Talk:Squirrel
These are some squirrel pictures (some not used in the article, but I don't know if there should be a squirrel gallery :)
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Here is another one (in fact, a fox squirrel):
I took this photo myself, so I will not just put it here on the main article. If, however, you also find that the anatomy of the animal is displayed rather nicely on the picture (mind the claws!), then feel free to use it instead of the current picture. I also like the current main picture, but the features of the squirrel are not so clear. --Markus Krötzsch 00:42, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Of course, even more pictures are available at Eastern Gray Squirrel. --Markus Krötzsch 00:48, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- That is a fine photo! I have a squirrel's nest in my backyard, and I've snapped a few pictures, but none with quite that clarity. -- Funnyhat 06:38, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Those photos are so CUTE! I had a pet squirrel when I was a kid, but he died after one of the neighbors was experimenting with poison. :-( [[User:NazismIsntCool|Template:NazismIsntCool/sig]] 09:26, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
- You can still remember that? And the fight we had over its name? And how I got blamed for the whole mess? Barely There 11:43, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Well if you hadn't scratched me on the leg with a broken piece of glass that day (I still have the scar from that,) I would have told the truth and owned up. :-p [[User:NazismIsntCool|Template:NazismIsntCool/sig]] 11:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Look, you two. An article's talk page is not a boxing ring, so don't use it for childish fights. Scott Gall 08:04, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC) PS: At least you weren't swearing.
- Just stay out of it, okay? I was only seven at the time. And that annoying brat Petru (who is my older brother, and he now lives in Kazakhstan) filmed everything with our video camera. [[User:NazismIsntCool|Template:NazismIsntCool/sig]] 09:05, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC) PS: Emilia, I hope that you still dream about March the 2nd, 1988 - the day we got the pet squirrel and we were both fighting over what name to call it and YOU got blamed for my screaming very loudly and getting the noise control onto us.
- I thought it was the 3rd. The thing at the bottom left when we watched it said 1988.03.03T1625. I was the one wearing the blue dress. The one wearing the blue dress did use the broken bottle against her older sister, but she wasn't the one screaming. Barely There 09:21, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC) PS: I thought of burning the Romanian flag and blaming it on you. And speaking of flag burning, it was me who put the flag into that bonfire we had with our friends that other year (I think it was 1995.)
- Just stay out of it, okay? I was only seven at the time. And that annoying brat Petru (who is my older brother, and he now lives in Kazakhstan) filmed everything with our video camera. [[User:NazismIsntCool|Template:NazismIsntCool/sig]] 09:05, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC) PS: Emilia, I hope that you still dream about March the 2nd, 1988 - the day we got the pet squirrel and we were both fighting over what name to call it and YOU got blamed for my screaming very loudly and getting the noise control onto us.
- Look, you two. An article's talk page is not a boxing ring, so don't use it for childish fights. Scott Gall 08:04, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC) PS: At least you weren't swearing.
- Well if you hadn't scratched me on the leg with a broken piece of glass that day (I still have the scar from that,) I would have told the truth and owned up. :-p [[User:NazismIsntCool|Template:NazismIsntCool/sig]] 11:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- You can still remember that? And the fight we had over its name? And how I got blamed for the whole mess? Barely There 11:43, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Those photos are so CUTE! I had a pet squirrel when I was a kid, but he died after one of the neighbors was experimenting with poison. :-( [[User:NazismIsntCool|Template:NazismIsntCool/sig]] 09:26, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
rabies?
I've been told by multiple sources that squirrels can't carry rabies. I have been unable to get anyone to explain why, although I speculate that either they don't catch it, or it kills them before it becomes contagious. I found a quote on the CDC website (which I will link into the article eventually) which indicates they are low risk, but again, does not explain why. --ssd 03:26, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- They can carry rabies, they just don't represent a frequent source for transmission of the disease to humans. From a CDC page: "Rabies is seldom reported in smaller rodents, presumably because of the high degree of mortality and severe trauma that usually result from an attack by a rabid carnivore; however, Wyoming reported a case of rabies in a ground squirrel (Spermophilus sp) in 2000." [1]. Another interesting article, though it doesn't directly address the question: Woman bitten by rabid squirrel - Nunh-huh 03:36, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Well, it's certainly something we don't have to worry about in Ireland, or Britain for that matter. Nice that. Tetanus is the only thing to worry about if you get bitten by some creature.
- Zoney 07:52, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What's that about them carrying plague? Honestly Squirrels in general carry no more desese than any other wild animal... the artical makes it seem, that they are swarming with desese... as Zoney said, we don't get that sort of thing here in Britain.
Squirrel Rat
Is it possible for a squirrel and rat to reproduce?
- exceedingly unlikely. They are very different taxonomically (and therefore, unless we have the taxonomy wrong, genetically). Almost all hybrids occur within a single genus; squirrels and rats aren't even in the same family, the next level of classification up. So while it's always rash to say something could never happen, if it did happen, it would require us to rewrite an awful lot of biology that looks very well established. seglea 20:17, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Behaviors
Since squirrels are quite common creatures it might be nice to have a section on behavioral patterns so it would be easy to identify certain actions. Here is a page that has some info, maybe permission could be obtained for use. jvstein 20:59, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Mating
It would be cool to get some info on the mating rituals of squirrels. I've tried to find the information from online sources, but as everyone thinks they are right, there is a lot of conflicting information. jvstein 20:59, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)