Squirrels go nuts on crack (addicts hide drugs in gardens; our furry friends dig it up)

The Sun (U.K.); ^ | October 7, 2005 | VIRGINIA WHEELER

[Stoat]

Squirrels go nuts on crack

Squirrels ... digging up stashes
 

By VIRGINIA WHEELER

 SQUIRRELS are getting hooked on crack cocaine — hidden by addicts in gardens.

They are digging up the stashes and eating the mega-addictive drug, which comes in small chunks.

Several have been spotted behaving bizarrely in Brixton, South London, since a police blitz against pushers and users.

One resident said: “My neighbour said dealers had used my garden to hide crack.

“Just an hour earlier I’d seen a squirrel digging in the flower-beds.

“It was ill-looking and its eyes looked bloodshot, but it kept on desperately digging. It seems a strange thing to say, but it seemed to know what it was looking for.”

Other residents have seen squirrels become unusually aggressive.

The RSPCA said: “These animals are big foragers. They are attracted by smell and will dig up what they fancy.

“If a squirrel did open a bag of crack and start consuming it there is no doubt it would die pretty quickly.”

Crack squirrels are a recognised problem in America. They are common in parks used by addicts in New York and Washington DC.

They have been known to attack park visitors in their search for a fix.

[dirtboy]

How would one differentiate between a squirrel on crack versus one that is not on crack?

One looks for nuts. The other one looks nuts.

[metmom]

"Just when did people stop using the "z" for words like recognized, realized and organized?

I realize that this is a U.K. writer from the UK Press, but it has been done here in the US as well. Have any of you noticed the trend? Quite disturbing. Almost seems like the Americanized ways are being phased out little by little. Or, am I a bit too anal?"


I like to read some Engish literature and after a while of seeing it written both ways, I sometimes forget which is the American way. Both look right to me. In my case at least, it's just a matter of confusion.

[Drew68]

bump to enjoy this rock a little later.

[A Texan]

Clusters are just the gateway breakfast/drugs.

[sweetliberty]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[HP8753]

It's the aggressive Crack addicted Grizzly bears that give me the willys. ;-)

[Darksheare]

Squirrel grenade weapon of mass confusion.
(No, not what you think it might be coming from me.)

[sweetliberty]

Definitely on crack.

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[Grizzled Bear]

Don't worry. I like beer and the occasional whiskey.



Drunken Bear alert!

[sweetliberty]

I'm glad it's not just me. I always used to spell it "theatre." There are a number of words that I learned to spell differently than the common English. I used to read a lot of Shakespeare, so it didn't seem strange to me. Now I just get confused. I wonder if I learned correctly (which I suspect, since these things actually mattered when I went to school) or if I've been spelling some words wrong all these years.

[EsmeraldaA]

OMG! Hilarious!

[Darksheare]

Squirrels are evil.
Unless one tames the daylights out of them.
Usually accomplished with a shoe sole, some chlorophorm, and Harvi Shankar records while the arboreal miscreant is tied up.

[SwordofTruth]

Just when did people stop using the "z" for words like recognized, realized and organized?

Before you were born.

[sweetliberty]

Mississippi Squirrel Revival

[Darksheare]

Oops.

[sweetliberty]

"I started giving him an occasional cookie, now any time he sees me he has his little paw held out."

.

[TheForceOfOne]

A perfect opportunity for another left wing nut group to appear.

Left wing "nut group"? did I just say that? lol

[EsmeraldaA]

Actually they are scary!
They are! Just as scary as the tele tubbies sp?
Scary funny stuff.

LOL!

[sit-rep]

Lord have mercy...

[HoHoeHeaux]

How did you get that together? That is so clever!