Comments on: Rose-tinted, fluffy-rimmed spectacles, anyone?

By: Thersites

Thersites — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:58:46 +0000

Joking, right. Lying, wrong.

By: sabiwabi

sabiwabi — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:38:25 +0000

Theresites

“they taste like rabbit but gamier.”

you’re joking, right?

By: Thersites

Thersites — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:35:04 +0000

“well aren’t you supposed to kill those things, can’t you just shoot ‘em?” You can’t shoot them in urban areas. I’ve checked. However, you can trap them. They make very good eating too- one per person, roasted in a low oven. they taste like rabbit but gamier.

By: sabiwabi

sabiwabi — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:30:03 +0000

I was bit by a grey squirrel on my hand once…..I was feeding it though, so I suppose it was my fault. LOL.

When I was an apartment manager I had a tenant tell me that there were “rats” on her porch. When I told her they were actually just squirrels, she looked at me and said, “well aren’t you supposed to kill those things, can’t you just shoot ‘em?”

I’ll never forget that woman.

By: Belal

Belal — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:50:41 +0000

If the grey squirrel is a superior species then it wouldn’t just be replacing the red without any other effect; it could have a more negative effect on the ecology of the area by eating more of whatever it eats than the red squirrel, and breeding more, increasing the numbers of whatever preys on it, causing various imbalances and such. I don’t really know about that situation specifically, but we have a lot of problems like this in Australia. It’s usually best to help out the native species if it is in competition with something introduced.

By: Thersites

Thersites — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:06:59 +0000

“I haven’t seen the fox busters round here, and we have plenty of them. They can get into your house and gnaw through your cables and insulation, just like mice or any other rodent.” Either your knowledge of wildlife or your sentence construction has gone a little astray here.