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'He Doesn't Know He's A Squirrel; He Thinks He's A Dog'
KOMO 4 NEWS ^
| October 11, 2005
| Tracy Vedder
Posted on 10/12/2005 4:38:47 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Gondring
41
posted on
10/12/2005 6:32:06 AM PDT
by
sweetliberty
(Stupidity should make you sterile.)
To: Gondring
42
posted on
10/12/2005 6:33:51 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
("There are millions of mediocre Americans, and they, too, deserve to be represented in the USSC. -RH)
To: Gondring
Laughing and crying at the same time.
43
posted on
10/12/2005 6:38:51 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(The best things happen just before the thread snaps.)
To: Experiment 6-2-6
That sounds like the time an American Goldfinch flew into one of my windows ... it was stunned, but not seriously injured. I brought the little guy into the house and tended to it until it seemed to have sufficiently recovered. It was alert with no visible injuries so I decided to release him out a second floor window unto a flat roof where I normally feed the birds. (I'd scatter seeds onto the flat roof and the birds would feed there all day)
Well, I opened the window and set the little finch down onto the roof. He just sat there looking back at me. "Come on", I said, "you're okay. You can make it." I offered encouragingly as I reached out and gave him a gentle nudge with my finger.
The little guy took about three hops and then swoosh! ~ out of nowhere, a Sharp-shined Hawk swooped down and nailed the little critter!!!
"Aw geez!" I thought ~ "I'll bet you're sure glad I made sure you were alert to experience that, huh little guy !"
Since I worked with hawks at that time my friends all unjustly accused me of using this poor little finch to chum hawks to my rooftop!
Which, of course I hadn't .... although, as the hawk just sat there with his free lunch staring at me, I'm not so sure he wasn't thinking the same thing!
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posted on
10/12/2005 6:40:27 AM PDT
by
Zacs Mom
(Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
To: Zacs Mom
I saw a dog bring in a baby rabbit one and start nursing it. Motherly instinct is a powerful force.
45
posted on
10/12/2005 6:41:52 AM PDT
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: Jet Jaguar
46
posted on
10/12/2005 6:43:04 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: sweetliberty
47
posted on
10/12/2005 6:46:06 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Bringing Faith to the Doubtful, and Doubt to the Faithful)
To: Gondring
Thanks for delivery of the morning chuckle.
Humans are not that much further than your dogs, as everything they do not understand becomes "supernatural".
48
posted on
10/12/2005 6:57:54 AM PDT
by
Wuli
To: Jet Jaguar; Flyer; technochick99; sinkspur; annyokie; Scott from the Left Coast; 88keys; ...
49
posted on
10/12/2005 7:00:54 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: whd23; Jet Jaguar
I won't swerve for squirrels either.
I've investigated too many accidents where somebody swerved to try to miss a squirrel or a raccoon or other animal in the roadway, and wound up losing control and crashing (sometimes they even got killed).
I had a terrible run of luck awhile back when my kids were small. It seemed like every week we ran over another squirrel. Then we had a week where I hit one EVERY DAY. My younger child was getting upset (my older child dubbed the minivan "The Deathmobile".)
We took the minivan to church and had the priest bless it with holy water.
It worked. No more dead squirrels. In fact, I haven't run over one since . . . even though we traded in the minivan. I guess the blessing transfers, like the Brown Scapular. < g >
50
posted on
10/12/2005 7:08:20 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: Zacs Mom
Oops.
At least you tried.
My Lab retrieves the birds that hit the glass and brings them to me. Sometimes we're able to revive them.
51
posted on
10/12/2005 7:09:48 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: Jet Jaguar; MEG33
wonderful article Jet J! and thanks for the heads up on the finest Meg!
52
posted on
10/12/2005 7:11:29 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your s God is!)
To: AnAmericanMother
I won't swerve for squirrels either.Don't swerve for anything! But you can at least apply the brakes if you see one near!
53
posted on
10/12/2005 7:13:05 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: Zacs Mom
What a drama! But great pictures. I never know who to root for on nature shows, the gazelle or the lion.... they both need to survive. :~\
54
posted on
10/12/2005 7:15:02 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: Jet Jaguar; lightingguy
55
posted on
10/12/2005 7:16:42 AM PDT
by
agrace
(Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me if you know so much. Job 38:4)
To: HairOfTheDog
Oh, I'll stand on it (especially with the ABS system, it's astounding how quickly you can stop without skidding, although it was hard for me to "unlearn" the pumping method), I just won't swerve. That can roll you.
56
posted on
10/12/2005 7:17:31 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: Jet Jaguar; HairOfTheDog
Awww, how sweet!
Thanks for the ping, HOTD!
57
posted on
10/12/2005 7:32:10 AM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
(Wet Burqa Contest Winner)
To: Gondring
" . . . many people live so far from nature and farming, and don't realize the dangers of treating wild animals as domestic . . . ."
Maybe squirrels look cute because of their big eyes and bushy tails, but they are rodents, like rats, who can bring in many diseases. I don't think I'd want any around me, even a baby one.
58
posted on
10/12/2005 7:39:33 AM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
To: whd23
I'll try to avoid them, but not by swerving. Everytime I've swerved a bit to avoid running some critter over they inevitably change direction at just the wrong time and get run over, anyway. If I see them in time I'll usually slow down and beep my horn a couple of times, which usually sends them scurying back off the road. Of course they probably end up getting run over a little later, anyway.
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posted on
10/12/2005 7:47:04 AM PDT
by
-YYZ-
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
10/12/2005 7:56:46 AM PDT
by
apackof2
(There's two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works. Will Rogers)
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