Squirrels are cute...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. kicking for cuteness

[Nicole]

2. How cute!

He looks cold in the snow though.

BTW, maybe no one replied because the pic isn't showing up? I just see a green TrekNature logo.
I couldn't see it in Firefox so I opened IE, which I hate, and there it is. :)

FYI, I only mentioned the Firefox thing because the polls I've seen here indicate that's the browser most here use.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. interesting...

I rarely have problems with pics not showing.

[Haole Girl]

3. I my, he looks frozen!!

(pic won't show for some reason)

[Jamastiene]

5. Yep, I joined the Squirrel Nut Brigade years ago.

Fell in love with a squirrel I named Cyclops. She was my buddy. Used to help me in my garden, believe it or not. On planting days, I would give her a handful of seeds and she would plant herself a garden too. It was so adorable the way she patted the ground with both paws to cover her seeds.

Here is a picture of her eating some sunflower seeds:

[LostinVA]

8. I can tell she's evil...

[Jamastiene]

32. Cyclops was a sweetheart.

She was such a sweet old girl. :P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Were you planting sunflower seeds?

That's pretty cool!

[Jamastiene]

33. I was planting several different types of seeds, including

sunflower seeds. She only planted the sunflower seeds I gave her too. It was interesting that she followed my lead and copied what I did. I thought that was really cool.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

36. Or maybe she thought you were copying her...

...and she was thinking, "Isn't that cute?!" :rofl:

[qnr]

6. Here is a copy

In Firefox, I had to use Tools >> User Agent Switcher >> Internet Explorer 6 - I just saved it to my flickr account

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Thanks, qnr!

I especially love the little red guys... :loveya:

[qnr]

25. Yeah, they're cute :) -- you're welcome, and wheeee, now, if I get the

urge to search for my nick, I'll actually get a result :)

[RushIsRot]

7. SQUIRRELS?!?!? Please, let's be PC!

Arboreal Americans!

One of my favorites...



and...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Ok...Arboreal American #1 clearly has had enough

of greedy little arboreal American offspring mauling her mammaries.

What the heck is up with Arboreal American #2? Scent-marking?

[RushIsRot]

38. Actually AA #1 was one I named Nipper.

AAs have two litters per year and she never missed an opportunity. She would come down from her tree when I called her and join me at a picnic table to eat the peanuts I had brought. When she had filled up, she'd grab not one, but two for the road and scamper back to her nest. I think I once met one of her offspring. He sat atop the table and demanded two peanuts for the road before he left. I told him, "I knew your mom!" Nipper and I remained friends for over six years which is a pretty good lifespan for AAs in the wild.

In the second picture, that AA is sprawled on the ground in what I call the "roadkill pose." I've heard from others that it helps to cool their bellies in hot weather. Whatever the reason, I had 20-30 little beggars that would come to me over an afternoon and accept my bribes. They seemed to get comfortable with my presence, because their behavior was quite relaxed when they were around me.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

39. And they never chewed on your windowframes?

That's pretty amazing!

[RushIsRot]

41. These were park-dwellers.

Nipper chewed on me a couple of times, hence her name.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. I love squirrels...

Here's one I don't think I've posted yet.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. awwww

He's precious!

[Guava Jelly]

10. The squirels where i live are kamakazie

I have hit 1 a few months back in my truck.
I didnt see him until it was two late.
poor guy!
I dont think he suffered i have big tires

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. Mating season turns them into maniacs.

They'll get 3/4ths of the way across the street, see a car coming, and run back to the other side!

[TroubleMan]

16. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/weeee.php

nt.

[trogdor]

17. I think Foamy is, um, sorta cute.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. My son likes Foamy.

But I don't think he's as cute as a real squirrel...

[PhilYerHead]

18. Cute and mesmerizing

[jpgray]

19. Also anthropomorphically identifiable

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Welcome to DU, my dear PhilYerHead!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. I love that pic!

Welcome to DU! :beer:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

21. They sure are...

My friend had a pet squirrel (well, one she rescued and nursed for a while). It used to climb all over her head :P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Whn I was a kid, I fed one for awhile...

One morning, when I went out to get the paper, the little guy came up and nibbled on my toes. He didn't break the skin or anything, but it was still kind of creepy...

[LadyoftheRabbits]

29. Oh! That reminds me...

:D I was sitting outside one day in our yard, reading, cross legged, when I looked up and suddenly this squirrel was at my knee, looking up at me. I slowly backed into the house, and it followed me, climbing up the screen for about half an hour and trying to find a way in. Mom and I snuck out the back door for weeks afterward... :rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. LOL!

A stalker!

[tinfoilinfor2005]

23. I'm afraid I'm with Carrie...

"You can't make friends with a squirrel. Squirrels are just rats
with cuter outfits."

--Carrie, Sex and the City

[qnr]

24. Some of us like (the majority of) rats too n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. I think rats get a bum rap...

They aren't so bad...They're merely the victims of circumstance.

Consider lab rats...the kinds that are sold in pet stores. They're very intelligent creatures...playful and personable once you get to know them.

It's our understandable fear of the diseases rats can carry, and their aggressive behavior when they need to compete for food in the wild (or in the city) that makes them seem so horrible.

[bumblebee1]

31. I enjoy watching the squirrels and rabbits in our yard.

we have a squirrel feeder in our backyard. We get corn logs from the hardware store where hubby works part time. It's also fun to watch the squirrels run along the top of our neighbors' fence. Hubby likes to send our dog to chase the squirrels. He never catches one. I wonder if the squirrels like to laugh at our old dog. A squirrel ate half of a green tomato on one of our vines.

[Jamastiene]

35. Year ago, I had a dog named Sockie who used to want to

play with the squirrels in the yard. He couldn't get to them. That was back when we had him on a chain (leash laws/city limits.) He would go to the end of his rope and bark and bark at them. One of them would sit there almost within reach and eat right in front of him. She is the one I named Cyclops. She was very smart like that and always showed her intelligence. She knew exactly how far he could go and where she'd be safe.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. We get those re-constituted corn logs....

They last so much longer than the ears of dry corn. And the squirrels love 'em!

[smtpgirl]

34. So cute, I prefer to run them over with my car

[Nailzberg]

40. and TASTY!!!!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

44. My granddad told me they were kind of tough

and gamey-tasting...

But when he was growing up, if you didn't eat squirrel, sometimes you just didn't eat.

[malta blue]

42. I love squirrels.

If it involves a squirrel or a hedgehog, I am bound to be amused.

This is the squirrel picture that I most often laugh at...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

43. LOL!

I love it!