Saturday
Dec042010
f-o-r-d pt. 212
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 04:09AM What does happen to road kill? No doubt some have wondered what became of Mephitis mephitis. It doesn't go to waste, that's for certain.
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The day after taking this photo, when I passed by again, there was nothing left. The system was doing it's part to clean up the remains. The only evidence of the demise of this animal is an odor that lingers in the area, not from any body parts, but from residual oil deposited on the pavement at the time of death.
tagged Loftlands, Mephitis mephitis, skunk in road kill, the recent past
Loftlands, Mephitis mephitis, skunk in road kill, the recent past
Reader Comments (3)
Life goes on ... He he he its always a temptation that to picture these. Was considering to post a somewhat similar decay case.
Mauro
I'll admit that there's something morbid about showing these photos. It's one of the many sights in life that we turn away from, without recognizing our responsibility for these deaths. I suppose as post-modernists, we are not supposed to care. But eventually the system is not going to care about humans either.
Ha you're right. But accepting that wisdom is an achievement humanity is still far from.