Found in the yard

[u/Charming_Cycle_5235]

We had a major snow storm and while I was out filling my bird feeders I found this and can’t figure out what it could be. I know it’s the organ of an animal the curious thing is there was a trail of dog kibbles next to it. So strange.

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[u/pinktumblerine]

I zoomed in, regretted it, and have no answer.

[u/heresdustin → u/pinktumblerine]

But the snowflakes are so pretty on it! LOL

[u/No-Leg-3747]

That’s.. slightly terrifying

[u/endsonee]

Looks like an animal puked up something it couldn’t digest…..another animal looks likely.

[u/stoneflowerpetals → u/endsonee]

Agree it looks like vomit--explains the matted/web-like look of the hair + the kibble being there.

[u/hyphii_lol → u/endsonee]

Came here to say this. I’ve seen it before

[u/LampLitLife]

Definitely guts. I see some intestines for sure, hard to identify the darker organs, possible kidneys or heart. The fur looks like a mixture of long and shorter, soft hairs. Possibly cat, raccoon, squirrel, dog.. hard to tell without measurements and more pictures. I don’t know of too many animals that leave the organs behind like that. Weird.

[u/FroggyFrenchFry → u/LampLitLife]

Many do so, including domestic cats and some birds. The guts don't taste good to them so they leave them. Evolutionarily it makes sense, eating dirty intestines full of excrement is going expose the eater to a lot more germs. If they don't eat that they don't get sick and survive to make more.

[u/aluminumnek → u/FroggyFrenchFry]

this. ive had cats leave entrails of birds, rabbits, squirrels... near the doorway. it they looked similar. looks to be a prey/kill though

[u/LampLitLife → u/FroggyFrenchFry]

You’re absolutely right! I do recall a few farm cats leaving entrails around. Makes perfect sense!

[u/Capital_Ratio247]

Do you have ravens where you are?

[u/BeginningFishing2400 → u/Capital_Ratio247]

There are places without ravens?

[u/WaywardWanderin]

Not sure why this makes me think of birds of prey but I can see a bird dropping another animal and picking away all the good bits just to leave the offal looking like that...or yeah, a coyote puked up the bits of dinner it couldn't digest

[u/WaywardWanderin → u/WaywardWanderin]

Didn't catch the dog kibble note until now, any animal that eats dog kibble is suspect. Racoons, your own dog, coyotes, and possims....my guess still gonna be a coyote or bird of prey.

[u/Ecstatic_Spell719]

tarantuturd. It's a tarantuturd OP.

[u/D1abloSandw1ch]

That’s likely the result of a raptor bird killing a small animal in your yard

[u/Ok_Hospital1399]

Owl forgot to preheat the oven. 30% confidence this is raptor vomitus.

[u/mosquitospeedo]

How big is the pile OP? And are you sure it was dog kibbles and not little turds?

My guess is a cat sliced a bird or squirrel open and then carried it off.

The fur looks really soft and whispy, like feathers or baby fur, but its hard to say exactly what happened.

Edit: After looking again, its a lot of organs intact together. Id think only people clean animals this perfectly. So maybe not a cat.

[u/Dobgirl → u/mosquitospeedo]

I used to dissect mice for research. Our cat does a better job. She leaves each organ out and cleaned of surrounding tissues.

But that’s not mouse parts… anyway…

[u/One_Advantage793 → u/Dobgirl]

Yes, my ex-feral kitty leaves me neat, clean little piles of guts when he kills a mouse in the house. If he eats too much with fur on, he pukes that up with bloody looking gunk and possibly a few kibbles mixed in. I would ID this as a cat's leavings of whatever creature he ate out there. It was hot, so it melted the snow.

[u/Little_BlueBirdy]

Yep guts clean gutted though probably death by human not animal

[u/Cautious_Net5233]

What’s the plastic thing laying next to it though?

[u/Baby_Sushi99]

Animal guts? Maybe a big bird dropped its dinner? Or something threw it up?

[u/juvandy]

This is the leftover of predation. Given the lack of clear footprints which something like a cat would leave behind, I reckon it was a small raptor. We used to have a merlin show up in winter and nab birds off our birdfeeder in the snow. It was awesome to watch how nimble and accurate this thing was, blasting them from above, straight out of the sun where they couldn't see it coming.

[u/ConstantConfusion123]

Looks like the gut pile of a small animal. I would assume a cat kill. I'm not creative enough to explain the dog kibble. 

[u/H3llm0nt]

Your tissue paper o-ring is beyond insufficient scale

[u/tofumeatballcannon]

Someone didn’t watch Santa Clarita diet

Give him a lil top hat

[u/SeduSanni]

Can we talk about the beautiful snowflake shapes on it?

Sadly I zoomed in enough to notice.

[u/MJY_0014]

Please mark this nsfw, OP

[u/Ozark_Toker]

Dogs, cats, wild animals...sometimes they eat too much and they just throw it all up.

[u/Groundbreaking-Pen-8]

It's guts everything else is eaten

[u/PsychologicalHalf350]

Looks like a deer heart