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Some Squirrels Can Fly. Some Cannot.

Tuesday June 24, 2008

05:29:12 pm - House Shit, Weirdish - Comments (4)

Yesterday I took The Butt out to make number 2, like she likes to do from time to time. We went out the front door and down the steps of the front porch. We started to cross the front yard when out of nowhere something fell from the sky with a loud thud as it hit the ground. Whatever it was, it landed about 4 feet from us. It startled both of us.

We looked over and there was a squirrel lying on the ground. It got up, a little dazed, and dashed back to the “safety” of the nearest tree. We have giant old oak trees in our front yard, and the lowest branch on the tree it fell from is easily 30 feet in the air. I’m not exaggerating either. Our house has to be at least 15 feet tall, and it’s at least twice as high as the peak of our house. See look, I made a drawing on a photo:

Squirrel + Gravity

After Molly realized what had happened, she lost it — barking, pulling, etc. This is probably the closest she has been to a real live squirrel without a window between them. She has this desire to eat squirrels. We think she might think they are mini-cats or something.

And, I don’t feel bad for the squirrel either, because:

  1. Either this squirrel or one of his buddies throws spiny seed pod things at me when I walk under this tree sometimes. It would really hurt if I got hit by one.
  2. The squirrels in our yard keep digging up our veggie garden. Assholes.

Anyway, it was crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it.

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Comments

  1. John
    Wednesday, June 25, 2008 01:04:33 am

    Kamikaze squirrel survives. Lives to try again another day

  2. mingaling
    Wednesday, June 25, 2008 01:08:54 pm

    i hate them.

  3. Jon
    Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:20:49 am

    lol @ mini cats… lol @ the whole thing actually! :oD

    For some reason, I now have an image of a squirrel wearing a crash helmet about to be fired from a tiny cannon. I’m sure this is what actually happened. Maybe.

  4. John
    Saturday, August 09, 2008 10:13:13 pm

    My squirrels can fly. Really, I just caught 2 flying squirrels in my house. They are pretty cool, about the size of gerbils, but they really think they can fly from anywhere. I trapped one in corner of a room, it jumped up about 4 feet in the air and tried to fly away. It only made it about 2 feet away. I think it needed a running start. :) Unfortunately, he ate through the cardboard box I put him and got back into the house that night.

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