Author Topic: Squirrel fills Antenna with Acorns (Read 3496 times)

CopperCone · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2017, 01:38:07 am »

prepper squirrel

Dubbie · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2017, 01:44:28 am »

Poor squirrel. He had probably been going around thinking; "Because I worked so hard all summer, my winter is going to be sooo relaxing!"

Tomorokoshi · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2017, 01:59:20 am »

Mmm... Microwaved Acorns!

Red Squirrel · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2017, 02:04:56 am »

Wasn't me.

Bet that reception was slowly degrading and they were wondering why.

"why do we keep getting VSWR alarms there's not even any snow on it!"

xrunner · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2017, 02:08:09 am »

Totally nuts!

Falcon69 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2017, 02:13:03 am »

LoL, that's funny.

Cubdriver · « **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2017, 03:25:50 am »

Dayum!! That was a seriously industrious critter!

-Pat

cdev · « **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2017, 03:53:36 am »

Squirrel behavior is kind of interesting, I think. The falling price of video equipment makes it easier to observe wildlife up close. This person took a long video of this squirrel eating a handful of trail mix and it seems to me, trying to alert other squirrels to come help him or her eat the food before some other animal got it..

What do you think was happening?

Ian.M · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2017, 04:06:16 am »

Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 30, 2017, 02:04:56 am

Wasn't me.

No, because you aren't a grey squirrel "tree-rat"

Cubdriver · « **Reply #10 on:** November 30, 2017, 05:43:46 am »

Quote from: cdev on November 30, 2017, 03:53:36 am

Squirrel behavior is kind of interesting, I think. The falling price of video equipment makes it easier to observe wildlife up close. This person took a long video of this squirrel eating a handful of trail mix and it seems to me, trying to alert other squirrels to come help him or her eat the food before some other animal got it..

What do you think was happening?

One of my cats was going nuts climbing all around the computer and monitors trying to find the creature that was making the noise.

-Pat

Brumby · « **Reply #11 on:** November 30, 2017, 06:06:53 am »

Quote from: xrunner on November 30, 2017, 02:08:09 am

Totally nuts!

I went hours resisting the temptation to post that.

How long did you last?

xrunner · « **Reply #12 on:** November 30, 2017, 01:05:35 pm »

Quote from: Brumby on November 30, 2017, 06:06:53 am

Quote from: xrunner on November 30, 2017, 02:08:09 am
Totally nuts!

I went hours resisting the temptation to post that.

How long did you last?

Milliseconds.

Brumby · « **Reply #13 on:** November 30, 2017, 01:33:32 pm »

That figures ...

taydin · « **Reply #14 on:** November 30, 2017, 01:41:42 pm »

that sucker must have been preparing for a nuclear winter

Ampera · « **Reply #15 on:** November 30, 2017, 02:46:54 pm »

Now we need cats guarding our transmission towers.

ebastler · « **Reply #16 on:** November 30, 2017, 04:02:09 pm »

In the initial shots, it loos like there was an "insert nut here" hole in the front, at half height. Did that poor squirrel have any way of getting them out again, or did the planning not extend that far out? ;-)

Tomorokoshi · « **Reply #17 on:** November 30, 2017, 05:14:09 pm »

Quote from: ebastler on November 30, 2017, 04:02:09 pm

In the initial shots, it loos like there was an "insert nut here" hole in the front, at half height. Did that poor squirrel have any way of getting them out again, or did the planning not extend that far out? ;-)

Obviously, that was all planned and implemented by a squirrel in Management, not Engineering.

rfeecs · « **Reply #18 on:** November 30, 2017, 05:31:10 pm »

Uhh, the video says woodpecker, not squirrel. Makes more sense given the location of the hole.

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Acorn Woodpeckers live in large groups in western oak woodlands. Their social lives are endlessly fascinating: they store thousands of acorns each year by jamming them into specially made holes in trees.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Acorn_Woodpecker/lifehistory#

cdev · « **Reply #19 on:** December 01, 2017, 07:23:13 pm »

Bowerbirds are the artists of the bird world, and they are very much worth looking into.

The males build elaborate artistic constructions, trying to outdo one another, they have to be 'just right'.

They are VERY picky..

They do this to attract a mate and have sex.

Check them out, its just amazing how elaborate their bowers can be. Some bowerbirds are native to Australia.

Also, corvids, the crow family, are very very smart, as birds go.

There was an interesting story on the BBC a while back of a young girl who had befriended crows in her Seattle suburb and the crows would bring her gifts.

(interestingly colored objects) And she would feed them. They clearly were enamored of her.

They also found and returned her mothers camera lens cap to her when she lost it several blocks away.

Other people have also become friends with crows.

bd139 · « **Reply #20 on:** December 01, 2017, 07:27:05 pm »

Some of them are dumbasses though

https://youtu.be/w3uY3cDn0IA

Cubdriver · « **Reply #21 on:** December 01, 2017, 08:12:39 pm »

Quote from: bd139 on December 01, 2017, 07:27:05 pm

Some of them are dumbasses though

https://youtu.be/w3uY3cDn0IA

I'd think that would HURT!!

At least wood has some give to it...

-Pat

phil from seattle · « **Reply #22 on:** December 01, 2017, 08:29:03 pm »

Actually, woodpeckers do that to attract mates. There is some metal flashing on my house that they pound on during mating season. And yes, I am not going to make a joke about proving pecker hardness.

bjcuizon · « **Reply #23 on:** December 01, 2017, 09:10:40 pm »

So...Acorns are now minute meals??


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