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The best squirrel feeder ever: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Feb 2014 OP
Is it electrified? hack89 Feb 2014 #1
It should be. Bastards stole all of my green tomatoes last year. Lochloosa Feb 2014 #4
... progressoid Feb 2014 #8
Flying squirrel! Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #13
They got away with all my walnuts! Andy823 Feb 2014 #19
Maybe I could attach one of these to it? Hummm Lochloosa Feb 2014 #5
Retro is in you know. nt hack89 Feb 2014 #6
LOL! I want one with a devil's head for the red squirrels around here. nt adirondacker Feb 2014 #2
If one animal personified life-energy packman Feb 2014 #3
i love watching my squirrels fizzgig Feb 2014 #9
My Dad would make a Ritz cracker with peanut butter Submariner Feb 2014 #15
I had a similar experience. KansDem Feb 2014 #18
I figured out why I find squirrels so fascinating William Seger Mar 2014 #23
I love watching the little critters. ohheckyeah Feb 2014 #12
A greenhouse owner I worked for called chipmunks "rats dressed in tuxedos" :) nt adirondacker Feb 2014 #17
We call them mice with racing stripes. nt sarge43 Feb 2014 #20
And to the deer as... DeadLetterOffice Feb 2014 #21
I want to wear a horse's head too! I want right wingers to wear a horse's ass first though :) nt Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #7
Similar concept here dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #10
OP loves laughing at animals! :) reformist2 Feb 2014 #11
You always find the most awesome stuff to post, A_g_g. Thanks!!! catbyte Feb 2014 #14
Ours are too small for these. Sigh. raven mad Feb 2014 #16
You Martin Eden Mar 2014 #22
 

packman

(16,296 posts)
3. If one animal personified life-energy
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 02:02 PM
Feb 2014

It has got to be a squirrel. I know it's nothing but a rat with a bushy tail, but damn they are fun to watch.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
9. i love watching my squirrels
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 02:52 PM
Feb 2014

there's a few that live in the pine trees in front of the apartment and the turf wars are so funny. horace yelled at me this morning until i put out his peanuts.

Submariner

(12,509 posts)
15. My Dad would make a Ritz cracker with peanut butter
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 04:03 PM
Feb 2014

every day for 2 squirrels that would come to the back door. Each would take the cracker out of his hand without fear. He loved his squirrels.

Corny Dad joke: I said, "Dad why are there holes in the screen on the back door?" Dad said: "I screen the squirrels before getting friendly with them."

I'm glad Dad didn't try stand-up comedy for a career.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
18. I had a similar experience.
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 04:22 PM
Feb 2014

When I was attending a community college in southern California, I played in its orchestra. One weekend, we had the opportunity to go to "music camp" in the mountains surrounding L.A. where we would practice and rehearse.

This camp was used extensively by the school district for a variety of purposes. When I was in sixth grade, for example, all classes went to camp for a week. It was to introduce us urban and suburban kids to nature.

Anyway, it was obvious that over time the squirrels there were spoiled by countless kids with snacks. They were very tame and would eat out of our hands.

One afternoon, I was giving them peanuts-in-the-shell while sitting on a bench when I stopped momentarily and put the remaining peanuts in my pocket. I was admiring the mountains that surrounded the camp when I felt a twitching on my thigh. Startled, I jumped up just as a squirrel jumped down! He was attempting to get into my pocket!

Anyway, he froze as if he wanted to see what I would do next. I laughed and reached into my pocket and gave him another snack.

William Seger

(10,779 posts)
23. I figured out why I find squirrels so fascinating
Sat Mar 1, 2014, 12:45 PM
Mar 2014

They have no inertia at all! No, really, they don't. They can instantly move their heads from one position to another -- you try that with your massive head! They can go from completely motionless to full speed and back to completely stopped again like a jerky YouTube video. No inertia whatsoever!

Scientists need to study this phenomenon; it could be the solution to our energy crisis.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
16. Ours are too small for these. Sigh.
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 04:14 PM
Feb 2014

It'd take 3 of 'em to fill one head............and the kitties would get to 'em first.

But they're fun; they like to throw stuff at you at campsites!

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