By adamg - Oct 15, 2004, 2:24 PM Post #1 of 46
Last year we saw tons of acorns. That translated into tons of baby squirrels this year. Only problem: No acorns. So they're all running all over the place looking for food. It's beginning to look like a repeat of the Great Eastern Squirrel Migration of 1968. The number of dead squirrels on the highways was spectacular. For example, Mr. C. M. Teseneer, Game Protector, reported 28 dead squirrels on a 22-mile stretch of highway, over 100 dead squirrels on an 80-mile stretch, and 100 dead specimens on a 27-mile stretch -- all near Asheville, North Carolina. On September 24th, I counted 48 dead squirrels on a 32-mile stretch of road near Asheville. Wildlife Protector Thomas Osborne of Boone counted 50 squirrels on a 5-mile stretch of road near his home on the 18th of September. Other people made similar reports (Citron, R., 1968). Game Protectors Wade Cram and Wayne Beard commented that in addition to many dead squirrels found on the road, they noticed more dead foxes than usual on the highways, probably because the foxes, initially attracted by the squirrel carcasses, were in turn killed by automobiles.
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By AmeriKenArtist - Oct 15, 2004, 2:31 PM Post #2 of 46 [In reply to]
Soon the roadside market stands will have their "Squirrel Potpie" signs on display.
Think of all the mittens.
By Sarcastic Sam - Oct 15, 2004, 5:32 PM Post #4 of 46 [In reply to]
What I don't understand is, why don't they just cross the street on the telephone wire, or leap from tree to tree. I guess the smarter squirrels still do that. ------------------------- Life is....a Simpsons episode
By Fred Sennott - Oct 15, 2004, 8:38 PM Post #5 of 46 [In reply to]
Thats probably why they are still alive.This is a cyclical thing that happens every few years a bumper crop of acorns one year and the roads paved with dead squirrels the next. Trust in God and sin not.Don't blame me I'm like Sparky I voted for Sarah to.
By Sparky - Oct 15, 2004, 8:50 PM Post #6 of 46 [In reply to]
Is a dead squirrel every mile or so that unique? I doubt it!
By Sparky - Oct 15, 2004, 8:53 PM Post #7 of 46 [In reply to]
Not only that but there's the constant war between gray squirrels & red squirrels, they attack each other's private preventing them from reproducing. The things you learn on Animal Planet.
By Fred Sennott - Oct 15, 2004, 9:00 PM Post #8 of 46 [In reply to]
That would be what you would expect to see during a normal year.i have seen as many as ten in a two block area off Mass Av in Arlington.Thats a lot more than anyone would expect to see. Trust in God and sin not.Don't blame me I'm like Sparky I voted for Sarah to.
That would be like getting the flies that come IN the hole in your screen door to go back OUT the same way. Hey I drive a cab in Framingham-- it's playing Dodg'Em with hundreds of dead squirrels, but also chipmunks, possums and (yikes) skunks. It's fun. Mark.
By Fred Sennott - Oct 23, 2004, 7:41 PM Post #10 of 46 [In reply to]
All of this reminds me of a chili cookoff Iwas in with my buddy from College Station TX.I won ,but his comment "Tain't fair to use meat you find on the side of the road in a chili cookoff" took the day. Trust in God and sin not.Don't blame me I'm like Sparky I voted for Sarah to.
By adamg - Oct 23, 2004, 7:44 PM Post #11 of 46 [In reply to]
Them's good eatin' http://www.mad-cow.org/~tom/victim23.html
By Fred Sennott - Oct 23, 2004, 7:46 PM Post #12 of 46 [In reply to]
Adam,you can have my share of that breakfast treat. Trust in God and sin not.Don't blame me I'm like Sparky I voted for Sarah to.
Yuck-o!
we have squirrel population control in michigan...it's called, everyone aims for the squirrels and each one is 10 points!! **I've learned that some people are like a good wine, they just get better with time and some are like beer, good for the moment, but the taste never changes.
By Sarcastic Sam - Oct 25, 2004, 11:25 AM Post #15 of 46 [In reply to]
I suppose so, but I was of the understanding that squirrels were smarter than flies. However, judging from the recent crop of squirrel-jerky carcasses on the streets, I have determined that they are not. ------------------------- Life is....a Simpsons episode
By eeka - Oct 25, 2004, 11:27 AM Post #16 of 46 [In reply to]
WOOOOOOO! SQUIRRELS!
By Mike in TX - Oct 25, 2004, 12:36 PM Post #17 of 46 [In reply to]
Actually, my experience has been that this is a requirement. Armadillo on the half-shell anybody??
By Fred Sennott - Oct 25, 2004, 9:00 PM Post #18 of 46 [In reply to]
When my son Fred3 lived in Austin he told me that Armadillos are born squasjed on the side of the road,because he never saw a live one.In fact When I think of neither have I. Trust in God and sin not.Don't blame me I'm like Sparky I voted for Sarah to.
**I've learned that some people are like a good wine, they just get better with time and some are like beer, good for the moment, but the taste never changes.
By Jodie - Oct 25, 2004, 11:14 PM Post #20 of 46 [In reply to]
Did I miss something? Fred3? Do you have multiple sons named Fred, Fred?
By Mike in TX - Oct 26, 2004, 12:22 PM Post #21 of 46 [In reply to]
Probably because you were in the city and not looking in the right place at the right time. Armadillos are nocturnal; when I lived in the country, they'd come out about sundown and start rooting around for grubs and such. Had no fear of anything, probably due to stupidity, so wouldn't mind us watching them do their work. Probably explains why so many end up on the roadside.
By eeka - Oct 26, 2004, 3:46 PM Post #22 of 46 [In reply to]
HEE Fred is Fred Jr. Fred's son is Fred III.
By Fred Sennott - Oct 26, 2004, 9:27 PM Post #23 of 46 [In reply to]
No I',m Jr. Trust in God and sin not.Don't blame me I'm like Sparky I voted for Sarah to.
By Fred Sennott - Oct 26, 2004, 9:29 PM Post #24 of 46 [In reply to]
I still don't know anyone who has seen a live one.I have to ask are they good in chili? Trust in God and sin not.Don't blame me I'm like Sparky I voted for Sarah to.
By triquetra - Oct 26, 2004, 9:53 PM Post #25 of 46 [In reply to]
I've seen live armadillos in zoos, but there are no armadillos in Iowa. There's lots of chipmunks and squirrels and rabbits and deer, though. And raccoons and possums and skunks. I've seen all but the last one both alive and squished. I've smelled the latter post-squishing; I've never seen one alive in the wild, which is probably just as well. Sometimes there'll be a dead deer by the side of the road, and I'll see a truck pull over next to it, and then I stop looking in my rear view mirror and try really hard not to think about it. *~*~*~* Luceo non uro
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