[Monkey Face]

...Can remember the name for animal autopsies, sure there is one...

Without reading down thread, it's called "necropsy."

[moose07]

That’s the one, thanks ‘Face.
A quick attack of curiosity:
The OED Says: ... it is the same as Autopsy but used by convention for dead Animals.
The internetz blame the use on Vets.

Going back up thread is dangerous, lumps of unknown things hang from branches of trees, most disturbing. :)