r/AnimalTracking • • Sep 11 '23

๐Ÿพ Tracks Hi, what creature is in my house?

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We noticed a week ago that there may be a creature going through our food in our house. Last night we laid an old slice of pizza in the middle of the kitchen surrounded by flour to get a sense of the size or number of creature (s) to figure out the best course of action. However, after discovering that the ENTIRE SLICE OF PIZZA had vanished, we have questions.

Can anyone tell what creature this is based on the prints left behind? There are no poo droppings, either.


r/AnimalTracking • • Aug 02 '23

What is making this mark in my parent's chicken coop?!

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r/AnimalTracking • • Dec 27 '24

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Found in upstate New York (near Brant Lake). What do you think this is? Adult female hand for reference.

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r/AnimalTracking • • Mar 15 '25

Misc. Found out what was leaving the tracks behind my house, and what lives in the hole..

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Snow is melting and the sun was out, catching some rays.


r/AnimalTracking • • Jul 27 '23

We left the backyard door open and kitchen got raided last night. Can anyone ID the print?

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We live in San Diego. I have a dog but she would never do this plus dogs only have 4 pads right? My guess is a raccoon. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!


r/AnimalTracking • • Aug 11 '23

Why does this gray fox always poop on my porch?

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Iโ€™m constantly having to clean it off. Itโ€™s just getting very annoying.


r/AnimalTracking • • Oct 19 '23

Found this frosty morning on my back door, about a mile from a large wooded park, within Pittsburgh city.

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r/AnimalTracking • • Dec 16 '24 Take My Silver Heart of Silver

๐Ÿพ Cool Find Can anyone identify what was on my car and possibly what happened here?

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r/AnimalTracking • • Jul 01 '24

Please help identify predator.

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Blue Pine Quarter Horses on Facebook had something attack her horse and dogs in the early morning. The two dogs were killed and the horse was left with wounds to the neck and face. They are located in Parrottsville, TN

Does anyone have any idea what could have caused this? Cougar or Bear?


r/AnimalTracking • • Nov 01 '23

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Found on a sand bank along the Green River in the Canyonlandโ€™s National Park midway through a 100 mile canoe trip in a remote location. What made these prints?

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r/AnimalTracking • • Feb 13 '25

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Mom found these outside the house today. These are on our porch and it goes all the way around apparently. Any ideas?

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r/AnimalTracking • • Sep 16 '25

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request What urban mammal did what to my pottery piece?

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I left this ceramic piece upside down and lightly covered with plastic on a flat surface in my garage work space. A door blew ajar, and an animal damaged the piece. Iโ€™m trying to figure out who did it and whether it was scratched, gnawed, or both (and as a bonus, WHY.)

Relevant facts: the leaf print is a large bigleaf maple leaf and the piece is about 11 inches tall. The clay was pretty soft when I left it to dry. I live in a city in the Pacific Northwest, and I regularly see squirrels, rats, raccoons, and opossums in the immediate neighborhood.


r/AnimalTracking • • Apr 28 '26

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request What animalโ€™s paw print is this on the flap of an airplane wing? (Riyadh to Dubai)

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r/AnimalTracking • • Apr 24 '26

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Who was following me?

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Pocket knife is 5" for scale. I was hiking a section of the West Coast Trail in the Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island (the section open in the off season). Went to a lookout where I ate lunch. On the way back out I saw this print facing towards the lookout where I had eaten. I didn't see it on the way in. No dogs allowed on this trail and there are giant ladders between this and the nearest beach where dogs are allowed, 9km away.

My guess is this is a Cougar but the claws are throwing me off here. Also it there two of different sizes - mother and cub?


r/AnimalTracking • • Mar 26 '26

๐Ÿพ Cool Find West Sedona Lion Iโ€™ve been tracking for years

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Been tracking this one lion for years in the same area. Itโ€™s been so cool to determine his routes and methods, walking the mouths of the canyons. One day, Iโ€™ll catch this guy on the thermal, and finally get a good look


r/AnimalTracking • • Apr 07 '23

What could have made this track? In Alberta

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r/AnimalTracking • • Nov 10 '23

Whatโ€™s been crawling around our shop?

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r/AnimalTracking • • Oct 22 '23

Found hiking at the lake, curious what it is.

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Found these while hiking on a dried up lake bed. 50lb dog for size comparison. Central Texas


r/AnimalTracking • • Sep 09 '26

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Woke up to finding these tracks on the couch. What could it be?

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r/AnimalTracking • • Jul 08 '23

Thought yall would appreciate this

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These are dino tracks fossilized in a river at Dinosaur State Park in Texas.


r/AnimalTracking • • Jul 29 '23

๐Ÿพ Tracks Iโ€™m sorry..but did a deer get in my shop overnight?

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I left my shop side door(regular door, not garage door) open over night after sawing some boards. Returned the next day and found these prints in the saw dustโ€ฆ unfortunately I cleaned up and donโ€™t have anything for scale but If you are familiar with deer tracks, they are about that sizeโ€ฆthe only thing that makes me question it being a deer is they are not side by side. No other signs in the shop. Location is central Arkansas if that helps!


r/AnimalTracking • • Apr 12 '23

๐Ÿพ Tracks Polar bear tracks on sea ice, Svalbard, Norway

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It had killed a reindeer just before walking onto the sea ice. Could still see it walking along the shore about 1km away.


r/AnimalTracking • • Jun 24 '23

Had a fawn come visit me in the garage today. Is she too young to be wandering alone?

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r/AnimalTracking • • Jul 07 '23

Found on rock ledge on a North East Vancouver Island beach during low tide

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Could these be ancient puma tracks?