This squirrel is my favorite, she’s super friendly and easily recognizable by her short tail

  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Can you tell if she lost part of her tail due to injury, or if she was born with a short tail? The relatively uninterrupted fur pattern makes me suspect the latter, but I’ve never seen a squirrel with such a short tail. I’ll have to keep my eye out…

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      1 year ago

      I’m not OP, but I’d guess the squirrel actually has a “normal” tail, but it’s bent away from our perspective (and towards that depression in the tree), giving a false appearance that it’s cut off. I’m not sure though

    • LesMotsBalaises@lemmy.caOPM
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      1 year ago

      It is actually really short, not a weird illusion thing. No clue if she was BornWithIt™ or if it’s an injury :o From another angle :

      Here's another picture