Mushrooms are fine for squirrels...
It's the liquor that they can't handle.
Posted on 06/15/2010 9:05:22 PM PDT by plinyelder
This .. I know is an odd question and I couldn't figure out exactly how or where to post it so-o-o "You Won"! 8)
A lot of folks DO look upon squirrels as a pest but I kinda get a kick out of watching them.
I have never seen a squirrel eat a back-yard mushroom .. until today!
I don't know what kind of mushroom this would be but I guess that it is the typical, growing over buried, dead wood type that grows in forested areas. (my home is in a 'forest')
I walked around looking for a 'dead squirrel' a few hours after I saw what he was eating but .. no carcases!?
Is this normal .. for squirrels to eat mushrooms?
Will I be picking up dead squirrels .. maybe tomorrow?
Thanks
Please tell me this one is not real:
baby with snake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oh0v_DHFrw&feature=related
There isn’t a mushroom .. anywhere!
I think the little bugger ran around stuffing himself and maybe buried the rest?
Yep. Or more accurately, a bird in winter and a bird in summer.
Do you know why red squirrels are the only type of squirrel in an area once they move in? Your animation made me remember the interesting answer. Despite their small size, they won’t tolerate other species of squirrels in their territory. To get rid of the other squirrels, reds will attack the male of the other species and bite off his jewels thereby rendering him incapable of reproducing!
Mushrooms are fine for squirrels...
It's the liquor that they can't handle.
It must be the same with black squirrels.
Right down the block from me .. all I ever see are black squirrels.
I never knew there were such things as black squirrels until I saw them down the street!
It might be the same but it could also be that the black hair trait is genetically dominant over the other color so eventually you’d get the same result.
I hope so!
Those black one's are something to behold!
LOL!
Yes. I’d trade our red ones for your black ones in a heartbeat.
Good one!
Well... they ARE rodents.
Sure those are not fox squirrels? Around here the predominant ones are grays but every now and then a fox squirrel comes around. Considerably darker in color and somewhat larger than a gray.
Or as we call them “tree rats’...
Animals know what and what not to eat
Interesting to read about the animals going to shrooms. I just read that one of the researchers into dolphins in the 1960s was giving them LSD. At least the animals seeking shrooms are responsible for their own possible psychoactive states.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.