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Big squirrel, not Big Foot, in north Florida[Fox Squirrel]
AP ^
| 16 Nov 2007
| AP
Posted on 11/17/2007 10:56:40 AM PST by BGHater
MACCLENNY, Fla. (AP) State wildlife officials say an animal sneaking around Baker County is not an orangutan as originally thought but likely a fox squirrel.
Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission laid doughnuts at a base of a tree after residents reported seeing a quote big orange ball of fur.
Fish and Wildlife investigator Ken Holmes says the animal was probably an orange phase fox squirrel.
The Florida Times-Union reports the red-orange animals can grow to be about two feet tall and can climb in trees. (Copyright 2007 by
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bigfoot; florida; monkey; rodents; squirrel
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WTF, The Florida Fish and Wildlife can't tell the difference between a monkey and a squirrel?
Anyway, as they say, all cats are gray at night.
Related story: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925422/posts
Recent Squirrely business in Florida: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925436/posts
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posted on
11/17/2007 10:56:42 AM PST
by
BGHater
To: BGHater
Guess I better leave my .22 home and bring a .30 cal next time I go squirrel hunting in Baker Co.
To: BGHater
Fox Squirrel
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posted on
11/17/2007 11:03:12 AM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
I keep thinking of the line from the Holy Grail, run away, run away!
To: BGHater
In India, there is a species of squirrels, the Giant Malabar squirrel. It's larger than a domestic cat, and often with a red coat of fur. Perhaps someone let one of these loose there?
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posted on
11/17/2007 11:05:18 AM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: BGHater
The picture I saw didn’t look like any squirrel I’ve ever seen and I see plenty of them.
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posted on
11/17/2007 11:07:38 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: BGHater
LOL!...Donuts?
....its a wonder, they didn't attract any police (w/ apologies to :).
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posted on
11/17/2007 11:09:54 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you....Run, Fred, Run. :^)
To: BGHater
Tourist Squirrel
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posted on
11/17/2007 11:15:38 AM PST
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: BGHater
To: PeaceBeWithYou
Week end squirrel:
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posted on
11/17/2007 11:38:42 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: BGHater
The Florida Times-Union reports the red-orange animals can grow to be about two feet tall and can climb in trees. Has anyone ever actually seen a Fox squirrel that has obtained a 2 foot size? I realize they get slightly bigger than the grey squirrels we have in CA but that sounds just a tad on the large size from all the pictures I have seen of them.
Also I love the intelligent way this reporter lets us know squirrels can climb in trees. Who the he** doesn't know squirrels can climb trees?
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posted on
11/17/2007 11:42:09 AM PST
by
calex59
To: calex59
“Who the he** doesn’t know squirrels can climb trees?”
The “DUH” award of the day!
I’ve got some pretty “big reds” in my backyard. They are twice the size of the greys.
Just an FYI, woodchucks can climb trees too; and if you spot one, they look like a ginormous squirrel.
To: BGHater
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posted on
11/17/2007 11:53:56 AM PST
by
Vicki
(Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents, dead people, dogs, felons)
To: Fudd Fan
Squirrel Ping
Start at top, several photos
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posted on
11/17/2007 12:03:37 PM PST
by
SoCalPol
(Duncan Hunter '08 Tough on WOT & Illegals)
To: BGHater
Squirrels do get rather large. I can see how a squirrel could be mistaken for an orangutan.
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posted on
11/17/2007 12:06:57 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
To: BGHater
Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission laid doughnuts at a base of a tree
Sounds like they haven't ruled out a rogue off-duty cop...
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posted on
11/17/2007 12:15:57 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: Disambiguator
hey, isn’t the guy on the left the one captured by those terrorists in Iraq?
To: BGHater
I can't believe no one posted a link to the home of the "The Official Home Page of the Squirrel Defamation League".
All Squirrels Must Die!
Disclaimer: I have no connection, except as an amused reader, with the above web page.
Peet
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posted on
11/17/2007 1:46:44 PM PST
by
Peet
(Insert clever phrase here.)
To: BGHater
I used to hunt fox squirrels in east Texas. They are fairly large, and are not bad eating. I had my own secret place that teemed with them, morning dove, bobwhites and swamp rabbits (unfortunately it also teemed with copperheads and cottonmouths).
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posted on
11/17/2007 1:50:55 PM PST
by
VR-21
To: stefanbatory
hey, isnt the guy on the left the one captured by those terrorists in Iraq?He out foxed them...
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posted on
11/17/2007 1:56:13 PM PST
by
null and void
(No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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