# How long would a dead squirrel stay on your sidewalk?

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**Created:** [August 25, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-a-dead-squirrel-stay-on-your-sidewalk/989090 "2023-08-25T19:48:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-a-dead-squirrel-stay-on-your-sidewalk/989090/28 "2023-08-26T01:36:56Z")

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We don’t have much in the way of sidewalks where I live, but carcasses appear on the side of the road quite frequently - birds, mongooses, feral pigs, feral kittens, toads. I am impressed by the speed with which they disappear, and have no idea where they’re going.

Well, except for the pigs: they probably get tossed in the back of the next passing pick-up truck and butchered. (I was once given a couple of kilos of roadkill pork when a friend’s boyfriend, a skilled hunter and butcher, found a dying pig on the road. It made a truly delicious vindaloo.)

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