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Taxidermied chipmunks act out Michigan vs. Michigan State

Have you ever wanted to have 26 taxidermied chipmunks on prominent display in your house? Are you a Michigan State fan? Boy, do we have a deal for you.

Taxidermist Nick Saade has taken the formerly live chipmunks and put them on display on a football field. 11 chipmunks have Michigan State helmets and 11 have Michigan helmets. Four more will be officials.

We swear, we're not making this up. Because how could we make this up? There's a reason this appeals to Michigan State fans more than Michigan fans too.

From the Lansing State Journal:

“MSU is just about to score the winning touchdown,” he explains when asked about his tableau that will soon be completed when outfits for four referees are finished.

UM players look “kind of cool but everybody knows MSU is better — even the chipmunks.”

A full-time taxidermist for 18 years, Saade has more serious work — mounted animal heads and fish — on display at local sporting good stores.

The chipmunks are what he does after work. “Every once in a while we do something cute,” he said.

“I’m going to have as much fun as I possibly can, then sooner or later it will end up for sale.”

Saade's asking price will be $1,500.

Why four figures? Well, according to the Journal, the chipmunks are very labor intensive. Each takes 5-6 hours to get right and he has to use styrofoam, putty and wires to get the chipmunks to be in "realistic" football positions.

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Again, we swear we couldn't make this up.

Saade uses chipmunks that were roadkill, trapped or remained from other projects. He had to keep the first chipmunks in a freezer until he had enough for a football game.

Here are some of his other projects.

Other whimsical pieces he’s created include a table of black jack players, complete with lit cigarettes. The players are a raccoon, squirrel, possum and groundhog.

A stuffed upright white-tailed doe holding a cocktail tray is called Doe-riss. He tried to sell it to a restaurant and sporting goods store but “they said it would scare the kids.”

If you're a fan of another school, say maybe Auburn, you could probably convince him to make you a taxidermy project of a victory over Alabama. Who wouldn't want to see stuffed squirrels re-enact Kick-Six?

Or what if you made little band costumes and had rabbits re-enact "The Play" between Stanford and Cal? We better stop before we go too crazy.

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Nick Bromberg is the assistant editor of Dr. Saturday on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!