LMAO - NSF PETA

[Sean]

BTW - Australia has no squirrels, we have possums. Far larger, much more aggressive.

We do have squirrels Hen. They are not indigenous, they were introduced. I see one occasionally up t'mountain.

[The Hen]

Then please keep them up there with the Cane Toads and I'll promise to keep the Indian Mynah birds down here.

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[Sean]

Yer on!

I was going to grab a pademelon by the tail and use it to beat them to death but your way is good too...

[loCAtek]

And for the fourth time, those clips have nothing to do with the clip you found so amusing.

They have nothing to do with your clip.

The clips, you admittedly, haven't watched? About the animals from another continent, you have no personal experience with?
...the ones you've just been bullshittin' about this whole time?

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Really?

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No. Really?

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The humor of your fantasy life is craZy laffs, tell me more! ... you could turn this thread into another pissing match, if your delusions weren't so god-awful funny.

Next, you'll be telling me Roadrunner cartoons are nature documentaries!

You're givin' me a stitch in my side, woman!!!

BTW Can I have some of what you're smokin', that sounds like some really good sh!t...

[dales]

There is nothing wrong with saying, 'on second thought, that video depicts an act wherein an innocent animal was at very least terrified, and quite possibly physically injured or killed, and I'm now sorry I've defended it so vehemently.'

End of story

Give it a rest, Lo.

[loCAtek]

Injury? Not likely;

Why do squirrels have bushy tail

Squirrels are probably one of the most well-known family of rodents indigenous in North and South America, Eurasia, as well as Africa. They are often described as small to medium-sized furry animals that has big and bushy tail. However, not all squirrels have tail and it also differ depending on the kind of squirrel. But for those who have them, it has been proven that the tail is more than just an added attraction to the critter. In fact, the tail serves many purposes for the very survival of the squirrel.

For most species, squirrels are recognized as expert tree climbers and high-wire acrobats (usually sighted balancing and walking on top of telephone lines). Squirrels are able to do these death defying acts without injuring themselves because of the help of their long and fluffy tail. The tail helps the squirrel to balance and maneuver itself as they climb and jump from one tree to another, or in crossing clothesline and other similar settings. And when squirrels do fall, the tail is used as a parachute to lessen the impact of the fall thus preventing it from acquiring serious fall injuries.

[Lord Jim]

Oh geez...

LoCa, these squirrels didn't "fall"....

They were, hurled, catapulted; like a sling shot...completely by surprise, tumbling in the air....

There's a difference...

[Rick]

RATS[/size]

[loCAtek]

So, a surprise fall, is different in comparison to a surprise fling, how?

[Joe Guy]

So, a surprise fall, is different in comparison to a surprise fling, how?

The difference is this...

Watch a baseball pitcher throw a 98 mph fastball and hit the batter at home plate.

Watch that same baseball pitcher drop the same baseball on his foot.

Compare results.

[Lord Jim]

So, a surprise fall, is different in comparison to a surprise fling, how?

Well, velocity and trajectory occur to me as two major ones, right off the bat....

I'm sorry LoCa, but I'm with Dale here....

You're just diggin' yourself a deeper and deeper hole on this...

It's time to stop diggin'...

I realize that this is difficult to do, because I'm sure that you probably feel somewhat "besieged" in this discussion by some folks that you have running battles with, (and I would say that the use of the word "sociopath" was probably not helpful in terms of reaching a resolution to this) so the natural human impulse in that situation is to just stand your ground, come hell or high water....

But I have to tell you, that as far as this discussion goes, even for folks who haven't had that board-wide narrative going on with you, (like myself and Dale) the water is getting really high....

I would like to associate myself entirely with Dale's comment:

Give it a rest, Lo.

[loCAtek]

Actually, in reality, their changes of surviving a fling, as opposed to a fall, are greater, because they are NOT being hurled directly at the ground ... like say, when their hormones tell them to leap before they look, 'eh?

Ya'll know, that's why stones skip, right? The angular trajectory of projectile-ation (yea, I made that up, instead of just saying 'throwing' ...because that's boring, bleh) makes any object, living, dead or inanimate, bounce, rather than thud, rather harmlessly.

Add to that: the NATURAL tendency of squirrels to remain limp, instead of bracing for impact; and their innate, instinctive, evolution of parachute tails, means their chances for survival; as proven by, I dunno, EONS of falling outta trees, for-like-ever, straight down, curtsey of that Universal Law of Gravity ...pretty gosh-darn high.

Shoot, humans do it on occasion.

Yea, we're not made for surviving aerial stunts, but it happens ...when we revert to our inner arborealism (no, I didn't make that up. That really is a word, trust me!)
...and go limp on the fly.

Babies are known for living through planes crashes and the like, because they don't know any better, to get tense about their impending doom.

Adults walk away from tornados, if they're knocked unconscious, and stay loose.
It's been documented, of people being thrown for miles by ferocious winds, AND living, if they just stay squirrelly!

[BoSoxGal]

Dumbass.

[loCAtek]

I would like to associate myself entirely with Dale's comment:

Now, you made your position quite clear from the start; without over inflating your outrage to exaggeration. I've always appreciated your self-control and level-headed approach to arguments, and your resisting the temptation to psycho-babble. ... I don't think I've seen you do so much as swear, even when somebody pissed you off.
Also, I'm not trying to convince you, or anyone to like this vid, if they didn't before.
Shoot, on a different day, I might not have liked it either, but
I think it's more accurate to say, I may be a bit more jaded now.

[The Hen]

I'm not trying to convince you, or anyone to like this vid, if they didn't before.
Shoot, on a different day, I might not have liked it either, but I think it's more accurate to say, I may be a bit more jaded now.

Thank you, and I am glad.

[loCAtek]

I have Bun-NiEE girls; bun-bun-bun Bun-NiEE, girls

[Timster]

okay question; would any of you pc do-gooders be offended if I were to suggest a catapult for the crazy blonde?

Seriously. And was she about to suck that pupeeie off? W t F...

Frankly I found this video far more disturbing.

[Lord Jim]

Does this chick make all her videos in hotel rooms?

[loCAtek]

um, that's her apartment...

But ThX Tim, and welcome to the Dark Side.

[dales]

This is for you, Lo.....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... onship.DTL