roadkill retained
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Got back from a cross-country drive last night to discover half my Merc's radiator grille had been extensively modified. Hadn't noticed anything untoward at any stage of the drive, and nothing bigger than a moth or two had appeared in my headlights at any stage. Yet daylight inspection found not only was half the grille missing but a partly cooked pheasant had settled against the rad, and the engine bay was decorated with feathers. Poached then poached again...Apart from somebody else's small-deer-in-intake pic that was posted on PH recently, has anybody else found their roadkill had taken up residence, and did it survive? Any elks or even ilks?
Two years ago the starling which I managed to collect on a German autobahn neatly perforated my oil cooler. After getting concussed it got boiled in engine oil so that didn't survive too long.
The rabbit I hit in a friends car in Cambridge before Christmas faired slightly better. It managed to break the lower grille of the Audi but got stuck in the engine tray with a broken back leg. One twist of the neck later and it became one for the pot
The rabbit I hit in a friends car in Cambridge before Christmas faired slightly better. It managed to break the lower grille of the Audi but got stuck in the engine tray with a broken back leg. One twist of the neck later and it became one for the pot
Not quite roadkill....My cat (Willow), once crawled inside the warm engine bay of a car and fell asleep on the battery. The owner of the car drove all the way to London with the poor thing under the bonnet (I live in Binfield near Reading).
When the guy pulled into a garage to have his car serviced (same day), the cat jumped out of the bonnet and hid under some old tyres.
When he got back he saw the missing adverts we put up a couple of days later and told us what happened. It turned out the fellas at the garage "adopted" the cat and were giving her food and milk.
It was a miracle we got her back and without any injury! We were even in the local paper with our story!
When the guy pulled into a garage to have his car serviced (same day), the cat jumped out of the bonnet and hid under some old tyres.
When he got back he saw the missing adverts we put up a couple of days later and told us what happened. It turned out the fellas at the garage "adopted" the cat and were giving her food and milk.
It was a miracle we got her back and without any injury! We were even in the local paper with our story!
beanbag said:
Not quite roadkill....My cat (Willow), once crawled inside the warm engine bay of a car and fell asleep on the battery. The owner of the car drove all the way to London with the poor thing under the bonnet (I live in Binfield near Reading).
When the guy pulled into a garage to have his car serviced (same day), the cat jumped out of the bonnet and hid under some old tyres.
When he got back he saw the missing adverts we put up a couple of days later and told us what happened. It turned out the fellas at the garage "adopted" the cat and were giving her food and milk.
It was a miracle we got her back and without any injury! We were even in the local paper with our story!
Sorry,...can't...help...my...self,...so...
Did the garage charge him to replace the cat ?
(One arm already in coat sleeve.)
AC79xxx said:May be the county of choice for deathwish wildlife, spent most of my time on the road last night in the same location. Surprised not to run over a pheasant there were so many unaware of the green cross code or the presence of traffic - even more surprised to find one in the engine bay.
The rabbit I hit in a friends car in Cambridge before Christmas faired slightly better...
All I had before that was a pigeon that wrapped itself around my nearside wing mirror on the M5, but it eventually fell off. Appeared to generate more feathers on impact that it had before. Saw that one coming in slow motion and was glad in the end it didn't swoop faster and higher to reach the windscreen...
love machine said:The impact energy of that collision was roughly equal to your friend's stationary car being hit by a mini doing 15mph...
I worked with this bird (Rally Bird ) who used to drive a really kevved up Ashtray GTE. She hit a fox going about 120mph and bent the whole front of the car like she hit a wall.
lunarscope said:
Not quite roadkill....My cat (Willow), once crawled inside the warm engine bay of a car and fell asleep on the battery. The owner of the car drove all the way to London with the poor thing under the bonnet (I live in Binfield near Reading).
When the guy pulled into a garage to have his car serviced (same day), the cat jumped out of the bonnet and hid under some old tyres.
When he got back he saw the missing adverts we put up a couple of days later and told us what happened. It turned out the fellas at the garage "adopted" the cat and were giving her food and milk.
It was a miracle we got her back and without any injury! We were even in the local paper with our story!
Sorry,...can't...help...my...self,...so...
Did the garage charge him to replace the cat ?
(One arm already in coat sleeve.)
Not sure how to hang myself with this one......dear me.....
I managed to roadkill a squirrel on a mountain bike recently.
Riding back to campus through the woods and suddenly saw this thing in the middle of the track, sadly fro squirrel it chose to run back towards the front wheel!
I ended up with a lot of blood and guts on the tyres!
Thought it was quite an achievement to run something over doing 10 mph!!
Riding back to campus through the woods and suddenly saw this thing in the middle of the track, sadly fro squirrel it chose to run back towards the front wheel!
I ended up with a lot of blood and guts on the tyres!
Thought it was quite an achievement to run something over doing 10 mph!!
turbobloke said:
I worked with this bird (Rally Bird
The impact energy of that collision was roughly equal to your friend's stationary car being hit by a mini doing 15mph...
you should have seen the effect of a GTE hitting a vagrant crossing the road at 120 then............
MoJo.
When I was out in one of my first Fiat Pandas :cough:, I hit a jackdaw at speed. The car shook and I pulled over to prize it off. However, I couldn't really get a hold onto its shiny feathers, which were made even more slippery because of all the blood it had lost. So, being on a quiet road I decided to floor it in first then when up to about 40, I slammed on sending the crow about 15 feet down the tarmac.
Set back off only to arrive at destination with passers by looking and going "Eeeeuughh!"
The head and neck were still firmly lodged into the grill, with raggy end showing.
Not long after I was out with a bunch of regulars on a morning training ride (on bikes). As we rounded this corner a whole family of little bunnies darted for the hedge. You can hear their tiny claws on the tarmac when they do this but it doesn't get them very far, they just get wabbitt wheelspin.
One of the litter ended up under my front wheel.
We stopped and looked at this poor creature writhing around with just it's front half and it made me feel quite bad. Fortunately on eof the lads knew a bit about hunting and stuff so he decided to put it out of it's misery by doing the decent thing. However, he'd only ever done it with full grown animals so when he pulled on this bunnies head it came straight off, leaving blood on my brand new Carnac racing shoes and expensive Conti's.
I had a Magpie go through my front spokes once too because it was flying low due to a rather large sandwich in it's mouth. If it hadn't been so greedy it would have gained height quicker instead of holding on and getting messed up in my wheel. Mayonnaise everywhere.
Set back off only to arrive at destination with passers by looking and going "Eeeeuughh!"
The head and neck were still firmly lodged into the grill, with raggy end showing.
Not long after I was out with a bunch of regulars on a morning training ride (on bikes). As we rounded this corner a whole family of little bunnies darted for the hedge. You can hear their tiny claws on the tarmac when they do this but it doesn't get them very far, they just get wabbitt wheelspin.
One of the litter ended up under my front wheel.
We stopped and looked at this poor creature writhing around with just it's front half and it made me feel quite bad. Fortunately on eof the lads knew a bit about hunting and stuff so he decided to put it out of it's misery by doing the decent thing. However, he'd only ever done it with full grown animals so when he pulled on this bunnies head it came straight off, leaving blood on my brand new Carnac racing shoes and expensive Conti's.
I had a Magpie go through my front spokes once too because it was flying low due to a rather large sandwich in it's mouth. If it hadn't been so greedy it would have gained height quicker instead of holding on and getting messed up in my wheel. Mayonnaise everywhere.
Selmer, reminds me of the time when my mate ran over a rabbit near Stokesley. We stopped and got out, Brer Rabbit was writhing on the road. Mate decides to break its neck with a well-aimed kick. Alas it wasn't that well-aimed, he must've hit the skull and I had to drive him to Middlesbrough General with a broken toe...
To clarify for the pedants: HE had the broken toe, I did the driving...
To clarify for the pedants: HE had the broken toe, I did the driving...
On a serious note - if any of you hit a badger and are thinking of poking it to see if it's dead be very careful - someone I know thought they'd do the decent thing and scoop up a dazed brock with the intention of getting it to a vet/RCPCA centre.
Thankfully it awoke and savaged them before running away. Imagine if it'd been in the car....
Thankfully it awoke and savaged them before running away. Imagine if it'd been in the car....
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