what the heck is this thing

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here's another

marmot?

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marmot or beaver who seems lost

>>2380809
>>2380810
maybe? this things about the size of a big housecat
dunno if it helps, but i live in the southeast us

Its a groundhog, you dolts.
Why they are almost always next to the road I have no idea.

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It's a groundhog.
Possibly also a bird.

>>2380816
groundhogs are marmot. marmot is a genus

>>2380816
Why they are almost always next to the road I have no idea.

They are always on the side of the road. I assume its because they won't get attacked by hawks when they are near cars

>>2380808
nutria probably

>>2380814
>se us
Nutria

>>2380825
Groundhogs has tail?

>>2380836
What hawks are eating groundhogs? I've seen them hold their own against dogs. The ones my parents dog killed weighed in at over 15lbs. Not sure if that's the norm but that's heavy for a hawk.

I've seen a lot of hawks(redtails and peregrines) on the side of the road, alive and dead. I don't think they're too bright enough to stay away from roads. Any time I've seen a hawk on the ground it was eating something on the side of the road.

>>2381143
>>2381101
Yes

>>2380836
Because you only see the ones by the road.

>>2381143
Nutria are an invasive species throughout SE US, they were introduced to control vegetation.

brown recluse

>>2381321
>Introduced
Or escaped from a fur farm during a 1940s hurricane?

>>2380804
>>2380808
Flat

>>2380836
They're on the side of the road because they forage the trash people throw out of their cars. I've seen those fuckers drag apple cores and dohnuts back to their holes.

t. Live next to highway, yard is just groundhog holes.

How much wood would a WOODCHUCK chuck?

>>2380804
>filename
kek

>>2381572
Not much if those Yankee bastards expand their softwood tariffs.

>>2380821
RIP marmot

never had a chance

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That's a groundhog. Since we're in a rodent ID thread, here's some roadkill I snapped a pic of this afternoon. I'm 90 percent it's a mink, although I live in the South and never heard of them around here.

>>2381827
Mink are all over the south, and also aren't rodents.

>>2381146
yes, one lives under my shed rn

>>2381827
It's a nutria not a groundhog idiot

>>2381898
Could be, but you can't see the tail enough to tell. Pic's pretty blurry in general.

>>2381845
I've never seen or heard of one around here, but good to know. I know mustelids or whatever they're called aren't rodents, it was a bit of tongue in cheek.

It's all blurry and shit. My guess is nutria.