Squirrely Wrath

[feline_dacat]

Russian squirrel pack kills dog

Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report.

Passers-by were too late to stop the attack by the black squirrels in a village in the far east, which reportedly lasted about a minute.

They are said to have scampered off at the sight of humans, some carrying pieces of flesh.

A pine cone shortage may have led the squirrels to seek other food sources, although scientists are sceptical.

The attack was reported in parkland in the centre of Lazo, a village in the Maritime Territory, and was witnessed by three local people.

A "big" stray dog was nosing about the trees and barking at squirrels hiding in branches overhead when a number of them suddenly descended and attacked, reports say.

"They literally gutted the dog," local journalist Anastasia Trubitsina told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.

"When they saw the men, they scattered in different directions, taking pieces of their kill away with them."

Mikhail Tiyunov, a scientist in the region, said it was the first he had ever heard of such an attack.

While squirrels without sources of protein might attack birds' nests, he said, the idea of them chewing a dog to death was "absurd".

"If it really happened, things must be pretty bad in our forests," he added.

Komosmolskaya Pravda notes that in a previous incident this autumn chipmunks terrorised cats in a part of the territory.

A Lazo man who called himself only Mikhalich said there had been "no pine cones at all" in the local forests this year.

"The little beasts are agitated because they have nothing to eat," he added.

 

[Till]

Way to go! Give 'em hell !

Edit: The dog will be the laughing stock of the afterlife dog community.

 

[Sophie 378]

And here I thought this was going to about Fifty's thread where he tells us not to try and be clever little squirrels.


This is ... strange.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

The squirrel in the pic shot the dog from the Grassy Knowl.

 

[Gibsie]

This is quite nuts, especially considering how much we in Britain whine about the grey squirrels...

 

[Dr. Yoshi]

Beat ya.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=145171

 

[feline_dacat]

Oops sorry! I don't read humour and jokes

 

[Joeb WK]

The moral of this story is shoot squirells on site.

 

[Sophie 378]

What if they're off-site?

 

[feline_dacat]

This is quite nuts, especially considering how much we in Britain whine about the grey squirrels...

... wait... was that deliberate?

 

[Bluemofia]

Wow. That's odd. Wonder what supposedly harmless animal will attack next?

 

[Gibsie]

I would never knowingly come up with a pun like that. Bad puns are no longer amusing.

 

[Joeb WK]

What if they're off-site?

Gassed. I hate squirrels well grey ones anyway.

 

[Kozmos]

Goddamnit I knew it,them damn squirrels are after me!!!Where is my BB gun?

I've seen em you know,looked them right in the eyes and it was like staring at the Devil himself.

 

[North King]

I've seen other stories of squirrels attacking other animals. I remember a chimpmunk was gutted by a red squirrel...

 

[feline_dacat]

Squirrels don't like me much During my first year at uni, i used to go feed the squirrels in Hyde Park peanuts cos they're awfully cute... but I was bitten by three of them! Not all at once, thankfully, but still! The little blighters bit me! Obviously they've never heard the term "don't bite the hand that feeds you..."

 

[Bluemofia]

Squirrels don't like me much During my first year at uni, i used to go feed the squirrels in Hyde Park peanuts cos they're awfully cute... but I was bitten by three of them! Not all at once, thankfully, but still! The little blighters bit me! Obviously they've never heard the term "don't bite the hand that feeds you..."

Maybe they were a little bit scared.

Reminds me. My pet goldfish try to hide and eat at the same time when I feed them. It's really wierd. They are literally begging for food 1 moment, and after I start to feed them, they try to hide and eat at the same time.

And you think they should learn by now...

 

[shortguy]

We have nice squirrels here. Not especially friendly, but they don't bother you, and some let you get within a couple feet.

 

[bhsup]

Keep peanuts out for them. A squirrel with a full tummy is a content and happy squirrel.

 

[SoCalian]

Wow. That's odd. Wonder what supposedly harmless animal will attack next?

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