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Quote: zooo @ April 5 2011, 7:22 PM BST

I will never understand this bizarre 'I hate grey squirrels, but awwww, look at the fluffy red squirrels' mentality
THEY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME.

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They don' behave the same though.

For example, Grey squirrels wreck the crops of hazelnuts by eating them before there is any significant 'meat' of nut inside, hence they strip the tree completely, red squirrels feed from them sensibly.

Quote: chipolata @ April 5 2011, 7:33 PM BST

*releases grizzly bear in zooo's bedroom and lets nature take its course*

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Zooo is next seen grilling grizzly steaks and offering them to BCG members.

Quote: KLRiley @ April 5 2011, 9:01 PM BST

I have a neighbour who comes over all Basil Fawlty at the sight of a squirrel. It doesn't matter what colour the bugger is. As far as he is concerned they are the enemy and all methods are legitimate in their destruction. For those of you familiar with Jasper Carrot's Mole sketch, this is what is going on next door to Riley Towers. But my neigbour is a good deal less sane in treatment of the squirrels than Mr Carrot was towards his mole.
Traps are set. Hides are constructed from which to watch. Fortunately no evidence of shotguns, either wielded by the neighbour or the squirrels, has been detected yet. But at any time of day the neighbour is ready to rush in and grab the trap when a squirrel has been caught. The squirrel then gets a speed limit defying ride in a fast car to the nearest woodland where it is reluctantly released.
This happens every year. I think the squirrels catch the bus back from the woods and lurk in his garden just to annoy him.

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Actually Grey Squirrels are, I'm pretty sure, classified as vermin and consequently it is illegal to release them.

Live traps are used instead of lethal ones, so that and non-vermin caught (such as red squirrels) can be released alive.

Has anyone ever seen a red squirrel?

Quote: bigfella @ April 5 2011, 9:19 PM BST

Has anyone ever seen a red squirrel?

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Do Rats covered in paint count?

Well I think you're all horrible greyists.

Quote: billwill @ April 5 2011, 9:13 PM BST

Zooo is next seen grilling grizzly steaks and offering them to BCG members.

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Quote: zooo @ April 5 2011, 7:30 PM BST

The pics aren't working for me on that page, so I can't tell for sure if they look the same as our squirrels.

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Headachey.

Quote: DaButt @ April 5 2011, 9:31 PM BST

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Yeah, I think they look pretty much the same as ours. Maybe a bit more butch, and a slightly more chipmunky face.

More butch!

Well they need to be, in Texas!

We have black squirrels and gray squirrels but I think they tend to live in the eastern half of the country. Flying squirrels, too!

Grey squirrels are greedy little bastards who eat everything put out for birds. I, too, used to wage war on them - my dog-barking impressions must be famous in the five mile perimeter round my home - that worked for a while, but then they sussed me (probably clued by the battalion of men in white coats who arrived regularly at the house). My son's giant water pistol was also quite successful for a while and it was a delight to see the shocked expressions on their evil little faces when the water hit. I had another trick involving string tied to the washing line so that when pulled just as they jumped at the bird container, they hurled past it and landed on the ground.
Finally I found a squirrel proof nut container and the war ended.

Quote: bigfella @ April 5 2011, 9:19 PM BST

Has anyone ever seen a red squirrel?

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I've seen red squirrels on the Isle of Arran (Firth of Clyde).

Sorry to go on, but I really never knew there was so much grey squirrel hate. They're just as cute as any other little fluffy garden animal to me. Am nonplussed.
Don't you think they look cute scampering about in trees and stuff? And nibbling acorns out of their little furry paws?

Quote: zooo @ April 5 2011, 9:53 PM BST

Sorry to go on, but I really never knew there was so much grey squirrel hate. They're just as cute as any other little fluffy garden animal to me. Am nonplussed.
Don't you think they look cute scampering about in trees and stuff? And nibbling acorns out of their little furry paws?

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You seem to be missing the point of why they're looked upon as vermin! It has nothing to do with how cute they are! I'm not fussed, but I can understand why they're disliked by many.

All people have really said so far is that they eat the birds' food!
Not exactly 'evil'.

Whether it is logical or not, the fact is usually people forgive cute animals most things. Just don't get why squirrels are getting so much vitriol!

Why have I posted so much about something I don't really care about??

Ah yes . . . *eyes open file he was supposed to be working on*