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40. in America, a bushy tail exonerates an animal from vermin status

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Sat Nov 16, 2019, 06:06 PM

Nov 2019

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Are the squirrels on your lawn fat or lean? [View all] CTyankee Nov 2019 OP

Please don't fat shame the squirrels 🐿. Funtatlaguy Nov 2019 #1

Ha! 🌰🌰🥜 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2019 #2

No way! Squirrels are our friends! CTyankee Nov 2019 #3

LOL! skylucy Nov 2019 #29

Pudgy... A record acorn crop this year. hlthe2b Nov 2019 #4

Squirrels in my neighborhood are fat and happy. Arkansas Granny Nov 2019 #5

That's supposed to mean a cold winter here in CT. CTyankee Nov 2019 #7

I've always heard that you go by how thick their fur is. Although, unless you hunt squirrels, Arkansas Granny Nov 2019 #13

Squirrelly pets? Shrike47 Nov 2019 #51

I have no actual 4 legged squirrelly pets, just a few friends that some might consider squirrelly. Arkansas Granny Nov 2019 #60

I have no squirrels. Did they go to Arizona? Sneederbunk Nov 2019 #6

I watched the Boone and Crockett red squirrel in my yard the other day. He's been brewens Nov 2019 #8

No squirrels for me. Polly Hennessey Nov 2019 #9

The squirrels in my yard are fat BigMin28 Nov 2019 #10

FAT. My mother's home has several oak trees in the back yard . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2019 #11

When i first arrived in Oregon I went out onto the balcony of the apt CentralMass Nov 2019 #12

My squirrels are chubby Marthe48 Nov 2019 #14

Where do you put their feed? CTyankee Nov 2019 #19

I have bird feeders Marthe48 Nov 2019 #22

In northern DE, chubby squirrels and HUGE acorns. woodsprite Nov 2019 #15

It is going to be hard to judge Marthe48 Nov 2019 #24

My grandparents always said that was bad flu weather. nt woodsprite Nov 2019 #27

They look kind of round, but I don't know if it's fat or fur. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #16

Makes sense. Put on some weight and warmth to get them through a tough, cold winter... CTyankee Nov 2019 #17

Squirrels need 140 calories a day or 1/6 cup of shelled sunflower seeds Beringia Nov 2019 #18

I'm more interested to know where a tree rat is going to find shelled sunflower seeds Major Nikon Nov 2019 #20

Dollar store, most likely. sl8 Nov 2019 #21

Tree rat? Gross Beringia Nov 2019 #23

I offer unshelled sunflowers Marthe48 Nov 2019 #26

Interesting Marthe48 Nov 2019 #25

Someone made a joke before about this Beringia Nov 2019 #28

The chipmunks would ask for more Marthe48 Nov 2019 #30

I love chipmunks too Beringia Nov 2019 #31

Oh, so cute Marthe48 Nov 2019 #46

Thanks Beringia Nov 2019 #48

They're fat because they keep raiding my bird feeder mainer Nov 2019 #32

Had the same problem with a furry thief in our backyard. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2019 #33

When I was tutoring ESL to Chinese students, one asked me if it was legal in our city to shoot CTyankee Nov 2019 #34

Fortunately, I do not think of squirrels as vermin. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2019 #35

Perhaps they alarm the Chinese, much like a rat would alarm us... CTyankee Nov 2019 #36

Does she actually shoot them or was she asking a rhetorical question? smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #37

I didn't feel it was my place as a tutor to make a judgment on her culture, so I didn't ask. CTyankee Nov 2019 #38

Regarding "holy shit" ... sl8 Nov 2019 #44

i would say that "holy" has been used as a magnifier of intensity when you use the word it modifies. CTyankee Nov 2019 #49

Not 100% harmless. They do eat / chew on cedar wood products if you have on your house, and... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #58

in America, a bushy tail exonerates an animal from vermin status Skittles Nov 2019 #40

seems to be... CTyankee Nov 2019 #41

True. Chickens, cows and pigs need to get busy evolving cuter, bushier tails. n/t sl8 Nov 2019 #45

certainly my squirrel "Chubby" is not a good indicator Skittles Nov 2019 #39

My daughter feeds the squirrels in her yard Marthe48 Nov 2019 #47

Our squirrels are always fat and our winters always cold and long. Central NH n/t sarge43 Nov 2019 #42

In NYC, they eat pizza Yavin4 Nov 2019 #43

the title of this post sounds like the title of a surrealist work by a new artist on display CTyankee Nov 2019 #50

My squirrels are fat Doreen Nov 2019 #52

But are your squirrels phat? n/t sl8 Nov 2019 #56

Well, I don't look closely at the squirrels ... usually I shout to my 3 dogs 'SQUIRREL!' and the ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #53

Mine are very tubby from having dug up and eat all the tulip bulbs I planted. dawg day Nov 2019 #54

Mine look pretty healthy! get the red out Nov 2019 #55

The one on my deck looks like this... jberryhill Nov 2019 #57

Well I guess we will have another climate change type of winter - which means almost not at all. lark Nov 2019 #59

Be sure to have enough firewood on hand keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #61