April 25, 2008
Cougar-mains Preserved at the Field Museum
If you, like us, were wondering what was going to happen to Roscoe Mellencamp's remains after his necropsy, wonder no more: The cougar killed in Roscoe Village has his final resting place at the Field Museum. The museum's famed mammal collection, which includes around 200,000 other specimens, now includes the bones and fur pelt of one more deceased big cat.
By the time the carcass reached the Field Museum—delivered in a plastic container—it was a crimson mess of bone and muscle but a gold mine for scientific research.
Mmmm! Field Museum biologists will strip the muscle and tissue off the bones and then let flesh-eating beetles do the nitty gritty. Beetles love a good cougarburger, we always say. Then our city's most famous feline will be filed away, his remains available to scientists for decades to come. RIP, cougar. [Trib. The photo is a little grody, just to warn you. This photo by Savannah Grandfather]
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I was kind of disappointed to hear this. I was sincerely hoping they would stuff it and showcase it near the Lions of Tsavo...
The Cougar of Roscoe Village
Could the cougar at least get one of those honorary street signs it brought such joy to so many.
@Pinko
They couldn't display it. When the zoo did the necropsy, they weren't in "preparation" mode, so it's not really possible to do anything with it for display.
Although, that would have made an awesome exhibit. With cut out cops shooting at it and everything!
Bye Cougar. Sleep tight.
I will enjoy when the cougar news cycle ends. If I have to hear one more person at my work make a lame cougar joke, I'm going to impale myself on a t-square.
Cougar is the new black!
Roscoe Mellencamp!
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That poor, poor woman.
At least it's no longer cute. That way, maybe people will shut up about it..