a close encounter with. A plastic bag is fine as long as you don't litter if you have that much respect for our fellow creatures. Ken |
Originally Posted by Giant Defiance
(Post 11515715)
So what is one supposed to do about dead animals on the side of the road? I usually try to avoid them and think to myself, "Someday that will be me..."
There's been a squirrel on my route for almost two weeks. On one hand, it has been really interesting, observing the body decompose slowly into what it is today. But on the other hand, the corpse is rather gruesome to look at. So am I supposed to pick it (the squirrel) up with a baggy and throw it out? Or is there some sort of community service one is to call for cleaning up roadkill? I know that in the south and near trailer parks roadkill doesn't linger for too long, but I live in a northern suburb (just kidding). But yeah, thanks for any advice on roadkill management. |
Originally Posted by surgeonstone
(Post 11523375)
... are you going out for a bike ride or are you supposed to clean up the road.
And, as for being inane, isn't that sort of the point of forums? It's just cycling. Without us sharing new road kill recipes, things would get kind of boring. |
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