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Not going to miss 2024: https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/squirrels-predators-bay-area-park-19988436.php
Dec 19, 2024 1:12 AM
distraingotnobrakes
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Not going to miss 2024: https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/squirrels-predators-bay-area-park-19988436.php
Vamp13
Rick and Morty tried to warn us
animatronicChristmasChickens
I did not have "carnivorous vole-eating ground squirrels" on my 2024 bingo card
maniacalGiggle
evolution!!!
Munchman347
'Screw the nuts, looks like meat's back on the menu boys!'...
Donaldbain
It's the 5G mixin' with covid vaccines is the piss water making da squirls feral!
HeyOP
Neat
machmach
ArcaneConjecture
https://imgur.com/YIatJmV.jpg
NotAHugeSpider
Is this some form of "aggressive persuasion" on HODL shareholders for a hostile takeover 20th Century Vole?
mrflibble24
Looks like vole's back on the menu, boys!
Hashbrown123
Ground squirrels in general regularly eat other animals though.
AtsaMattaForMe
Rendova
So the Pelosis were not the only ones targeted.
afambelafonte
sosume
fuck you gonna do about it, huh?
LariCheltsy
Holy farkin hell
CallMeMcGyver
Squirrel are assholes… they routinely murder infant rabbits and raid bird nests… they just kill the baby rabbits and birds for the hell of it or to taste them… there is no actual eating being done. They frequently throw eggs out of nests too. Squirrels are a destructive nuisance because they have few actual predators to reduce their numbers and have abundant food sources thanks to humans, but above that that are assholes first and foremost.
totallyspambox
czech59
Vole today, gone tomorrow. Nature's buffet: where predator and prey play musical chairs of survival.
lazybuthappy
It's not about the killing, but the message
AnOceanOfStars
Shall we release these squirrels in CEO meetings?
hydrocarbon82
It's sad to see this happen all because the voles switched to a for-profit model for the squirrel healthcare system they controlled. Anyways.
LespritDeLescalier22
As the prophecy foretold
chaoskingzero
Remember, all Mammals are omnivores
It's just that most of them choose one route or the other for convenience sake
When desperate they'll go the route they usually don't
CallMeMcGyver
But squirrels are just assholes, they don’t need to be desperate…
spinballwizardmtg
spinballwizardmtg
Related, "Predatory Squirrels" would make a great name for a rock band.
briham86
ROBOTvsMAN
Tell Daphne to run a 199 on a possible 'Doolittle'.
distraingotnobrakes
wadatahmydamie
No sound? Lame
ToCrushYourEnemiesSeeThemDrivenBeforeYouToHearTheLamentation
Opportunistic collaborative omnivores, like most creatures.
The ground squirrels in Idaho would work together to run the dogs till they were exhausted if you let them. Taking turns whistling from different burrows , running them back and forth between them.
Tarelgeth
It's more than that. They're not being opportunistic, they're exhibiting hunting behavior.
ToCrushYourEnemiesSeeThemDrivenBeforeYouToHearTheLamentation
Let's go , ground squirrel dietary evolution. A natural shift for caloric density .
aPokal
ChiLLeCheeze
I always thought squirrels were herbivores.
CallMeMcGyver
Squirrel enthusiast: “Awww… look how he uses his little paws like hands to eat the head of… uh… wait… they’re not supposed to do that!”
machmach
McFrazzlestache
They have the meats.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
They have the subs
turkizno
They ran out of chicken nuggies so they gotta upgrade the menu
distraingotnobrakes
HawkmanXLII
"Meat's back on the menu, boys!"
distraingotnobrakes
ThatSonOfaBitch
I'm going to have a talk with my squirrels who are currently living in harmony with the voles tearing up my lawn. That needs to change. Maybe I'll leave them with some delicious vole recipe literature to pique their interest... tableside guacavole, stringbean cassevole, volecano cake, toad in the vole.
ChorizoPig
The squirrel in my back yard wanted to fight my pig for a piece of watermelon.
distraingotnobrakes
DangerBaer
Vole-tay-toes!
sometimesarobot
Boil some hot peppers in water, filter, spray in the holes. Worked for me.
MapleSyrupMafia
What if it's a Mexican vole?
sometimesarobot
Uh.. eeeextra spicy?
ImaginaryMamboNumber5
Soak la chancla in water overnight and use that instead.
darthinebriated
Pretty sure that is a war crime.
RichardHardley
Resource competition. One species may be struggling to adapt to some kind food scarcity. Thoughts?
dReDone
My thought is that the grey squirrels have always been carnivorous in my area so this is just some bullshit to distract the masses or click bait. Like literally everyone I know already knows this shit and has my whole life.
Rkfinecake
It's not rare for a squirrel to eat smaller rodents for some quick protein. Biting their heads off though? It's pretty clear they're sending a message. Squirrel mafia. It's a thing.
al3xinw0nderland0000
Cane toads come to mind...
distraingotnobrakes
Interesting term “income breeders”, I have heard similar about hummingbirds insofar as they will have a second nest and double the offspring every year if there is good enough weather/food-supply.
SaturnineCult
Squirrels are very opportunistic, seems logical.
rookie23
One side is about to usurp the throne.
StrokeFlavoured
(Don´t say it, don´t say it, don´t say it) Squirrel wars! ... damn
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Why would there be scarcity, the ecosystem is absolutely fine, stop asking!
Heavenissize17socks
Something is wrong with the nuts.
animatronicChristmasChickens
The article suggests it is opportunistic because of the huge abundance of voles
Ultratoxic
We should start beheading billionaires for the same reason?
HeyOP
Squirrels are eating voles. Resource competition maybe, but also what else can a squirrel predate on with similar success?
naughtyrev
I remember maybe 20 years ago reading an article about how black squirrels teamed up and took down a dog to eat in Russia.
JustBoone
Bird nests, baby birds and eggs are an easy target for squirrels.
SoIncrediblyBored
Wrong season for that currently, I'd think
HeyOP
Birds as occasional opportunistic targets is also listed, but not observed on the same scale. Harder to see in trees vs a field, I'd imagine
pachyderm
Mice too sometimes
4etherling
The article is on ground squirrels. The birds are NA.