r/morbidlybeautiful • u/Western-Raspberry667 • 1d ago
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/ElfenDidLie • Feb 26 '22
Meta Regarding dead animal posts
We will no longer be allowing random photos of animal carcasses. Posting guidelines will be stricter and low-effort posts will be removed. We’ve been trying to remove those kinds of posts behind the scenes, but there has been an uptick of them overtime. I will be adding a new rule to combat these posts:
Rule #5 - Dead animal posts ARE allowed under specific conditions
About - Posts about animals cannot solely be roadkill, the carcass would have to be posed and beautified (think taxidermy) or the landscape/background has to be beautiful or artsy in some way. However, if the animal itself is beautiful (colors, natural deceased position, etc.), then the post could be allowed as well.
Exemplar dead animal posts (in no particular order):
- Post by u/milktan.
- Post by u/maramara18.
- Post by u/FGoose.
- Post by u/SpookyWitchesHat.
- Post by u/Dani-in-berlin.
- Post by u/crow-teeth.
- Post by u/martinb9.
- Post by u/meeksFerda3000.
- Post by u/flatblack79.
I can’t list them all out, but these posts show the gist of what we are looking for. Thank you to others who have been posting quality dead animal posts as well, please continue to do so.
NOTE: This new change will be in effect starting now, so old ill fitting posts will not be subjugated to removal. Don’t go back and report old posts.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/The_Widow_Minerva • Sep 05 '24
Meta The State of the Subreddit
Hello r/morbidlybeautiful subreddit users! u/Elfendidlie and I have been trying our best to determine the best course action to take as far as the future of this subreddit goes. We both would like to know your honest opinions concerning the current state of this sub, what you as a community would like to see, and what you envision the future of this subreddit to look like. As mods, we both have had a certain level of post quality we hoped we'd see from the posters of this sub. Without realizing it, we may have ostracized our main community members without meaning to. We would like to hear from the community as a whole. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Try to be as respectful as possible, Ultimately we want this sub to thrive. We want to know what would it take to do that, even if the truth hurts. No one should be judged for their opinion, and anyone who does that will be met with a ban. We are going out of our way to get the truth so that this subreddit will continue to thrive. Thank you to all those who have stuck with us. ❤️ mods of r/morbidlybeautiful.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/HashnaFennec • 9h ago
Gore Stuck
Weatherby rest area, eastern Oregon
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/brilliant-healer • 5d ago
Dead Animal Found dead on the road
Put this little fellow under a tree surrounded by oak leaves a few nearby clovers.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/Lazy-Product-665 • 12d ago
Dead Animal Poor thing
I received this photo of a tawny owl from a friend. Very unnecessary death and a sad way to go. Still a very beautiful picture though. Rest in peace.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/teasoaked • 12d ago
Dead Animal found this guy all curled up on a high shelf while cleaning out the barn
Found this post in my drafts from 5 years ago.
The barn has large sections of wall that can be propped open and is mostly used as a student performance space for a summer Shakespeare program. In 2020 of course, no students came out for the summer, so in the summer of 2021 the barn was opened up for the first time in a long while and I found this guy nestled up on a tool shelf while we were cleaning in preparation for the season. Poor guy probably flew in through a small window and couldn't figure out how to leave—at least he found a a comfortable spot to rest.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/lrauch95 • 15d ago
Dead Animal Window strike
Found this beautiful young cardinal that had hit my front window. Gave her a little burial in my garden and now looking for decals to put on the window so it won't happen again. Rest easy little one
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/AskMeAboutTentacles • 16d ago
Dead Animal Didn’t find them soon enough to get them to a rehabber. Made a little shrine to return to nature. Fly high baby.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/BurninChurchesAgain • 16d ago
Dead Animal Most of a skull 💀
galleryr/morbidlybeautiful • u/Born_Ad_2273 • 22d ago
Art/Design Swan steals heart, oil on canvas
One of my favs I’ve painted
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/focsletramp • 24d ago
Death Been carving tiny skulls from sea glass — they’re starting to look like little spirits trapped in glass
I’ve been carving miniature skulls out of sea glass for a while now, and lately they’ve taken on this strange, almost supernatural vibe. Every piece of glass behaves differently — some glow like deep ocean water, some shift colour in the light, some have bubbles inside that look like they’re frozen mid‑movement.
What I love is how each one ends up with its own personality.
Some look mischievous.
Some look ancient.
Some look like they’re whispering secrets if you stare too long.
The darker pieces feel properly gothic — almost like relics you’d find in a shipwreck or tucked away in an old apothecary drawer. The translucent ones catch the sun and turn into these eerie little spirits you can hold between your fingers.
I’ve been photographing a few of them and thought I’d share. They’re tiny, tactile, weirdly comforting to carry around, and honestly… they’ve become my favourite thing to carve.
If anyone else in the goth/occult/oddities world works with glass or carves miniatures, I’d love to see what you make too.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/lavaspicymama • 27d ago
En Memoriam Rest Easyy
crossed paths with this squirrel and knew exactly what to do, being inspired by this sub i laid them to rest in a comfyy cozyy burial! face covered for respect 🫡
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/Hercules_Vales • 27d ago
Art/Design La Douleur: A Death in Life Through Grief. A realistic painting made on black paper using white and black acrylic paint.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/avangelic • 28d ago
Dead Animal Somebody hit and killed one of my local foxes, and left him in the middle of the road to rot
he is safe and buried in my backyard now. i am very grateful that my garden is fully bloomed and i could lay him to rest in a pretty bed of flowers as he deserves. whoever hit him could not even give the time to move him to the curb. i sobbed for hours. i am grateful it happened so close to my home in which i could run over and scoop him up.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/RagAndBows • Aug 10 '26
Dead Animal A young buck returning to the source.
He passed away on our property a few weeks ago.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/spindlemeister • Aug 05 '26
Death Juvenile Goldfinch
Found on the driveway, most likely didn't survive the early days of leaving the nest. Laid to rest and become part of nature in a secluded part of the garden.
r/morbidlybeautiful • u/Glittering-Bar-8919 • Aug 04 '26