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