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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (52304)	7/5/2002 1:46:31 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Here's a bit of an interesting aside. Remember our carnivorous ground squirrel? We are not alone: others have seen this too. See excerpt below. To quote Monty Python, "They're killers, I say!". acorn-online.com; and this one (sorry about the pop-up, but the picture is worth it: Squirrel eating a frog.) members.tripod.com Carnivorous squirrel Last week, we reported Ridgefielder Sheila Dick's observation of a squirrel eating a bird. Using that Internet, we asked Professor Peg Halloran about it. She's a squirrel expert who teaches at both the University of Colorado and the Air Force Academy. Apparently, Sheila's sighting was quite unusual. "I have heard stories of squirrels eating birds, but have never seen it first hand," Professor Halloran wrote in an e-mail. "I have seen Abert squirrels chewing on carrion - bones - of presumably a rodent. In addition Pine squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) have been known to be quite the predator - even taking an occasional rabbit or hare." There's a squirrel I'm not sure I'd want to meet.