Cute Smart Squirrels and Squirrelly Humans (Squirrel Photo Blog)

Hi Everybody!  Please Come In!


I hope You all had a good weekend. In the Nature Blog tonight we are going to look at the Nature of Squirrels and the Nature of Squirrelly People.
Your photostudy tonight is of my squirrel, Casper, a cute and smart squirrel. When I turn the sprinkler on, she climbs onto her post and takes a shower! She knows when the water is close before the stream hits her! She changes her position!
Later down the page, we will look at squirrelly people in action!    Enjoy!

Cute Smart Squirrels:

Just Push Play>

Your lesson today is 2 minutes long and then Play!


One minute Documentary on Gray Squirrel

Just Push Play>

One Minute Documentary on Red Fox Squirrel

Just Push Play>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel

Squirrel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots (includingwoodchucks), flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa, and have been introduced to Australia. The earliest known squirrels date from the Eocene and are most closely related to the mountain beaver and to thedormouse among living species.

Squirrels Temporal range: Late Eocene—Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Various members of the Sciuridae family
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Sciuromorpha
Family:	Sciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Subfamilies and tribes
Subfamily Ratufinae Subfamily Sciurillinae Subfamily Sciurinae Tribe Sciurini Tribe Pteromyini Subfamily Callosciurinae Tribe Callosciurini Tribe Funambulini Subfamily Xerinae Tribe Xerini Tribe Protoxerini Tribe Marmotini

Feeding

Squirrels cannot digest cellulose, so must rely on foods rich in protein, carbohydrates, and fats. In temperate regions, early spring is the hardest time of year for squirrels, because buried nuts begin to sprout and are no longer available for the squirrel to eat, and new food sources have not become available yet. During these times, squirrels rely heavily on the buds of trees. Squirrels' diets consist primarily of a wide variety of plants, including nuts, seeds, conifer cones, fruits,fungi and green vegetation. However, some squirrels also consume meat, especially when faced with hunger.^[6] Squirrels have been known to eat insects, eggs, small birds, young snakes and smaller rodents. Indeed, some tropical species have shifted almost entirely to a diet of insects.^[10]
(please visit link for remaining article:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel
Squirrel Obstacle Course. Just Push Play>

Another cute, smart Squirrel. Just Push Play>

NOW
Squirrelly Humans.
Definition of Squirrelly from Urban Dictionary:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squirrelly

1.	squirrelly	101 up, 50 down
	bizarre characteristics that cannot be explained "dude, that dude is just... just f ng squirrelly."

2.	squirrelly	55 up, 28 down
	1.having the attributes of a squirrel. Acrobatic, sneaky,probably up to no good in a good way. Zen tweaking ninja.  (not to be confused with "weaselly" or the "tweaking" of pigeons)  2. probably deliberate, wack spazzy strangeness You see that kid Robot, the one with his bare feet hangin' outta the airduct, trying to sneak into the principal's office, the one singing Christmas carols? Dude's friggin' squirrelly!

Living among us Nature Lovers are the Squirrelly Humans. They look normal enough, but something has snapped in their heads. They are usually among well-intentioned birdwatchers. They love the birds and provide great habitat and feeding stations.


Now this is generally what happens: While lovingly watching the wild birds eat, a squirrel may appear to join the feast!  For whatever reason, the squirrel is labeled: intruder. The squirrelly people, (for whatever reason), begin to hate the squirrel. Some count how much seed is being consumed by the squirrels, even calculating the dollar amount lost on the 'tree rats'. The next phase of the illness, they begin to plot against the squirrels. They intend to outsmart the stupid squirrel. They are convinced they can stop the squirrel from taking seed from the birds. They may start to believe that the squirrel is plotting against them because (usually) the squirrel does out smart them! These people will go to Extremes to stop the bandits. The following videos are a collection of the assaults against the squirrels. They are all short, some less than a minute. I did not include any videos in which the squirrel dies. You will not believe what some of these "people" come up with. Most of these are funny because what else can you do but laugh at the madness these people show us!!!!  I am not naming any names here or accusing anybody of anything. I am just saying: It is what it is.

Squirrel Proof Birdfeeder.  Just Push Play>

Engineer designs contraption to stop squirrels from reaching bird feeders! (FAIL)               Just Push Play>

This guy is going to teach this squirrel how to fly!  Just Push Play>

This guy documents his Squirrel Proof Feeder in Slow Motion!

Just Push Play>

This guy documents his wish to see this squirrel spin and swim.  Just Push Play>

This guy built a squirrel chucker.  Just Push Play>

This guy owns a flying squirrel.  Just Push Play>

And, the last Squirrel Proof Feeder.  Just Push Play>

Now, two cute, short videos:
Baby Squirrels in nest!  Just Push Play>

A college kid made this about campus squirrels!
I really like it!  Just Push Play>

......this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.  See You Next time!  Love to All.








Of course, one more Great Performance!!!!
A MUST SEE (animal warfare)Just Push Play>

O+O