Silliness the squirrel thread - Page 2

zelda_pinwheel · 06-04-2008, 12:20 PM

pffff...

slayda · 06-04-2008, 02:27 PM

There's a place out in California (Fort Hunter Leggett) where the squirrels all live on the ground beneath huge oak trees. The annual rainfall is so low that no oak is very near another due to lack of sufficient water. In the air are "squirrel hunting hawks".

The squirrels have developed a system to safely go from oak to oak. They send out a decoy squirrel in the opposite direction, shaking his tail. When he distracts the Hawk, all the others run to the next tree where there is a large supply of acorns. The decoy quickly runs back to the original tree that has enough acorns for the one lonely squirrel until the others return.

Very interesting to watch in action. Evidently the hawk does win sometimes.

montsnmags · 06-04-2008, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

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Very interesting to watch in action. Evidently the hawk does win sometimes.

If hawks had a language, I wonder what they'd say they watch squirrels like?

Cheers,
Marc (asking stupid questions like a human)

Ervserver · 06-04-2008, 09:35 PM

nuts!

Quote:

Originally Posted by slayda

There's a place out in California (Fort Hunter Leggett) where the squirrels all live on the ground beneath huge oak trees. The annual rainfall is so low that no oak is very near another due to lack of sufficient water. In the air are "squirrel hunting hawks".

The squirrels have developed a system to safely go from oak to oak. They send out a decoy squirrel in the opposite direction, shaking his tail. When he distracts the Hawk, all the others run to the next tree where there is a large supply of acorns. The decoy quickly runs back to the original tree that has enough acorns for the one lonely squirrel until the others return.

Very interesting to watch in action. Evidently the hawk does win sometimes.

pshrynk · 06-08-2008, 07:46 PM

How'd that little bugger get out of the thread? Now he even has his own account!

Taylor514ce · 06-08-2008, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

If hawks had a language, I wonder what they'd say they watch squirrels like?

Cheers,
Marc (asking stupid questions like a human)

They watch squirrels like a bird-watcher.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-08-2008, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

How'd that little bugger get out of the thread? Now he even has his own account!

oh, you saw that did you...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

They watch squirrels like a bird-watcher.

nice...

montsnmags · 06-08-2008, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

They watch squirrels like a bird-watcher.

Damn! Go on then, T, you go and apply your mighty intelligence to make my Zen sound like the confusion of a Fool.

(the emoticon's just so you know that I'm not serious and that you made coffee come out of my nose

).

Cheers,
Marc

zelda_pinwheel · 06-08-2008, 08:07 PM

NOBODY GIVE TAYLOR ANY MORE KARMA !! his karma number is binary now. we don't want to mess that up.

11010

RickyMaveety · 06-08-2008, 08:55 PM

TallMomof2 · 06-09-2008, 09:36 AM

Now that's a scary picture!

Stanart · 06-09-2008, 04:00 PM

For the second time in a year, I had a California ground squirrel (the same species mentioned above in the Hunter Liggett story) move into the crawl space under my house. This time instead of getting into the crawl space and chasing it around, I opened the access door, placed my boom box there, turned up the volume and played the following cds: U2's Achtung Baby, Oasis' Whats the Story Morning Glory, Mick Jagger's Wandering Spirit and St. Johnny's Let It Come Down. Even after all that the squirrel was still there. I reapplied the treatment and I think the squirrel left sometime during the second run of Mick Jagger.

DixieGal · 06-09-2008, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Stanart

For the second time in a year, I had a California ground squirrel (the same species mentioned above in the Hunter Liggett story) move into the crawl space under my house. This time instead of getting into the crawl space and chasing it around, I opened the access door, placed my boom box there, turned up the volume and played the following cds: U2's Achtung Baby, Oasis' Whats the Story Morning Glory, Mick Jagger's Wandering Spirit and St. Johnny's Let It Come Down. Even after all that the squirrel was still there. I reapplied the treatment and I think the squirrel left sometime during the second run of Mick Jagger.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-09-2008, 04:08 PM

hmm... i'm not sure what exactly that says about squirrels' musical taste (if anything). if he had left the *first* time, it would have been clear ; if he had not left at all, it would have been clear as well. but partway through the second time... maybe his work there was just done, you know ?

tirsales · 06-09-2008, 05:42 PM

Or maybe it was only totally against repetition?

06-08-2008, 08:07 PM	#24
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?	NOBODY GIVE TAYLOR ANY MORE KARMA !! his karma number is binary now. we don't want to mess that up. 11010 Last edited by zelda_pinwheel; 06-08-2008 at 08:24 PM. Reason: pfff... "anymore" is two words, in this context.

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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?	pffff...

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slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	There's a place out in California (Fort Hunter Leggett) where the squirrels all live on the ground beneath huge oak trees. The annual rainfall is so low that no oak is very near another due to lack of sufficient water. In the air are "squirrel hunting hawks". The squirrels have developed a system to safely go from oak to oak. They send out a decoy squirrel in the opposite direction, shaking his tail. When he distracts the Hawk, all the others run to the next tree where there is a large supply of acorns. The decoy quickly runs back to the original tree that has enough acorns for the one lonely squirrel until the others return. Very interesting to watch in action. Evidently the hawk does win sometimes.

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RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad

06-09-2008, 09:36 AM	#26
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	Now that's a scary picture!

06-09-2008, 04:00 PM	#27
Stanart Addict Posts: 223 Karma: 7385 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central California Device: Handspring Visor, Sony PRS-500 Reader	For the second time in a year, I had a California ground squirrel (the same species mentioned above in the Hunter Liggett story) move into the crawl space under my house. This time instead of getting into the crawl space and chasing it around, I opened the access door, placed my boom box there, turned up the volume and played the following cds: U2's Achtung Baby, Oasis' Whats the Story Morning Glory, Mick Jagger's Wandering Spirit and St. Johnny's Let It Come Down. Even after all that the squirrel was still there. I reapplied the treatment and I think the squirrel left sometime during the second run of Mick Jagger.

06-09-2008, 04:08 PM	#29
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?	hmm... i'm not sure what exactly that says about squirrels' musical taste (if anything). if he had left the first time, it would have been clear ; if he had not left at all, it would have been clear as well. but partway through the second time... maybe his work there was just done, you know ?

06-09-2008, 05:42 PM	#30
tirsales MIA ... but returning som Posts: 1,600 Karma: 511342 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Device: PRS-505 and Really not owning a PRS-700	Or maybe it was only totally against repetition?

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