Furious squirrels attack stray dog and tear it to pieces

Pravda (Trust but Verify) ^ | 12/02/2005 | Staff

[tx4guns]

Makes me think of this little guy from Monty Python:

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Killer_rabbit.JPG[/img]

[KeyLargo]

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BENICIA POLICE AND FIRE LOG
October 28, 2002: Benicia woman attacked by the Zodiac squirrel?
MONDAY

10:26 a.m. A woman on the 1600 block of West 7th Street near Interstate 780 reported that "a very aggressive squirrel" came out of some bushes and attacked her as she was walking southbound on the west side of West Seventh Street. After conducting a thorough search of the area, police were unable to locate any predatory, carnivorous, or even suspicious thug squirrels, so the search was called off.

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[KeyLargo]

"They're chipmonks......"

Uh, should that be .."munks."?

Otherwise I think chipmonks would be some sort of religious order, would they not?

[layman]

I watched a squirrel work for hours gathering one acorn at a time and then running in a zigzag pattern across the yard to hide each one under a leaf. As soon as he went back for another acorn the blue jays, who were watching this, flew down and took the acorn from under the leaf. I don't know if the blue jays were eating the acorns or just tormenting the squirrel. So, I can understand why a squirrel might decide to kill a dog instead of playing the 'disappearing acorn' game.

[conservativebabe]

Sounds as if that squirrel was not the brightest.

[em2vn]

They will will raid bird nests and kill the young and eat them. They will also pounce on any crippled creature like a bird or cat.

[USS Alaska]

Squirrels don't eat the whole dog, only the nuts. Ouch!

[layman]

Sounds as if that squirrel was not the brightest

Well, he wasn't hiding all the acorns under the same leaf ... it was a different leaf each time. But, you're probably right about his brightness. I had dozens of squirrels in my yard and he was the only one using this particular method of storing acorns for the winter.

[UnklGene]

[rfreedom4u]

A lesson should have been learned from the killer rabbit in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail.

It's time for the holy hand grenade.

[rfreedom4u]

Sorry but Chip and Dale were chipmunks.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I had a husky dog that would instantly go for the kill if any squirrel came within leaping distance..."

I have a Shepherd that actually hunkers down, stalks and pounces like a cat. He's not always succesful, and the contest evolves into a more traditional canid pursuit should the prey dodge the initial onslaught. He does have a surprisingly high "hit" ratio, which increases proportionately with degree of embarassment he'll subject me to by parading around and into the house with a freshly killed squirrel, possum, turtle (cracked the shell with his jaws...took me a little while to figure out what it was), or other critter. Many first time visitors to my place have been honored with the presentation of nature's bounty.

[RightWhale]

The cat caught a vole, killed it and brought it to me. I appreciate the sentiment, but the cat seemd disappointed when I tossed the vole to the owls. Next time the cat brought a live vole and laid it at my feet, thinking who knows what cats think, and just watched while the vole recovered and ran under the counter. Next morning the vole was found drowned in the cat's water bowl, of course [voles do that--standard behavior], but the cat was totally disgusted and never brought another vole. That is why I prefer dogs, they don't expect much of you.

[conservativebabe]

under a leaf, yeah that's a good spot where no one will find it- course we have to assume the squirrel has a thought process.

poor poochy. I've always heard that squirrels can be really nasty.

[Continental Soldier]

Maybe the squirrels were just plain sick of being barked at! Sometimes people react that way too. And sometimes there is justice.

[metmom]

"One of the locals says that if another accident occured there it would make sense to fix traps in the forest to catch squirrels."

When? After they tear a child to pieces? Shoot 'em now!

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

[SandRat]

We could use some of them for ZOTTING the trolls. Wonder if Russia will let us have some to drop in Osama's, Saddam's, and Zowie's shorts. OK, OK, MMorre's, GSoros', and SSheehan's shorts too.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Please pardon me. But your squirrels will eat a baby bird, too, if they get the chance.

[Tribune7]

Can't say I believe it but I think I can guess the subject of one of the movies on the Sci Fi Channel next spring.