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  • Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying

    07/14/2007 9:59:14 AM PDT · by Ronzo · 22 replies · 1,175+ views
    ynetnews.com ^ | 7/13/07 | Dudi Cohen
    Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying Islamic Republic's intelligence agents allege rodents were carrying advanced Western spy gear Dudi Cohen Published: 07.13.07, 23:43 / Israel News Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation's borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic. "In recent weeks, intelligence operatives have arrested 14 squirrels within Iran's borders," state-sponsored news agency IRNA reported. "The squirrels were carrying spy gear of foreign agencies, and were stopped before they could act, thanks to the alertness of our intelligence services." Iranian police commander...
  • Israeli Spy Squirrels

    07/14/2007 5:55:19 AM PDT · by nanook · 46 replies · 4,579+ views
    Israeli News/YNET News | 07/13/07 | Dudi Cohen
    Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying Islamic Republic's intelligence agents allege rodents were carrying advanced Western spy gear
  • Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying

    07/13/2007 6:49:24 PM PDT · by West Coast Conservative · 65 replies · 4,099+ views
    Ynetnews ^ | July 13, 2007 | Dudi Cohen
    Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation's borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic. "In recent weeks, intelligence operatives have arrested 14 squirrels within Iran's borders," state-sponsored news agency IRNA reported. "The squirrels were carrying spy gear of foreign agencies, and were stopped before they could act, thanks to the alertness of our intelligence services." Iranian police commander Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqadam confirmed the report, saying that a number of squirrels had been caught bearing foreign spy gear within Iran's borders. "I heard of this but...
  • Squirrel Spy Ring? Thats Nuts! (Iran captures rodent spies!)

    07/12/2007 11:26:36 AM PDT · by ScaniaBoy · 45 replies · 3,968+ views
    SkyNews ^ | July 12, 2007
    Police in Iran are reported to have taken 14 squirrels into custody - because they are suspected of spying. Britain's latest secret weapon? The rodents were found near the Iranian border allegedly equipped with eavesdropping devices. The reports have come from the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). When asked about the confiscation of the spy squirrels, the national police chief said: "I have heard about it, but I do not have precise information." The IRNA said that the squirrels were kitted out by foreign intelligence services - but they were captured two weeks ago by police officers. Britain's latest...
  • Squirrel goes on rampage, injures 3

    06/14/2007 10:47:24 AM PDT · by EternalVigilance · 69 replies · 2,121+ views
    Reuters ^ | Jun 14, 2007
    BERLIN (Reuters) - An aggressive squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town before a 72-year-old pensioner dispatched the rampaging animal with his crutch. The squirrel first ran into a house in the southern town of Passau, leapt from behind on a 70-year-old woman, and sank its teeth into her hand, a local police spokesman said Thursday. With the squirrel still hanging from her hand, the woman ran onto the street in panic, where she managed to shake it off. The animal then entered a building site and jumped on a construction worker, injuring him on the hand...
  • 'Critters' Blamed For Missing U.S. Flags

    06/06/2007 4:59:56 PM PDT · by Daffynition · 23 replies · 589+ views
    First Coast News ^ | 6/6/2007 | staff reporter
    NEENAH, Wis. (AP) -- Caretakers of the Oak Hill Cemetery noticed around Memorial Day that about 25 U.S. flags were missing from the graves of military veterans. But the haphazard pattern of theft and the fact that the wooden dowels remained intact led them to only one theory in the week since - the thieves aren't human. "It's a pretty solid conclusion that critters are stealing our flags," said cemetery foreman Mark Alberts. Apparently, it's been a problem all around the state. Squirrels took flags in Oshkosh and used them to line their nests a few years ago, and a...
  • Solar Power Plant Construction Halted Due to Endangered Squirrel

    04/01/2007 7:24:44 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 38 replies · 1,228+ views
    ecoenquirer.com ^ | April 2006 | Ecoenquirer
    The situation has confounded local environmentalists, who are now evenly divided on whether the solar power plant or the nest of squirrels is more important to their cause.
  • Squirrels Accurately Predict Bumper Harvests

    12/21/2006 3:49:48 PM PST · by blam · 64 replies · 1,430+ views
    New Scientist ^ | 12-21-2006 | Roxanne Khamsi
    Squirrels accurately predict bumper harvests 19:00 21 December 2006 NewScientist.com news service Roxanne Khamsi Squirrels can somehow predict which years trees will produce massive amounts of seed, a new study reveals. The animals produce an extra litter of pups months ahead of these unusually large harvests, researchers report. The scientists analysed 16 years of data on American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) populations in Yukon, Canada. As part of the experiment, Andrew McAdam of Michigan State University and his colleagues lured the animals into traps with peanut butter and then tagged them. The team periodically recaptured the squirrels and assessed whether...
  • Revolt of the rodents ( Dave Barry) (LOL!)

    12/17/2006 5:33:55 PM PST · by nuconvert · 12 replies · 924+ views
    Miami Herald ^ | Dave Barry
    Revolt of the rodents BY DAVE BARRY (This classic Dave Barry column was originally published Sept. 10, 1995.) Once again, we are forced to ask ourselves, as a society, whether nature should be legal. Consider a story from the June 22 Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader, written by Paul Tracy and sent in by alert reader Arnie Alpert. This story states that on June 20 a Laconia, N.H., police officer was called to the municipal water-treatment facility in response to -- and as you read this column, please bear in mind that I am not making any of these newspaper quotations...
  • Russian squirrel pack 'kills dog'

    12/12/2006 9:04:29 PM PST · by Shermy · 82 replies · 5,598+ views
    BBC ^ | December 1, 2006
    Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report. Passers-by were too late to stop the attack by the black squirrels in a village in the far east, which reportedly lasted about a minute. They are said to have scampered off at the sight of humans, some carrying pieces of flesh. A pine cone shortage may have led the squirrels to seek other food sources, although scientists are sceptical. The attack was reported in parkland in the centre of Lazo, a village in the Maritime Territory, and was witnessed...
  • CA: Mountain View relents on plan to kill aggressive squirrels (No new attacks of late)

    10/14/2006 3:27:08 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 286+ views
    ap on Daily Comet ^ | 10/14/06 | AP
    City officials are relenting on a plan to trap and kill aggressive squirrels that have been attacking humans in a popular park. The city does not have any immediate plans to arm the steel traps placed in the trees at Cuesta Park two weeks ago, David Muela, the city's community services director, said Friday. The city previously said it had no choice but to kill the squirrels after three people - including a 4-year-old boy - were bitten inside the park. The animals were jumping inside baby strollers, opening food bags and even scratching people giving them handouts including a...
  • (Starving, Desperate) Squirrels Go On Attack At South Bay Park (after city starves them)(CA)

    09/28/2006 4:16:49 PM PDT · by FairOpinion · 88 replies · 2,144+ views
    NVC News ^ | Sept. 28, 2006 | NBC News
    An aggressive squirrel pounced on a 4-year-old boy in an attack last week in Cuesta Park in Mountain View. The attack happened as the boy's mother unwrapped a muffin during a picnic. Ironically, efforts to curb the behavior may have exacerbated the squirrels' aggressive tendencies, Muela said. This summer, the city installed new trash receptacles featuring metal tops with a latch that makes it nearly impossible for an animal to rummage through the can in search of food. Increased park ranger patrols and flier distributions cautioning against feeding the animals might have further cut the squirrels' food supply, prompting them...
  • Aggressive Squirrels Prowl Mountain View Park

    09/27/2006 7:49:25 PM PDT · by verum ago · 18 replies · 477+ views
    foxreno.com ^ | 9/27/06
    MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Visitors to a Mountain View park Wednesday where greeted by signs warning them to be on alert for a group of aggressive squirrels who have bitten at least six people and have even been brazen enough to jump into a baby's stroller. Jennifer Packard told the San Jose Mercury about the latest attack. She said she had unwrapped a muffin during a picnic last week in Mountain View's Cuesta Park and had given it to her son, Andrew. Quickly, a brown tree squirrel pounced, attacking the 4-year-old and wrestling with him for the muffin. The youngster was...
  • Cemetery's Flags Found in Squirrel Nest

    09/07/2006 9:34:36 PM PDT · by steve-b · 38 replies · 959+ views
    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- Groundskeepers at Forest Hill Cemetery thought it was kids who were stealing dozens of American flags. That is, until one found a giant squirrel's nest....
  • Solar Power Plant Construction Halted Due to Endangered Squirrel

    07/01/2006 8:57:45 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 49 replies · 1,573+ views
    www.ecoenquirer.com ^ | 6-30-06 | Eco-enquirer
    "This has caused unspeakable turmoil in the environmental community", lamented Rainbow Treetower, spokesperson for the local Falls Canyon chapter of the Save Our Earth Society. She noted that one female environmentalist was seriously injured during an altercation over the issue when a male associate tried to choke her by entangling her in a large dream catcher.
  • Evolution gets busy in the urban lab

    04/26/2006 8:10:51 AM PDT · by orionblamblam · 89 replies · 1,064+ views
    New Scientist ^ | 26 April 2006 | Bob Holmes
    "IT'S the wild west of evolution and ecology," says Joel Brown, an ecologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Evolution is operating with a vengeance in the urban environment as animals struggle to adapt to novel conditions and cope with "evolutionary illusions". An animal is said to be in an evolutionary illusion or trap when it does something it has evolved to do, but at the wrong time or in the wrong place. The concept may help explain why so many squirrels get squashed on city streets, says Brown. For millions of years, squirrels have evolved to cross open...
  • 'Back conservation, eat a squirrel', British lawmakers told

    03/23/2006 9:23:42 PM PST · by presidio9 · 37 replies · 711+ views
    AFP ^ | Thu Mar 23, 2006
    British politicians were urged to eat grey squirrels as part of a radical plan to prevent the indigenous red variety of the species from disappearing. The animal, made famous by the Squirrel Nutkin character in author Beatrix Potter's illustrated children's books, once thrived in Britain but is now battling for survival as imported North American greys run rampant. The unusual conservation method was proposed during a debate on the subject in Britain's unelected upper chamber, the House of Lords. Lord Richard Inglewood, the patron of conservation group Red Alert North-West, which works to save red squirrel populations in Potter's native...
  • Rat-Squirrel Not Extinct After All (Scientists off 11 Million years)

    03/09/2006 2:46:21 PM PST · by new yorker 77 · 241 replies · 2,958+ views
    The AP via Yahoo! News ^ | March 9, 2006 | Lauran Neergaard
    It has the face of a rat and the tail of a skinny squirrel — and scientists say this creature discovered living in central Laos is pretty special: It's a species believed to have been extinct for 11 million years. The long-whiskered rodent made international headlines last spring when biologists declared they'd discovered a brand new species, nicknamed the Laotian rock rat. It turns out the little guy isn't new after all, but a rare kind of survivor: a member of a family until now known only from fossils. Nor is it a rat. This species, called Diatomyidae, looks...
  • California City (Santa Monica) Opts To Gas Park's Squirrels

    02/10/2006 4:35:31 PM PST · by FairOpinion · 49 replies · 824+ views
    CBS ^ | Feb. 10, 2006 | CBS
    The city of Santa Monica, Calif., is in trouble with environmentalists for the way they eradicated their squirrel population: An unannounced, weekend fumigation of the animals' burrows under Palisades Park. City officials had debated the rodent overpopulation issue for more than a year, trying to find a solution which involved neither poison nor pain, reports KCBS-TV's Jennifer Sabih.
  • Great Britain: Grey squirrels on hit list (Massive cull of Greys planned to save Red Squirrels)

    01/21/2006 8:26:50 PM PST · by Stoat · 78 replies · 1,446+ views
    The Sun (U.K.) ^ | January 21, 2006 | MICHAEL LEA
    Grey squirrels on hit list Doomed ... grey menacePicture: REX     By MICHAEL LEATHE Government is planning the slaughter of thousands of grey squirrels — risking a backlash from wildlife lovers. The aim is to protect the rapidly dwindling stock of native red squirrels. Rangers will poison, trap and shoot the greys to create “buffer zones” in woods. Contraceptives may even be added to their food to curtail breeding. The plan — to be unveiled in detail tomorrow — will also stop damage to trees, because greys love stripping bark.   Greys are also seen as pests by...