10 Cool Things About Squirrels
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10 Cool Things About Squirrels
Monday, September 25, 2006; C13
1. Squirrels belong to the order Rodentia. There are 365 species.
2. They mate twice a year.
3. Their nests are called dreys.
4. Their sweat glands are on their feet.
5. They can run 20 miles an hour.
6. Their teeth never stop growing. Gnawing keeps squirrels' teeth from growing into their necks.
7. When frightened, they dart back and forth to confuse predators. This doesn't work with cars, however, so most city squirrels don't live longer than a year.
8. Although considered granivores (animals that eat grains and nuts), they will eat almost anything.
9. Gray squirrels bury their acorns all over the place ("scatter hoarding"), then forget where. Forgotten acorns become trees. This forgetfulness is the main way oak and other hardwood forests grow and spread, scientists say.
10. Gray squirrels are called "living fossils" because they haven't changed much in 37 million years.
1. Squirrels belong to the order Rodentia. There are 365 species.
2. They mate twice a year.
3. Their nests are called dreys.
4. Their sweat glands are on their feet.
5. They can run 20 miles an hour.
6. Their teeth never stop growing. Gnawing keeps squirrels' teeth from growing into their necks.
7. When frightened, they dart back and forth to confuse predators. This doesn't work with cars, however, so most city squirrels don't live longer than a year.
8. Although considered granivores (animals that eat grains and nuts), they will eat almost anything.
9. Gray squirrels bury their acorns all over the place ("scatter hoarding"), then forget where. Forgotten acorns become trees. This forgetfulness is the main way oak and other hardwood forests grow and spread, scientists say.
10. Gray squirrels are called "living fossils" because they haven't changed much in 37 million years.
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For arguments sake here are some reasons why squirrels
are NOT cool....
1 They carry diseases such as plague, hanta virus! and rabies
2 They dig, burrow and otherwise destroy lawns and gardens
3 they naw and cut telephone/electrical lines
4 create driving hazards on the hiway
5 will randsake your campground unless you bring a vault to store stuff in
6 Given enough time,they will outsmart any human attempts to thwart
above behaviors since they just cousins to gophers...and who hasn't
seen caddyshack?
Just one reason why bb guns are cool...
shloemoe has a squirrel "thing"!
are NOT cool....
1 They carry diseases such as plague, hanta virus! and rabies
2 They dig, burrow and otherwise destroy lawns and gardens
3 they naw and cut telephone/electrical lines
4 create driving hazards on the hiway
5 will randsake your campground unless you bring a vault to store stuff in
6 Given enough time,they will outsmart any human attempts to thwart
above behaviors since they just cousins to gophers...and who hasn't
seen caddyshack?
Just one reason why bb guns are cool...
shloemoe has a squirrel "thing"!
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I marvel at the possum(I dyed my hair like that once)...how can suchgidgetgoestohell wrote:Awwww Shloe....but they are CUTE....now possums...those are ugly mo fos and more prolific in our neck of the woods than cute lil squirrels!
a stupid animal be so prolifict...must be their reproductive method...
their marsupials ya know.....
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well they seem to problems understanding the concept of auto traffic.rotter wrote:I talked to a possum once;they are not stupid.
They carpet the freeway system here....thud-thud(what was that?)
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yeah I kinda have problems getting my mind around that one too rot.rotter wrote:possems can't understand the need for humans to fuck their four wheeled machines..
both figurativly and literaly....fuck a car?...to each his own....
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I know guys that literally lick their cars clean...y'know what I mean?They get more attention than their women..... ...therefore..."fuck the car,mannnnnn"The Rizen shloemoe wrote:yeah I kinda have problems getting my mind around that one too rot.rotter wrote:possems can't understand the need for humans to fuck their four wheeled machines..
both figurativly and literaly....fuck a car?...to each his own....
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reminds me of that Queen song "Im in love with my car"....gotta feelrotter wrote:I know guys that literally lick their cars clean...y'know what I mean?They get more attention than their women..... ...therefore..."fuck the car,mannnnnn"The Rizen shloemoe wrote:yeah I kinda have problems getting my mind around that one too rot.rotter wrote:possems can't understand the need for humans to fuck their four wheeled machines..
both figurativly and literaly....fuck a car?...to each his own....
for my automobile...
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I like cars too.....but some guys go too fuckin far.I work with a few of them guys...you know the type.....car,car,car,truck,truck,truck.....kill deer,kill moose,kill anything that moves.....then wash the car,lick it off.....ignore the wife, then tv.....aahahahahahahaa....then they wash the suds down with a few beer and bitch,bitch,bitch........and sit their fat asses down to dinner and expect "cunt" for dessert!
In the city we are the hunted
Uptight paranoid killing machines
Six shooter grabbing my side
Silver blullets glued to my waist
I am the hunted
I am the hunted
In the city we are the hunted
Paranoid killers
Raging human beings
Six pack rotting corpses
Killing everone that gets in the way
In the city
In the city
The backwoods of concrete
Redneck intellect
Steel barrels and bullets
My sweaty finger on your trigger
Ready to fuck anything that moves
Anyone that gets in the way.
Uptight paranoid killing machines
Six shooter grabbing my side
Silver blullets glued to my waist
I am the hunted
I am the hunted
In the city we are the hunted
Paranoid killers
Raging human beings
Six pack rotting corpses
Killing everone that gets in the way
In the city
In the city
The backwoods of concrete
Redneck intellect
Steel barrels and bullets
My sweaty finger on your trigger
Ready to fuck anything that moves
Anyone that gets in the way.
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Yes...I did know that...prehensile tails too...or so they say....we have an ugly bugger who roams around my house...Holden...the Beagle Boy...would love to have a dance with him!!!The Rizen shloemoe wrote:I marvel at the possum(I dyed my hair like that once)...how can suchgidgetgoestohell wrote:Awwww Shloe....but they are CUTE....now possums...those are ugly mo fos and more prolific in our neck of the woods than cute lil squirrels!
a stupid animal be so prolifict...must be their reproductive method...
their marsupials ya know.....
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yeah they sleep in the bushes during the day by hanging by
their tails...I bumped into one once(dont ask)...it dropped
on me....screemed like a little girl!!!
their tails...I bumped into one once(dont ask)...it dropped
on me....screemed like a little girl!!!
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I told you so....
From AP:
(AP) Letter carriers occasionally have to deal with angry
dogs or maybe even a spider's nest in a mailbox, but a
mean squirrel? Barb Dougherty, a 30-year Postal Service
employee, said she was attacked and bitten Monday by a
squirrel while delivering mail in Oil City, about 75 miles
north of Pittsburgh.
"It was a freak thing. It was traumatic," Dougherty told
The Derrick in Oil City. "I saw it there on the porch, put
the mail in the box and turned to walk away and it
jumped on me."
The animal ran up her leg and onto her back, she said.
"I eventually got a hold of the tail and pulled it off me,"
Dougherty said. "No one was home at the house where
I was delivering the mail, but the neighbor lady heard
me screaming and came over."
An ambulance took Dougherty to the hospital, where she was
treated for cuts and scratches. The squirrel was killed with a
BB gun and sent to a lab to be tested for rabies. Dougherty
was given the first series of rabies shots as a precaution.
....................................stuff omited......................
....I've only seen one squirrel I ever actually liked...
From AP:
(AP) Letter carriers occasionally have to deal with angry
dogs or maybe even a spider's nest in a mailbox, but a
mean squirrel? Barb Dougherty, a 30-year Postal Service
employee, said she was attacked and bitten Monday by a
squirrel while delivering mail in Oil City, about 75 miles
north of Pittsburgh.
"It was a freak thing. It was traumatic," Dougherty told
The Derrick in Oil City. "I saw it there on the porch, put
the mail in the box and turned to walk away and it
jumped on me."
The animal ran up her leg and onto her back, she said.
"I eventually got a hold of the tail and pulled it off me,"
Dougherty said. "No one was home at the house where
I was delivering the mail, but the neighbor lady heard
me screaming and came over."
An ambulance took Dougherty to the hospital, where she was
treated for cuts and scratches. The squirrel was killed with a
BB gun and sent to a lab to be tested for rabies. Dougherty
was given the first series of rabies shots as a precaution.
....................................stuff omited......................
....I've only seen one squirrel I ever actually liked...
Having abandoned my search for truth,
I am now looking for a good fantasy.
--Anonymous Internet Sage
...Some men...ya just can't reach...
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I am now looking for a good fantasy.
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