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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (78543)4/27/2002 10:13:05 AM
From: Dan3Respond to of 275872
 
Re: Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while

You might want to find a different metaphor, since squirrels find acorns primarily through their sense of smell, rather than their use of their vision. A blind squirrel would do about as well as any other when it comes to finding acorns.

"Even a blind squirrel jumps to the next branch, once in a while", perhaps?

"Regardless of changing weather... all squirrels instinctively prepare for winter by burying acorns and other nuts during the fall... As the season progresses and less food becomes available, they go and look for the things they have hidden. The squirrels can find the nuts using their sense of smell... A squirrel can sometimes smell an acorn through a foot of snow...
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