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humanodon · 3620 days ago

usps.gov · #society · #society.humanodon · #mail

I saw that someone mailed some live birds last time I was at the post office. Who knew?

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thenewgreen · 3620 days ago · link ·

Yes, but be advised that not all animals are mailable:

The following are examples of other live, warm–blooded animals that are nonmailable: Cats or kittens. Dogs or puppies. Guinea pigs. Hamsters. Mice. Rabbits. Rats. Squirrels and flying squirrels.

edit: I think it's funny that they had to put "flying squirrels" in there in addition to squirrels. This means that someone attempted to mail a flying squirrel and when they weren't allowed they said, "but it aint says nuffin' about no flyin' squirrels, just terrestrial squirrels and thems differnt."