I for one welcome our new killer squirrel overlords....
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Foolish Frost
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12-10-2005 14:52
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4489792.stm  Okay. That's not right... In so many not right ways... From: someone Russian squirrel pack 'kills dog'
Local people suggest hunger is driving squirrels to extremes
Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report.
Passers-by were too late to stop the attack by the black squirrels in a village in the far east, which reportedly lasted about a minute.
They are said to have scampered off at the sight of humans, some carrying pieces of flesh.
A pine cone shortage may have led the squirrels to seek other food sources, although scientists are sceptical.
The attack was reported in parkland in the centre of Lazo, a village in the Maritime Territory, and was witnessed by three local people.
A "big" stray dog was nosing about the trees and barking at squirrels hiding in branches overhead when a number of them suddenly descended and attacked, reports say.
"They literally gutted the dog," local journalist Anastasia Trubitsina told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.
"When they saw the men, they scattered in different directions, taking pieces of their kill away with them."
Mikhail Tiyunov, a scientist in the region, said it was the first he had ever heard of such an attack.
While squirrels without sources of protein might attack birds' nests, he said, the idea of them chewing a dog to death was "absurd".
"If it really happened, things must be pretty bad in our forests," he added.
Komosmolskaya Pravda notes that in a previous incident this autumn chipmunks terrorised cats in a part of the territory.
A Lazo man who called himself only Mikhalich said there had been "no pine cones at all" in the local forests this year.
"The little beasts are agitated because they have nothing to eat," he added.
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Zapoteth Zaius
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12-10-2005 20:22
Someone please tell me squirrels can't swim..
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Laukosargas Svarog
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12-10-2005 20:47
LOL I think someone is pulling someones leg  Must've been a dam slow day for news at the Beeb! Aren't there black squirrels in Vancouver park ? Watch out Canada ! |
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Surreal Farber
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12-11-2005 06:25
Never fear, the homeland sqwirrel protection forces will save you from those russian sqwirrels.
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12-11-2005 06:29
From: Zapoteth Zaius Someone please tell me squirrels can't swim.. squirrels that tough will steal a boat |
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Laukosargas Svarog
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12-11-2005 06:31
Two things struck me after reading about this ...
- That dog was certainly barking up the wrong tree!
- Was the dog a chihuahua or a great dane ?
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Foolish Frost
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12-11-2005 06:50
From: someone A "big" stray dog was nosing about the trees... Well, they SAY it was big, but compaired to what? |
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Teeny Leviathan
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12-11-2005 07:09
On a related note, one squirrel was heard yelling "Keep your punkass out of Chernobyl!" |
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Cocoanut Koala
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12-11-2005 15:52
Cute, Surreal!
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Piccadilly Metropolitan
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12-11-2005 16:39
That's nothing compared to ... ... CRACK SQUIRRELS! |
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Dark Korvin
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12-11-2005 17:28
Another reason to be bothered by both those long-tailed and short-tailed mini-bears. You see it mentioning the chipmunk incident. Just another reason to be annoyed at these little beasts aside from the fact that they'll eat any of your equipment with sweat-salt on it they can get to.
Side note: They love bear. Set out a saucer of bear some night, and watch what happens when a mini-bear drinks and climbs.
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Alazarin Mondrian
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Punk Squirrels!
12-12-2005 09:26
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Mimi Therian
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12-12-2005 13:38
of corse they are RUSSIAN squirrles kekkeke
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Gabe Lippmann
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12-12-2005 14:02
Squirrel sots.
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Rose Karuna
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12-12-2005 14:42
The Squirrel evil extends into the darkness.... Don't let their cute little faces fool you.
The bastards BITE!
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12-12-2005 15:02
Punk ass squirrels!
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ZsuZsanna Raven
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12-12-2005 15:06
HaHa! I heard this on Bob and Tom the other day. I have a squirrel that likes to climb up to my balcony and just chill. He has only half a tail so I call him Bob...short for bobbed tail 
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12-12-2005 15:11
From: ZsuZsanna Raven HaHa! I heard this on Bob and Tom the other day. I have a squirrel that likes to climb up to my balcony and just chill. He has only half a tail so I call him Bob...short for bobbed tail Keep on an eye him, for cripes sake! I have a couple that leave large buns and assorted baked goods on my front doorstep. I'm not sure whether they are leaving offerings or trying to poison me, but I would bet on the latter.
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Dark Korvin
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12-12-2005 15:33
From: Gabe Lippmann Keep on an eye him, for cripes sake!
I have a couple that leave large buns and assorted baked goods on my front doorstep. I'm not sure whether they are leaving offerings or trying to poison me, but I would bet on the latter. Be careful, it could be an ambush. Are there trees near your front porch? |
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ZsuZsanna Raven
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12-12-2005 15:43
From: Gabe Lippmann Keep on an eye him, for cripes sake!
I have a couple that leave large buns and assorted baked goods on my front doorstep. I'm not sure whether they are leaving offerings or trying to poison me, but I would bet on the latter. Hmmm, this is interesting...Bob likes bread
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