(I only read the first page so I'm not up to speed with all comments)

But you can pretty well rest assured that that little critter is still going to contrinbute to the natural order of the food chain.

Some creature will sniff it out and have a free meal. Don't worry about it bud.

Now if it were waterfoul thats a little different - they're harder for predators to get to if you drop them in the water and don't find them (unfortunately it still happens)