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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Squirrel in time-lapse video
A beautiful time-lapse videoof a flower opening, with a squirrel making a cameo appearance in the background. Its not focused on the squirrel, but its a good video anyways.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Squirrel Brain
Saw this at the Museum of Science, Boston.
The large brain is human; The small one is squirrel :P
Monday, June 23, 2008
Squirrel rummages in backpack
A cute squirrel rummages through a backpack, but senses danger and runs off empty-handed before being chased away.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
'Squirrel Facebook' shows three degrees of separation
"Mercedes has got just one "friend" in Theodore Manno's version of Facebook. With nearly 20 friends, Spider is much more popular.
Manno, from the department of biological sciences at Auburn University in Alabama, spent three weeks perched in 4-metre-high observation towers watching 65 Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus), including Lava Lamp and Mercedes. By logging interactions between the squirrels he was able to draw up a plan of the squirrels’ social network.
"Friendly interactions" were defined as instances when the squirrels kissed, sniffed, played or groomed each other.
Manno then generated a computer model of the network and looked for sustained companionships – pairs of squirrels that interacted more frequently than would be expected from just random associations.
Closely knit
It turned out that the entire colony of 65 ground squirrels was connected, on average, by three degrees of separation – meaning any two squirrels could be connected by three intermediate animals.
Popular individuals of similar age and reproductive status tended to interact with each other, leaving a few loners on the sidelines of the colony. Six squirrels were not sexually mature, and all six were on the margins of the network."
Read the full article here :
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13495-squirrel-facebook-shows-three-degrees-of-separation.html
Manno, from the department of biological sciences at Auburn University in Alabama, spent three weeks perched in 4-metre-high observation towers watching 65 Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus), including Lava Lamp and Mercedes. By logging interactions between the squirrels he was able to draw up a plan of the squirrels’ social network.
"Friendly interactions" were defined as instances when the squirrels kissed, sniffed, played or groomed each other.
Manno then generated a computer model of the network and looked for sustained companionships – pairs of squirrels that interacted more frequently than would be expected from just random associations.
Closely knit
It turned out that the entire colony of 65 ground squirrels was connected, on average, by three degrees of separation – meaning any two squirrels could be connected by three intermediate animals.
Popular individuals of similar age and reproductive status tended to interact with each other, leaving a few loners on the sidelines of the colony. Six squirrels were not sexually mature, and all six were on the margins of the network."
Read the full article here :
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13495-squirrel-facebook-shows-three-degrees-of-separation.html
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Pine martens 'key' to red squirrel defence
"Pine martens may be the key to defending some of the last strongholds of the native red squirrel against invading American greys, according to new research."
"Scotland is host to about 75 per cent of the British population of 160,000 red squirrels, which are under attack from 2.5 million greys, some of which carry the squirrel pox virus which is fatal to the native reds.
"Even in Scotland, red squirrels have already been lost from an extensive area in the Central Belt and are now found primarily in the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Argyll, Perthshire, Grampian and the Highlands.""
The main hope against the American grey squirrel is the Pine Marten, a small type of weasel-like creature. In areas where pine martens have moved in, grey squirrel numbers have dropped. Grey squirrels and pine martens both feed on the forest floor. The theory goes that the pine martens chase away the grey squirrels. The red squirrels feast mainly up in the forest canopy, and are therefore less in competition with the pine martens then they are the grey squirrels. (The grey squirrels and the red squirrels share similar living spaces, while red squirrels and pine martens do not.)http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Read the full story here:
"Scotland is host to about 75 per cent of the British population of 160,000 red squirrels, which are under attack from 2.5 million greys, some of which carry the squirrel pox virus which is fatal to the native reds.
"Even in Scotland, red squirrels have already been lost from an extensive area in the Central Belt and are now found primarily in the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Argyll, Perthshire, Grampian and the Highlands.""
The main hope against the American grey squirrel is the Pine Marten, a small type of weasel-like creature. In areas where pine martens have moved in, grey squirrel numbers have dropped. Grey squirrels and pine martens both feed on the forest floor. The theory goes that the pine martens chase away the grey squirrels. The red squirrels feast mainly up in the forest canopy, and are therefore less in competition with the pine martens then they are the grey squirrels. (The grey squirrels and the red squirrels share similar living spaces, while red squirrels and pine martens do not.)http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Read the full story here:
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Cute Squirrel Photos!
Okay, not exactly news, but these are some photos of squirrels living by the Charles River in Watertown, MA.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Squirrel evades pepper spray, 5 people treated in city
The title and this quote say it all.
"“When the fire department went in and opened up all of the windows, the squirrel decided to leave,” Williams said. “I guess he figured his work there was done.”"
Read the article here:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080602/NEWS01/80602002
"“When the fire department went in and opened up all of the windows, the squirrel decided to leave,” Williams said. “I guess he figured his work there was done.”"
Read the article here:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080602/NEWS01/80602002
Monday, May 26, 2008
Frozen squirrels are dangerous
Yes, that title is obvious. Frozen anything is usually very solid, and if used in a menacing way can do considerable dammage.
According to this Snopes article
http://www.snopes.com/critters/gnus/squirrel.asp,
frozen squirrels have been quite a source of mayhem in the past.
They've been used as decoys to be thrown at barking dogs while criminals steal hubcaps off parked cars. They've become weapons in domestic abuse cases, where they were used to knock someone unconcious. The little buggers have even passed away during the winter in trees, fallen down, and destroyed car windshields.
Who knew the little buggers could have such adventurous lives post-mortem?
According to this Snopes article
http://www.snopes.com/critters/gnus/squirrel.asp,
frozen squirrels have been quite a source of mayhem in the past.
They've been used as decoys to be thrown at barking dogs while criminals steal hubcaps off parked cars. They've become weapons in domestic abuse cases, where they were used to knock someone unconcious. The little buggers have even passed away during the winter in trees, fallen down, and destroyed car windshields.
Who knew the little buggers could have such adventurous lives post-mortem?
Monday, May 12, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Squirrel causes blackout in Hanover, Parsippany (NJ)
"Hundreds of residents in Parsippany and Hanover lost power for nearly an hour Tuesday afternoon after a squirrel came into contact with a power line at a substation in Hanover.
No serious problems were reported, but the squirrel was electrocuted."
Read the rest here
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080109/COMMUNITIES38/801090359/1344/NEWS14
No serious problems were reported, but the squirrel was electrocuted."
Read the rest here
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080109/COMMUNITIES38/801090359/1344/NEWS14
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Being Followed by a baby squirrel
Video of a guy being followed by a baby squirrel.
http://www.maniacworld.com/being-followed-by-baby-squirrel.html
http://www.maniacworld.com/being-followed-by-baby-squirrel.html
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