LOL My resident neighborhood squirrels that raid my feeders and dive off my carport roof would disagree.
BTW what would you know about enlightenment? Just curious.
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Much.loCAtek wrote:BTW what would you know about enlightenment? Just curious.
And that bird-feeder deterrent was NOT in the same league as the catapult.
It was also a piss-weak deterrent and people should ask for their money back.
Not only would squirrels enjoy the ride, their weight would displace seed to the ground which would encourage them to come back.
Back on to ignore for you. I shouldnt have removed you. I just can't stand animal cruelty, nor those that find such humour in it.
Bah!
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Again?
But she dodges yet again. Oh well, she'll be back; the control freaks dodge and weave, whilst the enlightened can face it, head on without fear.
Such as ..?The Hen wrote:Much.
But she dodges yet again. Oh well, she'll be back; the control freaks dodge and weave, whilst the enlightened can face it, head on without fear.
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It's considered "enlightened" to get off on the torture of animals? One learns something new every day, I guess.
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
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RE: Squirrels as pests. They are nearing pest status in some areas. The local squirrels have losst all fear of humans and chase off whatever species they can. Aside from that, I don't recall much destructuve behavior (I couold ask my mom and she could refresh my memory) but I do know enough that in the past they have tried to chase me out of "their" (read my) backyard.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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The squirrels in that video are hurled at high speed directly into the side of a tree....
The guy who put that thing together must have gone to some trouble "getting the range" with some practice shots to make sure that would happen before he unleashed it on the squirrels....
The guy who put that thing together must have gone to some trouble "getting the range" with some practice shots to make sure that would happen before he unleashed it on the squirrels....
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It really gave me pause whiile I was sure I could come out on top in the fight the thought of having to go to the ER and explain "squirrel inflicted wounds" if it had some bite to back up that bark (and yes it was a bark (far more intimidating than the animals you keep BTW)) made me think about venturing further.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Oh paleeeese Squirrels are rats with fuzzy tails.
Nobody cares about rats...
Nobody cares about rats...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Around my house, there are always lots of squirrels. I even named one of them.
His name is Leroy. He's the black one.
Anyway, most people I talk to just call them rats with fuzzy tails. They make big messes digging in flower pots and burying things in lawns. They eat the fruit off of some of my trees and jump on the aluminum awning in my backyard - making a loud scuffling sound that always gets my attention - to get from one tree to another.
One day outside the front of my house I looked up and two squirrels were up above crossing the street on what I think is a cable connection from a telephone pole to a house. They often do that. It's amazing to watch. On that day, one of them lost its footing and fell to the street and died immediately (at least it looked like it was dead immediately). The other squirrel stopped and let out a terrible shrieking noise for the longest time while looking down at its dead friend.
I didn't see any humor in that and I didn't see any humor in that video.
His name is Leroy. He's the black one.
Anyway, most people I talk to just call them rats with fuzzy tails. They make big messes digging in flower pots and burying things in lawns. They eat the fruit off of some of my trees and jump on the aluminum awning in my backyard - making a loud scuffling sound that always gets my attention - to get from one tree to another.
One day outside the front of my house I looked up and two squirrels were up above crossing the street on what I think is a cable connection from a telephone pole to a house. They often do that. It's amazing to watch. On that day, one of them lost its footing and fell to the street and died immediately (at least it looked like it was dead immediately). The other squirrel stopped and let out a terrible shrieking noise for the longest time while looking down at its dead friend.
I didn't see any humor in that and I didn't see any humor in that video.
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I have loCA on ignore, too - but made the mistake of opening this thread, since it was in Laffs!, I thought it would be some harmless, fun animal video and the "NSF PETA" was just a joke.
This was not a 'fun ride' for that squirrel; if it didn't die of shock, the velocity at which it was launched most assuredly resulted in death or very serious disabling injury (and thus eventually death) on impact.
It sickens me that anyone would defend it. I'm not a 'city slicker', loCA - I'm country born, raised, and resided most of my life, and have spent years observing squirrels through my grandmother's, father's, and my hobby of feeding birds - AND squirrels. The type of anti-squirrel bird feeder you linked to, as Hen pointed out, causes the squirrel no harm. The catapault in the OP was of an entirely different order.
Squirrels can be a pain in the ass, if you feed birds and don't want your feeders destroyed. I got around it by feeding them, too - and having metal rather than plastic feeders. Squirrels might nest in your garage or attic, or even under the hood of a car left sitting.
But in general they don't pose a problem for most people; and even if they do, there is a big difference between humanely trapping/removing - or even destroying - a 'pest' species, and getting off on practicing cruelty toward them. It takes a special kind of sick to engage in the latter and find it humorous.
Enlightenment, indeed.
This was not a 'fun ride' for that squirrel; if it didn't die of shock, the velocity at which it was launched most assuredly resulted in death or very serious disabling injury (and thus eventually death) on impact.
It sickens me that anyone would defend it. I'm not a 'city slicker', loCA - I'm country born, raised, and resided most of my life, and have spent years observing squirrels through my grandmother's, father's, and my hobby of feeding birds - AND squirrels. The type of anti-squirrel bird feeder you linked to, as Hen pointed out, causes the squirrel no harm. The catapault in the OP was of an entirely different order.
Squirrels can be a pain in the ass, if you feed birds and don't want your feeders destroyed. I got around it by feeding them, too - and having metal rather than plastic feeders. Squirrels might nest in your garage or attic, or even under the hood of a car left sitting.
But in general they don't pose a problem for most people; and even if they do, there is a big difference between humanely trapping/removing - or even destroying - a 'pest' species, and getting off on practicing cruelty toward them. It takes a special kind of sick to engage in the latter and find it humorous.
Enlightenment, indeed.For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Rats Rats Rats Rats...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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I wouldn't applaud a rat being treated that way, either, keld. Perhaps I'm just weird.
My dad had a rat as a pet when he was a kid. He described it as a very intelligent, affectionate animal.
My dad had a rat as a pet when he was a kid. He described it as a very intelligent, affectionate animal.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Yet we bait them to traps that smash their little beady heads...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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I don't.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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You're the exception.
Better still glue traps slow death and if one is lucky as the little jewel is lying there squeeling one of his little buudies gets trapped trying to help him...
Better still glue traps slow death and if one is lucky as the little jewel is lying there squeeling one of his little buudies gets trapped trying to help him...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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reall with the exception of really big rats (which are really hard to kill) the old bash your head traps are probably the most humane of all the extinction methods.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Fortunately, we've never had rats....
If we did, I'd put out poison rather than traps....
(We get field mice occasionally, especially at this time of year when the weather is changing and we're starting to get rain, but we have two cats that generally make short work of them...one in particular is a first rate mouser...)
We live about a block and a half from a fairly substantial park, (Stern Grove/Pine Lake) and even though we're technically in a "city" we're in a very suburban part of it; I've had raccoons try to crawl in to my downstairs office window, and at least once a week we get a whiff of skunk coming from somewhere in the area...I've also seen the occasional opossum waddling about ...
Personally, I would no more consider a squirrel a "rat with a bushy tail" then I would consider a rabbit a "furry rat with long ears"....
Now pigeons, on the other hand....
Definitely feathered rats....
If we did, I'd put out poison rather than traps....
(We get field mice occasionally, especially at this time of year when the weather is changing and we're starting to get rain, but we have two cats that generally make short work of them...one in particular is a first rate mouser...)
We live about a block and a half from a fairly substantial park, (Stern Grove/Pine Lake) and even though we're technically in a "city" we're in a very suburban part of it; I've had raccoons try to crawl in to my downstairs office window, and at least once a week we get a whiff of skunk coming from somewhere in the area...I've also seen the occasional opossum waddling about ...
Personally, I would no more consider a squirrel a "rat with a bushy tail" then I would consider a rabbit a "furry rat with long ears"....
Now pigeons, on the other hand....
Definitely feathered rats....
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Since rabbits aren't rodents you would be right on that account...Personally, I would no more consider a squirrel a "rat with a bushy tail" then I would consider a rabbit a "furry rat with long ears"....
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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You know Keld, I was all set to tell you that you were wrong about that, but I like to check my facts before making factual assertions, (I find it helps reduce the number of times I wind up looking foolish; there are some other folks around here who might want to give that approach a try sometime) and you are indeed correct:Since rabbits aren't rodents you would be right on that account...
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/rod ... entia.htmlThe Rodentia also includes beavers, muskrats, porcupines, woodchucks, chipmunks, squirrels, prairie dogs, marmots, chinchillas, voles, lemmings, and many others. (Incidentally, the Rodentia does not include rabbits; rabbits differ from rodents in having an extra pair of incisors and in other skeletal features. Rabbits, hares, and a few other species make up the Lagomorpha. Shrews, moles and hedgehogs are also not rodents; they are classified in the Insectivora.)
My whole life I have been laboring under the false belief that rabbits were rodents. Today I learned something new.
I like it when that happens.