mummified cat

While exploring on my most recent trip I encountered something I had never seen before, a mummified cat. Just the other day I ran across a show called oddities on TV and the man was searching for a mummified cat. Interesting that just days later I encountered one in small town Saskatchewan.

As interesting as it may seem, it is not for everyone. This is not something I usually photograph or enjoy looking at because I am a major animal lover, but I was certainly intrigued by this cat. Why did it die here and and how could it's body preserve itself like this? I also noticed that all the moss growing on the ground, grew around the cat.