He was run over at night, found dead in the morning by our clinic :(
May have been roadkill to start. Definitely ended up feeding coyotes.
Winburg Grassy Shrubland. Carcass fresh, head stuck in beer can.
Small feline brought in by a trapper. It was accidentally caught in a trap for raccoons. He was wondering if this was in fact a normal cat or a sort of cross breed between lynx or bobcat. I don’t know enough to tell. It has a little stump for a tail and pointy ears.
Reported to be c. 4 m long excluding the tentacles.
ID by Dr Kat Bolstad, AUT Lab for Cephalopod Ecology & Systematics.
Observation and images courtesy of Paddy Gillooly and Anton Donaldson, Farewell Spit Tours. Images copyright Anton Donaldson.
Found dead, alerted DOC staff immediately. Broken beak, skinny, not banded. Has been removed and processes are in place.