Critters die on my plane

[RobertGary1]

I’m temporarily based at a different airport and was surprised to find some recently deceased on my plane. What could attract such morbidity?

 

 

[Bravoman]

Is that a  Moontrap? 

[carusoam]

I’m not dead yet - Monty Python... 

Ever see a lizard push start an IO360?

 

Lizards typically are searching for warmth, until they just can’t get any....

So... he may be sleeping
 

Where you find one pest... their family isn’t far away...keep both eyes open...

Best regards,

-a-

[RobertGary1]

Trying to work out how the rat could end up on top of the wing. Even if he found a weakness in my rat sock that wouldn’t get him on top. And I assume they can’t stick to the underside like a gecko. 
 

-Robert 

[amillet]

I found a similar creature dead at the back of the hangar a few years ago. I surmised a neighbor had put out poison and the rat made it to our hangar before it succumbed.  Maybe yours fell from overhead?

[KB4]

Cover the rodent entrance point in the mains wheel well.  Heard story of guy couldn't figure out why yellow dust was appearing.  Discovered rodents nested in wings and their feces corroded and made a 30k mess. 

[RobertGary1]

1 hour ago, KB4 said:

Cover the rodent entrance point in the mains wheel well.  Heard story of guy couldn't figure out why yellow dust was appearing.  Discovered rodents nested in wings and their feces corroded and made a 30k mess. 

That’s already done. I don’t see that’s how they could possibly have gotten where they were. 
 

-Robert 

[0TreeLemur]

Weird.  They just love your plane to death!

I'm going with the "rat fell from above" theory @carusoam's suggestion that the lizard died trying to push start the engine is the funniest thing I've heard in a while!

[LANCECASPER]

These may be the same animals that said “I wouldn’t be caught dead on a Cirrus”.

[ArtVandelay]

Do you have a friend who likes to play practical jokes?


Tom

[INA201]

1 hour ago, ArtVandelay said:

Do you have a friend who likes to play practical jokes?


Tom

Or any enemies that play dirty jokes. 

[Stephen]

Maybe Mooney wiring insulation is toxic to rodents. 

[rbridges]

Do you have to get a new W&B if you remove the mouse from a control surface?

[bradp]

The lizard jumped on the aileron trailing edge and offed the rat.  
and then karma was a real ...

... or a cat was bringing the mooney gifts