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December 18, 2006 at 6:33 pm #517683
I was walking around the college campus (which is home to numerous squirrels) and came across a weird sight. Their was a squirrel laying on the cement spread eagle belly to the cement and making a very odd noise. At first I thought it was injured so I went in to get a closer view. I got very close and it kept doing it and didn’t run away. After a few seconds though it got up and ran around playing with the other squirrels and durring the play it layed down an made the same noise. Did I witness some bizzare squirrel mating ritual, a game squirrels play, or something entirly different?
I would help but I am just to tired to get out of bed today~
Engaged to a WeaselDecember 18, 2006 at 6:33 pm #489026I would help but I am just to tired to get out of bed today~
Engaged to a WeaselDecember 18, 2006 at 10:29 pm #517684squirrel with allergies?
poisoned squirrel?
squirrel with asthma?
never heard of that and i don’t think it’s normal….
December 20, 2006 at 10:06 pm #517685poor thing must’ve had something wrong with it…none of our squirrels do that…poison does sound likely or maybe some kind of internal injury…poor little squirrel… π
December 20, 2006 at 10:08 pm #517686Squirrel playing possum? Maybe he was it and thats how squirrels count to 10? I really hope he was not sick, though that is most likely. π
December 20, 2006 at 10:09 pm #517687π₯ π₯ π₯
December 20, 2006 at 10:28 pm #517688Well sickness and injury was the first thing I thought of but then the little fellow continued playing with the other squirrels. I wish I could describe the sound it was making, it sounded bad. I really hope it wasn’t seriously injured. I never thought of poisoning. They eat lots of food that is given to them by students I hope some jerk didn’t decide it would be funny to feed them something bad. I was really hoping it was just some kind of action that I had never seen before.
I would help but I am just to tired to get out of bed today~
Engaged to a WeaselDecember 20, 2006 at 10:31 pm #517689Poor thing probably did eat something bad for it…don’t know why people do things like that…there’s too much of that these days π₯
December 20, 2006 at 10:46 pm #517690Well here’s what is probably good news. According to a quick google search, I’m not the only one to see this behavior. Another person that saw this thought the squirrel was dead and then it goit up and chased another squirrel up a tree, they don’t mention the weird noise that was almost a caw, but maybe this is just some squirrel play technique.
I would help but I am just to tired to get out of bed today~
Engaged to a WeaselDecember 20, 2006 at 10:48 pm #517691hmmm…never heard of that…well that cheers me up!!! Thanks!!! π
December 21, 2006 at 12:14 am #517692we used to have squirrels in our back yard many years ago and I also never seen one do this or heard of it. I’m glad to know the little guys seems OK
December 21, 2006 at 12:21 am #517693BiPolarBear wrote:I was walking around the college campus (which is home to numerous squirrels) and came across a weird sight. Their was a squirrel laying on the cement spread eagle belly to the cement and making a very odd noise. At first I thought it was injured so I went in to get a closer view. I got very close and it kept doing it and didn’t run away. After a few seconds though it got up and ran around playing with the other squirrels and durring the play it layed down an made the same noise. Did I witness some bizzare squirrel mating ritual, a game squirrels play, or something entirly different?
Hmmm, maybe it was a male squirrel and it was trying to catch a female one, but it thought it caught you instead so it ran away. π
December 21, 2006 at 12:22 am #517694π π π
December 21, 2006 at 8:03 pm #517695MIMI where ARE you??? Mimi we miss you, come home! Come home!
December 21, 2006 at 8:04 pm #517696yes where have you been??
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