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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by anticorporate on Thursday April 23, 2026 @06:03PM (#47882715)
> two sellable

I'm a southerner and we generally have squirrels in plentiful quantities, so it's never occurred to me to sell them. /s

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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by pkaeding on Thursday April 23, 2026 @07:03PM (#47883367)
Mepps buys the tails, they make fishing lures from them: https://www.mepps.com/squirrel-tail/
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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by anticorporate on Thursday April 23, 2026 @07:06PM (#47883394)
At twelve cents for a half tail or twenty five cents for a full tail, I think I'll stick to just watching them climb trees and bury nuts. Especially since I'm expected to salt, straighten, and dry the tails first.
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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by pkaeding on Friday April 24, 2026 @09:26AM (#47889943)
Yeah, they do sat they only want tails from squirrels harvested primarily for food; they don't expect or want people to hunt squirrels just the sell the tails.
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