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Carnivorous Squirrels Found Hunting and Eating Other Mammals (studyfinds.org)
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[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

Huh. Hunting voles, which are currently in an overpopulation boom. On one hand, good for them. Sounds like a natural way to help curb the population(should this behavior prove widespread enough across the species).

On the other hand, I'm going to go ahead and stock up on .22 in case one of the little bastards decides to look at me funny. Death by Squirrel isn't the way I wanna go, at least let it be an opossum or raccoon in a freak rehabbing accident.

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I live on a cliffside and squirrels digging into it puts my house in jeopardy so i blast em all the time. Put em in the smoker. They tasty.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

They’re sneaky and devious. I’m legitimately concerned that they’re developing a taste for blood.

We are definitely going to get some shitty horror movies about this.

[-] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

Finally, a worthy subject of the successor to the movie The Birds.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago

Death by Squirrel isn’t the way I wanna go

Then you won't want to watch The Scurry or this (I don't think the film ever happened).

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The film supposedly has been rescheduled to 2025, probably, as the director needed advanced animation techniques which weren't available in 2014 ;-)

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Looks to me like that date is automated and keeps moving forward until a film is released. There's been no news from a reliable source since 2013.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's also an option. "It' gonna release next year, ... for sure, ... really, ... trust me bro".
Then I'd probably have to watch Zombeavers again to see cute little murderous critters.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Always good to see another apex predator evolving.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

It’s about fucking time

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I remember reading a long time ago that red squirrels were the top predator of juvenile rabbits.

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