Posted on 12/07/2005 1:39:27 PM PST by Red Badger
When the people rushed to rescue the dog it was too late
A pack of furious squirrels attacked a stray dog and tore it to shreds in Russia's Far East. The incident occurred in the center of the settlement of Lazo in the Dalnerechensky District. black squirrel
Three locals walking in a park were witnesses of the incident. They say the stray dog was barking at black squirrels jumping from one tree to another. Then the squirrels grouped and suddenly attacked the mongrel.
The witnesses said the squirrels fiercely eviscerated the dog. When the people rushed to rescue the dog it was too late. The fight between the dog and the squirrels lasted for not longer than a minute. When the triumphant squirrels saw the humans approaching, they scattered carrying pieces of the prey in their mouths.
The incident made locals incredibly cautious and people now prefer to pass the park by and do not let children play there. People fear that savage squirrels may attack someone again. One of the locals says that if another accident occured there it would make sense to fix traps in the forest to catch squirrels.
Squirrels have little cones to eat this year. Usually, squirrels lived in the woods only but this year they have come to live right in the center of the settlement.
Mikhail Tiunov from the Far East Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences says he has never heard about squirrel attacking other animals before. "This sounds nonsensical that squirrels attacked a stray dog and tore it to pieces. If this actually happened, the life of squirrels in the forest seems to be really hard this year. It is typical of squirrels to feed on nuts, seeds and mushrooms. And it is unlikely that squirrels have become so aggressive as a result of some mutation," Newsru quoted the expert as saying.
My sister was bitten by a moose once
They're chipmonks......
Alvin! Simon!!! Theodoooore!!!!
(Oops, sorry, wrong tree rodents.)
Willy Wonka: Don't touch that squirrel's nuts! It'll make him crazy!
Guess Vodka consumption is peaking about now with the shorter days.
Don't underestimate small wildlife. Squirrels here take swipes at our cat. The birds also take turns repeatedly dive-bombing the cat. We have a useless cat.
I didn't say that I didn't believe you. I said that the squirrels on our property eat acorns.
If your squirrels eat birds, that's okay too.
Sheesh!
Thanks man!!!
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I just about cracked my ribcage reading your post. Priceless!!!
Mutant squirrel ping
Yup. Mockingbirds will do it too ... the real fun is when the Redwing Blackbirds start divebombing me.
I've ALWAYS believed in that adjective being used in conjunction with the smaller feline species.
Squirrel: The Other White Meat
Moose bites can be nasty.
Reading this story aloud to obnoxious dog who loves to bark at anything and everything.
Seeing that would have been very interesting. Maybe you did what that squirrel did to those blue jays.
< / Dave Barry >
I did research with squirrels for about a year...nasty, nasty critters. And when black squirrels move in, the grays and reds disappear within a few years' time.
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