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Great pics Paul! My mum tells me of goats and sheep found up trees! As far as I know only Leopards carry their prey up trees. I'm not sure if Pumas do.

If these animals were native to Australia there would have been no need to develope this trait, as they would be the top preditor, no lions or hyennas to take the kill off the kitty!

This is nothing out of the ordinary.
It is common enough for local big cats to take prey up trees in wild pig and dog country.
Cheers Wally

Hi Cass,

The footprints are interesting - how many did you locate? And if so, I take it you made casts of them?

As for the tree, did you see any claw marks on the tree or anything else unusual with the tree or around the tree? Is the tree it was in, a blue gum? It looks to have a very hard surface to it - not ideal for claws.

With the kangaroo, is it possible it's hind quarter was shot by someone who after inspecting it, slung it over the branch of the tree? It may be an area where roo shooting is carried out? You'll pardon my initial skepticism as I've been privy to dead animals that appeared to be torn open by teeth and had their insides removed, to later be proven to be the victim of rounds from a high powered firearm.

Alternatively, is it possible the roo may have jumped up there itself? I note it's not that far above the ground and for a grey kangaroo that size would have been fairly easy to get that height.

So what is your assessment Cass? Yowie, big cat, or other explanation?

sorry to be a bit sceptical on this one...but,after looking at photos i wonder ,would a big cat take carcase up a tree right next to a road?with thin,little cover in the immediate viscinity?
could hunters have put it in tree,to skin later,and save it from scavengers?...the main damage to body is the rump,in a perfect position for birds/eagles to feast on....
note; the large bird dodo's on each side of branch....

Like you Bmmi, I'm also bothered by the proximity of the carcass to the dirt roadway there.

Does anyone here know of the practices of roo hunters? Do they ever, or is it a common practice for them to sling a roo carcase over the branch of a tree for some purpose? If the branch it was slung over was much higher I wouldn't even be asking such questions as it would be clearly impractical and therefore unlikely.

Joe, neighbour of mine used to sling the corpses of snakes he killed off a tree branch, I suppose someone else could do likewise for no particular reason.

U know, ppl fake things like this. Dont believe everything ur introduced 2.