A Squirrel story...... - Page 4

badgoodDeb · 05-07-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Obviously not just a case of everything being black and white ....

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Originally Posted by NatCh

... and read all over? That's a newspaper, right?

No wait --- I got it ---- that's a liseuse!!! What do I win?

zelda_pinwheel · 05-07-2008, 06:03 PM

no, Bats. with a B. they're mammals.

pilotbob · 05-07-2008, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

no, Bats. with a B. they're mammals.

Um... yea... edited my post... pressed post too soon.

BOb

badgoodDeb · 05-07-2008, 06:41 PM

I won BATS ?? geeee.... that's not very exciting ..... you kin have 'em back.

mjh215 · 05-07-2008, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I won BATS ?? geeee.... that's not very exciting ..... you kin have 'em back.

Maybe with a little buffalo sauce and blue cheese dip?

-MJ (Yes I know, it's bl-EU-se, not bl-UE-se

)

badgoodDeb · 05-07-2008, 08:01 PM

Ummm. Wait, I'll take them with me to Marc's party. [ Somebody there is sure to want them.... ] And that might keep my own spleen a little safer.

Hey - my spleen had mononucleosis way back. [They wouldn't let me out to see President Ford visiting our campus.

] So maybe the party guy will let me keep it. Wouldn't want to taint his palate!

pshrynk · 05-07-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Apparently bats are the order of chiroptera and rodents are the order of rodentia both in the class of mammalia (mammals).

However, from Wikipedia on rabies:

Any mammal may become infected with the rabies virus and develop symptoms, including humans. Most animals can be infected by the virus and can transmit the disease to humans. Infected bats, monkeys, raccoons, foxes, skunks, cattle, wolves, dogs or cats provide the greatest risk to humans. Rabies may also spread through exposure to infected domestic farm animals, groundhogs, weasels and other wild carnivores. Rodents (mice, squirrels etc) are seldom infected

So, while bats are not rodents you can get rabies from them.

BOb

Well, that's all right then.

He was pretty insistent that if little Sammy Squirrel got bitten by a rabid cat, then right after that poor little Sammy would also be EATEN by said rabid cat.

Obviously hadn't met the type of squirrels we find these days.

montsnmags · 05-08-2008, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Ummm. Wait, I'll take them with me to Marc's party. [ Somebody there is sure to want them.... ] And that might keep my own spleen a little safer. ...

The bats will be there, but as guests. Of course, these are Megabats (Pteropodidae) and it should be noted that megabats are naturally fruit and nectar eaters, so one shouldn't be concerned at their number and large size.

[Thinks to self: I'm glad no-one knows how I've been retraining them from an all-vegan diet, altering their latent haematophagic genes to get their salivary glands to express anticoagulant agents, lengthening and sharpening their canines, and re-enabling their vestigial human-parasitic psychopathology. Yes, I better not bring that up. The Megabats have promised to keep both varieties of vampirism to an absolute minimum, so it's only fair I keep our uplift project quiet too]

Yes, come along...the bats are delightful.

Cheers,
Marc

GeoffC · 05-08-2008, 05:02 AM

Look at the naming convention ;

Bats starts with a " B " ,
Rodents with an " R " ,

Rabies with an " R " also -----

Thus : using transverse upside down logic
where 2 " R's " can't go together ;

we can say with
99.9 % confidence that only Bats ( in this example ) can
transmit rabies ...

" L " really does mean loopy !

montsnmags · 05-08-2008, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

...
we can say with
99.9 % confidence that only Bats ( in this example ) can
transmit rabies ...

" L " really does mean loopy !

Australian fruit bats are not a vector for rabies. Australia is officially a "rabies-free" zone. You are perfectly safe from rabies here, and should not fear any such contagion.

Australian bat lyssavirus is whole 'nother story.

Cheers,
Marc

Stanart · 05-09-2008, 03:25 AM

I have a small country home which is plagued with ground squirrels. When I first got the home there was one squirrel living under the house. I opened the outside crawl space door, about 3 feet wide, and crawled under the house and chased the the squirrel around. Despite having a 3 foot wide exit, it would not go out. All I could do was curse at it. I gave up and next took the tactic of placing a fake owl near it's entrance hole and that did the trick. It moved up the hill and dug a hole under two 300 year old oak trees. At the same time there was another squirrel (female, it turns out) living under an outbuilding. She had a batch of babies, which were undeniably cute. Later she and her tikes moved under the oaks with the other squirrel. Now I have a village of squirrels living under the oaks and am worried about the squirrels possibly harming the oaks because there are about a dozen holes under the oaks. SO, I placed another fake owl on top of the outbuilding, which is near the oaks, hoping that it would drive the squirrels off to the hill across the road. So what do I see this morning? The mother squirrel carrying her latest brood from under the oaks to under the outbuilding (with the fake squirrel above). Perhaps she thinks the owl will protect her brood from other predators.

As for coyote urine, I have real coyotes in the area (one once howled outside my bedroom window at night) and that hasn't scared off the squirrels. Like cockroaches, they'll outlast humans.

mores · 05-09-2008, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Stanart

All I could do was curse at it.

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Originally Posted by Stanart

It moved up the hill and dug a hole under two 300 year old oak trees.

I didn't know squirrels dug holes in the ground ... You sure you're not mixing them with moles? Were they missing a bushy tail and sort of short-sighted? That would explain the owl not being effective!

pshrynk · 05-09-2008, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mores

I didn't know squirrels dug holes in the ground ... You sure you're not mixing them with moles? Were they missing a bushy tail and sort of short-sighted? That would explain the owl not being effective!

Ground squirrels are burrowers.

Stanart · 05-09-2008, 03:11 PM

Yes, I am talking about squirrels - specifically the California ground squirrel, which is considered a pest. It is capable of climbing trees but lives in burrows in the ground. There must be millions of them in California and cause a lot of damage to agriculture.

NatCh · 05-09-2008, 05:17 PM

But they make better pets than your average tree-squirrel.

05-09-2008, 03:25 AM	#56
Stanart Addict Posts: 223 Karma: 7385 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central California Device: Handspring Visor, Sony PRS-500 Reader	I have a small country home which is plagued with ground squirrels. When I first got the home there was one squirrel living under the house. I opened the outside crawl space door, about 3 feet wide, and crawled under the house and chased the the squirrel around. Despite having a 3 foot wide exit, it would not go out. All I could do was curse at it. I gave up and next took the tactic of placing a fake owl near it's entrance hole and that did the trick. It moved up the hill and dug a hole under two 300 year old oak trees. At the same time there was another squirrel (female, it turns out) living under an outbuilding. She had a batch of babies, which were undeniably cute. Later she and her tikes moved under the oaks with the other squirrel. Now I have a village of squirrels living under the oaks and am worried about the squirrels possibly harming the oaks because there are about a dozen holes under the oaks. SO, I placed another fake owl on top of the outbuilding, which is near the oaks, hoping that it would drive the squirrels off to the hill across the road. So what do I see this morning? The mother squirrel carrying her latest brood from under the oaks to under the outbuilding (with the fake squirrel above). Perhaps she thinks the owl will protect her brood from other predators. As for coyote urine, I have real coyotes in the area (one once howled outside my bedroom window at night) and that hasn't scared off the squirrels. Like cockroaches, they'll outlast humans. Last edited by Stanart; 05-09-2008 at 03:50 AM.

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05-07-2008, 06:03 PM	#47
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	no, Bats. with a B. they're mammals.

05-07-2008, 06:41 PM	#49
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I won BATS ?? geeee.... that's not very exciting ..... you kin have 'em back.

05-07-2008, 08:01 PM	#51
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Ummm. Wait, I'll take them with me to Marc's party. [ Somebody there is sure to want them.... ] And that might keep my own spleen a little safer. Hey - my spleen had mononucleosis way back. [They wouldn't let me out to see President Ford visiting our campus. ] So maybe the party guy will let me keep it. Wouldn't want to taint his palate!

05-08-2008, 05:02 AM	#54
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Look at the naming convention ; Bats starts with a " B " , Rodents with an " R " , Rabies with an " R " also ----- Thus : using transverse upside down logic where 2 " R's " can't go together ; we can say with 99.9 % confidence that only Bats ( in this example ) can transmit rabies ... " L " really does mean loopy !

05-09-2008, 03:11 PM	#59
Stanart Addict Posts: 223 Karma: 7385 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central California Device: Handspring Visor, Sony PRS-500 Reader	Yes, I am talking about squirrels - specifically the California ground squirrel, which is considered a pest. It is capable of climbing trees but lives in burrows in the ground. There must be millions of them in California and cause a lot of damage to agriculture.

05-09-2008, 05:17 PM	#60
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	But they make better pets than your average tree-squirrel.

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