Comments on: Weird Bird Carcass Found in Iran

By: Tacos_with_Chili

Tacos_with_Chili — Mon, 16 May 2011 19:49:14 +0000

lol ;D Well, I can’t tell what kind of canine is it, why don’t they examine the skull with other canines??? It’s only makes sense to do so. It would of made one very interesting bird.

By: joe levit

joe levit — Mon, 16 May 2011 04:57:02 +0000

This looks like the front half of a fox or coyote. I have a coyote skull and that looks exactly the same as far as I can tell. It’s canine for sure, and likely coyote or fox.

By: korollocke

korollocke — Sat, 14 May 2011 23:40:26 +0000

Imagine they find a dead octopus dried up and half gone, they will claim they found Dagon! LOL!

By: kgehrman

kgehrman — Sat, 14 May 2011 03:45:49 +0000

Looks like a Salaki breed of some sort. Sometime referred to by a whole lot of other names (Gazelle Hound) (Arabian Hound) (Persian Greyhound) (Tanji) (Persian Sighthound). My understanding is that there are many breeds of this dog because of people messing with its natural evolution, like we do with all dogs.

Looks like somethings been chewing on it’s rear end and walked away with its pelvis and hind legs.

An Archeopteryx? Come on Craig! Closest thing we have today to an Archeopteryx is that Hoatzin bird down in Ecuador.

By: David-Australia

David-Australia — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:53:24 +0000

And I'd say this bird-dog has been dead a whole lot longer than a few days...

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:03:01 +0000

Yep, at first glance, it looks bird like.

But a few moments to examine the skull, the feet, and the “tail” and a canid is exactly what we’re looking at.

The skull is definitely not bird, nor are the feet.

And the “tail” is a spinal column, not a tail.

Ah villagers, what can I say?

A new bird would have been cool…

By: MountDesertIslander

MountDesertIslander — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:19:19 +0000

They’ve been fooling around with sorcery and summoning djinns over there recently, there’s no telling what came through that portal. Maybe its an Ahmadine-dog.

By: arewethereyeti

arewethereyeti — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:21:37 +0000

I agree with the previous posters. Here are a few more reasons:

1. Take a close look at the 2nd picture and you’ll see ribs behind what are, supposedly, the creatures legs. Now, unless this mystery “bird” was running around on its “wings,” i.e., forelimbs, there is no animal – anywhere – with ribs located BEHIND the rear legs.

2. The creature’s dentition, while spot-on for a canid, is completely wrong for a therapod dino; none of which had canine teeth.

It’s pretty clear we are dealing with slightly more than half of a dog’s carcass.

One wonders what they’d claim to have if they’d come across (only) the other half?

By: dawgvet

dawgvet — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:05:52 +0000

I agree with Loren. Definitely a canid. Anatomy is a give away. I can see some toes at the ends of the metacarpal bones. I don’t see any feathers.

By: steelcut

steelcut — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:57:38 +0000

Looks like half a canid, but the article says “the feathered …… creature”? That’s what is making the fuzz. Maybe a fake like some german “Wolpertinger” taxidermy objects. A bird with a dogs head stuck on it..