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What wpupd decapitate a duck but not eat the duck?
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Was on my lake today and found a dead floating duck. As i got up to it i saw it was decapitated but nothing else missing off its body. What would do that? And why?
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None anywhere close. Closest power line is over half a mile from the lake
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My ex wife would be a solid suspect!! In seriousness I’d say a hawk or owl, possibly a raccoon but they generally eat everything. We had a lake with resident owls and they loved chewing the heads off and leaving the rest.
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Any type of raptor will do this. Super fast fly by and rip the head right off. I see it pretty frequently here on Whitney.
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Possibly a turtle. Duck head being submerged would make a tasty morsel.
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I’d say turtle also. Seen it quite a bit when killing ducks over ponds and picking them up after the hunt.
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Hawks usually kill their prey by biting the neck , often with the head coming off.
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I support the "dead duck- feeding turtle" theory.
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Those power line turtles are dangerous
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Crazy that the predator would go to the trouble of killing its prey than not eating it unless something spooked the predator off right after it killed the duck?
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Owls almost always eat the head first
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Owls almost always eat the head first
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Good stuff guys, thanks. I dont know much about fowl or waterfowl so this was a new one to me. I know we have a lot of raptors and owls in this area, so i would guess that is prob number 1. We do have some thrtles in the lake so that could be a number 2, though the turtles are almost all painted box turtles and i have not seen a snapping turtle yet, but i suppose they could be there.
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Opossums get in your chicken coup they will do that. Seems like a waste but they will kill several in a night by chewing heads only. A duck seems more likely dead duck hungry turtle...
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I’ve seen lots of young hawks, could be that.
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Hawks. I've watched them do it.
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