I was thinking how the clay target is thrown off with no damage. If I drop one to the ground - it breaks! (A clay target that is - not a squirrel!)
That reminds me of when we first moved into our house. Must have been the first week. My wife and I are at the front door with keys in hand. All of a sudden my wife is screaming bloody murder and shaking all about and I see a squirrel scamper down off of her.
We later found out that the previous owner would feed the squirrels while they sat on her shoulder!
*laugh* You might wish to let your wife know that squirrels are not known to be carnivorous, so she needn’t fear them. Here, we have the occasional small Grey Squirrel but far more of the chipmunks scampering about. They are not generally a problem, and I know of several that are relatively tame and will come up and take treats out of your hands with no problems.
I can not find the link right now, but I seem to remember a youtube vid a few years past that had the same squirrel coming back to the launcher time after time to be re-launched again and again, the general consensus being that it must really enjoy the ride.
I recall also reading an article recently that reported that when one of those circular “hamster wheels” was placed in a section of undeveloped land and a trail cam was focused on it, the researchers were amazed at how many animals came by to simply run in place on the device. The only reason they could think of as to why was because they simply relished the experience. Strange, ‘ay?