“I'm glad to see that that non-native invasive species aren't just a one-way street. Go Raccoons! Make us proud.”

“Yeah, Jackie Gleason and Art Carney as well.”

“We have raccoons and coyotes in Chicago. Seen one coyote while jogging. I slowed to a walk as the coyote watched me. Got a couple blocks away while looking over my shoulder before I picked up my pace.

Seen raccoons lots of times. One time while walking my wife's dog, saw a raccoon. When it saw the dog it started to climb a tree. I picked up the dog 'cuz wasn't sure what either critter would do--when I picked up the dog raccoon started coming back down the tree, set the dog on the ground, raccoon went back up the tree!”

“Remote Control?”

“A raccoon tore open the screen at the kitchen window of my mom & dad's home in Billings, MT once. They live on the edge of an open space area, so wild animals are somewhat common there. Anyway, my mom found the thing on the kitchen counter - just about gave her a heart attack, but she was able to scare it off. The next night, the critter returned, this time with it's half dozen BABIES!!! Fortunately, my folks had repaired the screen and shut the window, so it couldn't get in. Probably would not have been a good situation for the young 'uns.”

“Raccoons are actually pretty cool. There was one living in a friend's barn when I was growing up. He'd hang out with us and was very interesting and social. Once he hit adolescence he got kind of nasty (sound familiar parents?) and decided to move away.”

“LOL!! Yep, that one at the podium sure looks like Pyscho. No wonder Geo hasn't talked about him lately. He's on tour!”

“The Rottweiler Plan.

Will work!!!!

8)

Lmfao!”

“I think those are Psycho's distant cousins. He talks about them all the time: "If you think I'm bad, you should go out to Montana. Out there, my cousins eat cows, not tomatoes!"”

“Can't ya just feel the love?”

“The comments board that followed was equally good.

So, do they have any ordinances banning squirrels from stealing tomatoes that do not belong to them? Huh? Where's the friggin justice? I ask you. Yea, I beseech you!”

“wait, is this a old law?
no messin with black squirrels?
can you mess with the grey ones?”

“Apparently, I am safe. Psycho is not a member of the protected class.”

“naw that woundn;t kill them just worry them. You need something that shots at least 1000 fps to really get them”

“Nice target”

“Resist???

With chicken wire.......maybe.

Dude........the squirrels have been eating our tomatoes.

They only eat the nicest.”

“Cute squirrel. Nice paint job. :P”

“thats not my garage :P thats my neighbors :P”

“Yes MarkO, Psycho has been eating the neighbors' tomatoes this year, since I inconsiderately did not plant any.”

“Huh, they never touch my tomatoes, I wonder why? Could be because sasha kills any squirrel she can get her paws on. They just seem to stick with eatting the sunflower seeds which is fine by me :)”

“Is Sasha a feral cat.....??”

“no, sahsa is my dog :)”

“

A Twin Cities woman has a pesky problem with her new car: squirrels leaving nuts behind in her car.

"I was freaking out because I didn't want anything wrong with it since it's brand new," said Tiffany Smith, of Fridley, Minn.

Smith said she kept hearing strange noises coming from her car and thought there were rocks in her engine.

"I popped (the hood) open, looked under it and just screamed," Smith said.

Not rocks, but thousands of walnuts stashed under the hood. At first, Smith said she thought it was a prank, but she soon found a nest.

"She was crying, and I said, 'Isn't it just a little bit funny,' and she said 'Well, I guess kind of a little funny,'" said Kim Vertbrugge, Smith's mother.

The squirrels continue to pull their gags on Smith. She keeps cleaning out the car, but the squirrels continue to fill it back up.

"There has to be more than one doing it though," Smith said. "It can't be just one squirrel. There are way too many walnuts."

Smith checked with her insurance company and it said this kind of damage is not covered. She is trying a spray repellant around the car, but so far it has not deterred the determined squirrels.

http://wcco.com/seenon/local_story_264093153.html”

“This is a job for..........Mapleleaf!!!”

“She should plant tomatoes somewhere near the car.”

“And have stewed tomatoes on her engine block?”

“She had to chase down two opossums in East New York (nasty place) yesterday! The girl deserves a cape and a red 'S' just for going into that neighborhood!”

“No, they eat the tomatoes. The walnuts get stashed because they keep.

Squirrels aren't dumb, you know.”

“Hold it right there opossum. You're so busted!”

“She re-located them. Can you imagine how long it would have taken if FEMA was in charge of that mission?”

“The opossums would have died a natural death.”

“She should have animal control set a trap and relocate the squirrels.

However, I've heard about squirrels who have been re-located and come back to their original homes!”

“Pink, she IS animal control. She works in the field as an animal control officer. That's why she was there...

BTW, I asked her about them coming back. She said that they very well might, and she will get the call to come back out and deal with it, should that happen.
last edited: 9/29/05 2:37:34 PM”

“I think you're mixing opossums and squirrels TB.”

“So, I am! Never mind. Damn cold! My head's so stuffed up, I can't even read! Sorry, Pink...”

“It could be worse. You could have mixed up opossums and rhinoscersauces or hippapotaneuses.”

“LOL that is a funny story”

“live trap the squirrels, feed them corn for a week, and then cook them”

“I tried to live trap Psycho. The SOB figured out how to wedge the trap door open while he sucked up the peanut butter bait.

As I once told my late father, "How's it feel to be dumber than a squirrel?"

Answer: not very good, thanks.”

“

Squirrels on crack

NATURE lovers fear that squirrels could become hooked on crack cocaine plundered from addicts' hidden stashes.

The furry animals are thought to be behind a new drugs turf war in Brixton - stealing rocks of crack hidden in front gardens.

Tough police action to rid the town centre of dealers and addicts has seen crackheads abandon their usual drug stash hideouts.

But the blitz has displaced some dealing into nearby residential streets.

Drug addicts are known to be hiding small stashes of crack rocks in people's front lawns late at night.

Squirrels have been spotted in the same front gardens, seemingly hunting out the buried narcotics.

The discovery has led some residents to speculate that the squirrels are already in the grips of addiction. One resident, who asked for his name to be withheld, told the South London Press.

"I was chatting with my neighbour who told me that crack users and dealers sometimes use my front garden to hide bits of their stash.

"An hour earlier I'd seen a squirrel wandering round the garden, digging in the flowerbeds.

"It looked like it knew what it was looking for.

"It was ill-looking and its eyes looked bloodshot but it kept on desperately digging.

"It was almost as if it was trying to find hidden crack rocks."

Crack squirrels are a recognised phenomena in the US.

They are known to live in parks frequented by addicts in New York and Washington DC.

The squirrels have attacked park visitors in their frenzied search for their next fix.

An RSPCA spokesman said he was unaware of the squirrels taking crack in Brixton.
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“Just what we need; Psycho Crack Squirrel.”

“I want to know how she can tell those beady little eyes are bloodshot.”

“I want to know how a squirrel could eat a rock of crack and survive.”

“They can ingest 300 pounds of tomatoes a day and survive, why not crack?”

“I don't know bit, but I do know bass love them rocks.”