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Of acorns, squirrels and oak trees,

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tony barnhill said:
That video is great - wonder what the little sucker thought when he went flying through those trees?
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Hey Tony, squirrels can fly... did you ever watch this?
 
:lol: :lol:....guess they can talk also....hehehehe
 
tony barnhill said:
That video is great - wonder what the little sucker thought when he went flying through those trees?
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Look Ma.... No hands !!!
 
bgbassplyr said:
Can't find it now, but a couple of years go there was a video of the guy who built a LARGE sling shot on his deck, baited the pouch with nuts, and waited for the squirrel to enter. Shot that bad boy way off into the woods.
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Here ya go...
Squirrel Launcher
 
Hey Guys, watch this.
Fly me to the moon.....
Exceeding my G load tolerance.
Momma tried to raise me better but her pleading I ignored....
OOOOPS!
 
swift6 said:
My brother has 5 squirrels living in the trees (front and back) of his house. These are three cottonwoods that are pushing over 80 feet easily. We refer to these critters as the "Squirrel Mafia". If you leave them some "protection peanuts" they don't bother you. They never sabotaged any of the British cars, but they used to wreak havoc on my brothers 2001 Dodge truck. They used to climb into the engine bay and eat the wiring. Only on the truck though. When I lived there they used to leave a whole peanut on our 1600GT Cortina, between the drivers side mirror and the vent window. They would occasionally leave a whole peanut on my TR8 as well. If we removed the peanut from the Cortina, it would be back with in a day. When I worked on my TR6 in the garage with the garage door open, some of them would sit outside the garage, just outside the door frame, and watch me. That was a little weird.
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My aunt and uncle live outside of town, and have a bunch of semi trained squirrels. Not so much that they let them eat out of their hands, but the squirrels know that if they hang about on the back porch, someone will walk into the kitchen and toss out some peanuts. They tend to follow you around when you're outside too-they're quite interested in what you're doing.

Come to think of it the squirrels in my old 'hood in Chicago were used to people, and they'd just sit there and watch you go about your business. Used to scare my sister who is (I recently found out) afraid of squirrels.

-Wm.
 
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