@Betty people cleaning out their grandparents estates
@Satsuma there were approximately 80 prepared beaver pelts. All of them had been stretched on a frame. I'm concerned about what grandpa has been up to.
@Betty @Satsuma it does just seem like a normal(…?) murder grandpa hobby project, to me. murder grandpa takes a few kills each season for a couple decades, runs out of useful stuff to do with them, doesn’t want to throw them away, and… tada. and then his grandkids also don’t feel right tossing them, and no one will buy the thing, so. it’s like those people whose walls are just covered in deer heads. no one needs that many heads.
@Satsuma @duinath they look like a stiff, featureless oval, furry on one side. Not much scope for taxidermy
https://www.hunter-ed.com/nationaltrapper/studyGuide/Preparing-Beaver-Pelts/221099_87964/
(The illustration isn't bad, but if you click through it gets into slightly more detail than you may want on fur prep)