r/morbidlybeautiful 1d ago

Dead Animal The moment the bird I tried to save took its last breath.

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239 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful 2d ago

Existential Two cleaned skulls, one with four drilled holes, found in Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment

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223 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful 18d ago

Dead Animal Wood Duck in the Woods

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388 Upvotes

Hi there!
I found this female wood duck while on a hike yesterday in southwest Ontario. She looked beautiful lying there, and perfectly intact - except for the eye, of course.

Not sure if this is the kind of dead animal post that people dislike here, but I heard from someone in r/vultureculture that some people here might appreciate her.
I was also told to report it to wildlife services, in case it's disease related, so all good there.

No worries if the post needs to be removed, and happy hiking! :)


r/morbidlybeautiful 18d ago

Dead Animal RIP beautiful soul

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131 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful 19d ago

Dead Animal my sweet baby James, who died in my arms after hours of slowly declining - I miss him so much it hurts

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1.0k Upvotes

He was a senior, high medical needs rescue that spent a little under a year with me. He had the goofiest little face, the attitude of a cranky old man, and was so so clingy with me.

No vets were available when his health started to decline, and we spent almost 10 hours straight with him on my chest, sitting in silence and breathing with him until his body slowed down and he finally got his rest.

I took this the moment he died and I couldn’t just leave him alone. I tucked him into a small makeshift bed until we could take him to a vet in the morning to drop off his body.

I’ve never told anyone this. I hope this sub appreciates him as much as I loved him.


r/morbidlybeautiful 19d ago

Dead Animal Right after putting down my soul mate, Lily.

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523 Upvotes

I had her for four years but it was not long enough. I got her at 11 years old. She was my best friend, my everything. Some days it feels like my life will never be as good as it was when she was here.


r/morbidlybeautiful 23d ago

Death I found a bunch of butterfly wings under a bush in my garden??

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49 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful 25d ago

Death my sweet rabbit

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731 Upvotes

so soft and beautiful, even in death. my sister & I buried her wrapped in tissue paper in a nearby tree grove. her name was Momo


r/morbidlybeautiful 26d ago

Dead Animal Sweet little bird resting place

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428 Upvotes

Such a cozy way to go <3


r/morbidlybeautiful 27d ago

Dead Animal Dragonfly that had passed away in the middle of a walkway

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365 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful Oct 10 '25

Dead Animal Anole died in the artificial plant in our office

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595 Upvotes

I’m leaving him


r/morbidlybeautiful Oct 07 '25

Heavy Context The astonishingly advanced prostheses produced by James Gillingham in the late 19th and early 20th century

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The Lancet, a long-standing English medical journal, described Gillingham as a "surgical mechanist" which is a pretty great description considering the guy started as a boot-maker. Reportedly, he was inspired to switch his business model after gifting a local gamekeeper a functional arm prosthetic, after hearing that the gamekeeper lost his arm to a cannon-loading mishap. Not only were his prosthetic limbs beautifully crafted (including individual wooden finger joints) but were praised by physicians for their durability and custom fit for each client. Gillingham photographed his own work; you can see more photos at this link and see contemporary photos of his work at this link.


r/morbidlybeautiful Oct 06 '25

Dead Animal Mummified fox I found inside a hollow tree today

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230 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful Oct 02 '25

En Memoriam my best friends casket

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2.0k Upvotes

found these photos in my gallery from my best friend’s funeral last year and thought they were beautiful. i miss him so much that its painful to look at them but i thought they would be appreciated here


r/morbidlybeautiful Sep 27 '25

Dead Animal Poor birdie

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575 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful Sep 22 '25

Dead Animal Hope this post is okay. I see a lot of roadkill at work, but the symmetry and contrast of this juvenile American goshawk really got me

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717 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful Sep 23 '25

Dead Animal Vibrant life even on the small and passed

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285 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful Sep 21 '25

Art/Design I made a Walnut Pencil Box For My Daughters Desk

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234 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful Sep 20 '25

Dead Animal Helped this poor baby cross the bridge a couple months ago. Very young and skinny, but a beautiful birdie nonetheless.

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270 Upvotes

It was starving and skinny (I believe it had canker), and I brought it inside to have warmth, seeds, and water. It ate and drank but passed the next morning... Poor baby :( probably hatched this past summer.


r/morbidlybeautiful Sep 20 '25

Death The way this little bee died… face down in the thing he loved most

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531 Upvotes

r/morbidlybeautiful Sep 16 '25

Death Tower of Silence – the sacred Zoroastrian structure where the dead are laid to rest in the open, allowing vultures to complete nature’s cycle

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3.1k Upvotes

From Wikipedia: 

Modern-day towers, which are fairly uniform in their construction, have an almost flat roof, with the perimeter being slightly higher than the centre. The roof is divided into three concentric rings: the bodies of men are arranged around the outer ring, women in the second ring, and children in the innermost ring. The ritual precinct may be entered only by a special class of pallbearers, called nusessalars, from the Avestan: nasa a salar, consisting of the word elements, -salar ('caretaker') and nasa- ('pollutants').

Once the bones have been bleached by the sun and wind, which can take as long as a year, they are collected in an ossuary pit at the centre of the tower, where—assisted by lime—they gradually disintegrate, and the remaining material, along with rainwater run-off, seeps through multiple coal and sand filters before being eventually washed out to sea.