Muskrats will make a sort of hut out of grass so they can get out of the water, but be covered by grass from any overhead predators (hawks/owls). I think it was trying the same thing with the raft, went inside and couldn't find it's way out, and drowned.

Maggots, fish, heat, turtles and bacteria will devour a carcass pretty quickly!


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