Mr. Squirrel

[hartmmike]

Squirrel Appreciation Day !

January 21


SQUIRREL APPRECIATION DAY. Squirrel Appreciation Day is observed annually on January 21. The creator, Christy Hargrove, is a wildlife rehabilitator in North Carolina and is affiliated with the Western North Carolina Nature Center.


Squirrel Trivia

1. The earliest known squirrels date from the Eocene epoch (56 to 33.9 million years ago).
2. Squirrels are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa.
Red squirrels are native to Eurasia. Photo Credit: Ray eye/wikipedia.org3. There are 285 species of squirrels.
4. Their diets generally consists of nuts, seeds, conifer cones, fruits, fungi, green vegetation and sometimes small insects.
5. They live in all habitats except for the extreme arctic cold and very dry deserts.
6. Ground squirrels can warn each other of predatory danger by a whistling sound.
7. Flying squirrels don’t actually fly but glide across the sky, extending their arms and legs and creating flaps with their skin that resemble wings.
8. Squirrels’ front teeth continue to grow since they are constantly using them to gnaw.
A flying squirrel glides through the air. Photo Credit: sciuridae.info9. They live in trees or burrows in the ground.
10. They can jump from as high as 20 feet.
11. Baby squirrels are called “kittens.”
12. Squirrel is derived from the Ancient Greek word Skiouros, which appropriately means “shadow tail.”
13. The Indian giant squirrel can be about three feet long.
14. Sly Squirrels will pretend to bury food to deceive onlookers.
15. The squirrel has been transformed into several cartoon characters, including Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Scrat from 20th Century Fox’s Ice Age movies.

[Spaghetti Legs]

16. When presented with several choices to avoid an object moving toward it, a squirrel will always choose the most likely one to result in collision.

[fkelly]

You never see a squirrel leaving its nest
Or ever a squirrel taking a rest
By nature a squirrel is always SO busy
If they can't find a nut they get in a tizzy

Chasing around until they're successful
Then they sit on your porch rail with a big mouthful
Spinning the nut between their front feet
Spitting out shells and swallowing nut meat

They are storing up energy for their next frantic chase
With neighborhood squirrels up the trees to a high place
Then reversing direction and leaping through thin air
You'd think they would fall but they catch on by a hair

Back down to the grass where rest is forbidden
There's more nuts to find that somewhere are hidden

[dancinkozmo]

17. squirrel is especially good when paired with with some fava beans and a nice chianti

[2metalhips]

18 There are no squirrels on Block Island.

[smokersteve]

19. Damn squirrels eat my oranges

[old_fat_and_slow]

20. Squirrels are quite susceptible to .22 rimfire or #6 bird shot. They fry up nice and tasty too. (Bit difficult to skin though.)

[yakstone]

Squirrels can also be dispatched with an accurate pellet gun and are pretty tasty in a stew.

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by smokersteve

19. Damn squirrels eat my oranges

19a. And my pomegranates.
19b. And my avocados.
19c. And my persimmons.

[David Tollefson]

[11.4]

Originally Posted by Spaghetti Legs

16. When presented with several choices to avoid an object moving toward it, a squirrel will always choose the most likely one to result in collision.

Which is why they are the namesake of erratic members of a pace line. Hahaha!

[gdw]

Squirrels and bacon are a great combination especially after spending some time together on the grill or in the oven.

[earlfoss]

Mr. Squirrel looks small from far away, but when you get a close look it's amazing how dangerous he seems. Long claws, sharp buck teeth, and he's shredded like a UFC fighter. If you shoot him, make sure he's dead before you put a hand out or else you're gonna be wrestling with an injured homicidal lunatic.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by fkelly

You never see a squirrel leaving its nest
Or ever a squirrel taking a rest
By nature a squirrel is always SO busy
If they can't find a nut they get in a tizzy

Chasing around until they're successful
Then they sit on your porch rail with a big mouthful
Spinning the nut between their front feet
Spitting out shells and swallowing nut meat

They are storing up energy for their next frantic chase
With neighborhood squirrels up the trees to a high place
Then reversing direction and leaping through thin air
You'd think they would fall but they catch on by a hair

Back down to the grass where rest is forbidden
There's more nuts to find that somewhere are hidden

Can't wait for the post on possums

[Spaghetti Legs]

Originally Posted by yakstone

Squirrels can also be dispatched with an accurate pellet gun and are pretty tasty in a stew.

Squirrels can also be dispatched with the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Ask me how I know.