Okay, so my dog Carly just brought something in from the backyard that's sitting outside my bedroom door. It's dark brown/black and bright reddish/pink in some spots. I poked it with a broken pencil (which I threw away afterwards) and it was gooey and slimey.. it kinda looks like blackened rope on one side and a carcass on the other.

I decided not to put this in Bad Times since this isn't something that's horribly traumatizing or upsetting anything.. But I am downright grossed out and mildly concerned that it could be diseased. I definitely think I should chuck it, but I wanna know what the hell it is.. I have no clue at all. D8

Eugh. That sounds pretty gross. Maybe tell your parents about it and let them deal with it? xD And definitely make sure you wipe that spot with a disinfecting wipe or something... xD

You just... let it sit there? I mean... I guess you could have inverted a plastic bag and threw it out or something.

Uhh... and you put kept this thing in your house WHY? O_o

@Shadow: Both of those things have already been taken care of. |D

@The other two: We, uh... were too hopelessly pea-brained to do anything other than cover it with a paper towel and (in my case) stare blankly at it wondering what the hell it is. XD; That, and we didn't think of the plastic bag thing.

Oh, yuck. x< My cats bring in dead animals frequently, but at least you can tell what they are...

Seriously, she brought in a bird the other day, and we were all like "oh that's nice Kitsu... ohgod the poor birdy" and she was batting the dead corpse around, leaving feathers everywhere, when suddenly we heard a CRUNCH. Crackle, smack. There was no longer any bird left. And ewww.

...Anyhow. Getridofit quickly. D:

...Apparently it was one of her rope-toy-thingies covered in... I dunno what. |D But it's been outside for a long while.

So yeah. It's not a carcass, though I still gotta wonder what the bright red stuff was..