Couple: ‘Squirrel crasher’ pic ‘100 percent’ real

It's the photo the whole world has gone nuts for: A curious squirrel who popped up in a couple’s vacation photo just as the shutter clicked. Many suspect the pic was altered, but it’s “100 percent undoctored,” said Melissa Brandts.

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Pest control company charged with animal cruelty

The owner of a New Jersey pest control company has been charged with animal cruelty after a squirrel was found dead in a rooftop trap.

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Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research

One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby. It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing the warning was powered by amps, not acorns.

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NYC Man Pays Hundreds for Squirrel Homes

What may be the cheapest rooms in Manhattan are made especially for squirrels. A self-appointed protector of squirrels has paid to have soft-pine boxes made for the critters and had them placed in trees at City Hall Park.

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Squirrels Briefly Kill Power in 2 Cities

It was an unlucky day for two squirrels and hundreds of Midwestern power customers.

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Woman Finds Niche Mothering Squirrels

Some people might think Mary Nacey's devotion to her foster pets is a little nutty, but the Northern California woman says that mothering abandoned baby squirrels is a privilege that comes naturally.

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Squirrels wield a hot, secret weapon

Squirrel waves hot tail at rattle snakehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUFNdDeWekE

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Squirrel Attacks 3 in Germany

An unusually aggressive squirrel bit three people in a German town before its last victim finished it off with a crutch, police said.

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Woman Bitten After Helping Sick Squirrel

A 47-year-old woman who wanted to help a sickly squirrel ended up being scratched and bitten by the animal, according to a police report.

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Skittering Squirrel Forces Plane to Land

An American Airlines flight made an unscheduled landing in Honolulu after pilots heard something skittering about in the wire-laden space over the cockpit. The airline blamed the emergency landing of the Tokyo-Dallas flight with 202 passengers on a stowaway squirrel.

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Pa. Letter Carrier Attacked by Squirrel

Letter carriers occasionally have to deal with angry dogs or maybe even a spider's nest in a mailbox, but a mean squirrel?

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Cemetery's Flags Found in Squirrel Nest

Groundskeepers at Forest Hill Cemetery thought it was kids who were stealing dozens of American flags. That is, until one found a giant squirrel's nest.

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Squirrel Knocks Out Power to 5,000

A wayward squirrel invaded a power substation and left more than 5,000 homes and businesses without electricity.

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Squirrel Attacks People in Fla. Park

Several people attacked by a squirrel at Central Park said they had one word for the animal: nuts. On Wednesday some expressed frustration that the animal was not caught sooner, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

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Fla. Man Wrongly Fined for Feeding Squirrels

Retired Kennedy Space Center mechanic Jack Garrison doesn't own a dog. He doesn't own a squirrel, either, though he admits he likes to feed the squirrels in his backyard.

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A newborn squirrel that had been abandoned by its mother has found a new home and a new family, thanks to a dog named "Princess" and her owners.

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Melissa and Jackson Brandts knew right away that the photo from their recent trip to Canada was a good one.However, it wasn't until the world -- and National Geographic -- took notice that they realized exactly how good.

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A Charlotte woman who drove off a parking deck Saturday night in Charlotte's SouthPark area said she was swerving to avoid a squirrel, and was surprised when officers told her she wasn't on the roadway, according to a police report.

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The couple had set the timer on their camera while posing at a lakeside in a national park in Canada. Just as they were about to be captured on camera the cheeky squirrel popped up in the foreground and stole the show.

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The Time Bunny Came To the Door...

As many of you know I live where there are many semi wild animals such as squirrels and bunnies. We also have all kinds of birds that eat in our yard. They all seem to get along fairly well and share the food they are given except for one treat - the apple!

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Canadian rodent takes starring role in tourists' snap and becomes an online sensation CRASHER SQUIRREL

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The strangest things often pop up when you least expect them. But normally these episodes usually have nothing to do with squirrels.

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What?

Can you tell me, is this a squirrel?

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A WYFF photographer runs across an odd site at Furman University. Don't worry, he later helped the critter out.

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At one point the woman, who was wearing a skimpy tank top, leaned over and out of her chest area crept a baby squirrel.

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A squirrel has built up a close relationship with a builder who found him when he was only a week old. Nutty even showers with his surrogate "mum", Tony from Stockport, and goes to work with him.

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Squirrel Story

I have been thinking about writing this story down for a long time. Even before I turned on the computer, I asked my sister if it was too embarrassing. Of course she said no. So I'll start by telling you that every word of this is true.

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On Watch for the Bunny.....

I looked out my back door yesterday and to my astonishment a bunny was mixed in with the squirrel family.

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A brazen squirrel has been grabbing small American flags placed in a Port Huron, Mich., cemetery and carrying them up to its nest, which now looks as if it's bedecked in bunting.

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Protecting American interests around the globe, the U.S. Navy faces a myriad of threats. From terrorists and anti-ship rockets, to mines, torpedoes and even ballistic missiles, there are plenty of hazards to worry the brass.

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Excerpt: Twice a year before its pledge drive starts, local public radio station KRCC likes to offer members a thank-you gift for donating early. Sometimes it's symphony tickets. Sometimes it's museum passes. This time, it is squirrel underpants. Seriously.

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Excerpt: History will show it was the squirrel who started this war. In an instinctive act of aggression, it occupied the territories known as the Jensens' attic. The Greendale family had no choice but to fight back.

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Excerpt: The furry creatures just couldn't stop themselves making a dive for the Cajun squirrel snacks as soon as wildlife lovers Nigel and Camilla Cullum put a packet on their bird table.

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Though squirrel has appeared occasionally in British cookery, history doesn't deem it a dining favorite. Even during World War II and the period of austerity that followed, the Ministry of Food valiantly promoted the joys of squirrel soup and pie.

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A purple squirrel which appeared at a school has baffled experts who are unable to explain its colour.

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A chef has put grey squirrel kebab on the menu to educate diners about the threat it poses to its red, indigenous rival and to the landscape.

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This baby bushy-tailed "Ike" was rescued during Windstorm Ike.

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We Get Moose and Squirrel

Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle! Rocky darted left.

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Dallas, TX – Scientists from the Evolutionary Acceleration Research Institute (EARI) announced that the first test of the Giant Animal Smasher (GAS) will begin on December 19, 2008, the 41st anniversary of the premiere of Dr. Dolittle.

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Stumpy the Fearless (Olympic Squirrel)

Stumpy the Fearless aka Tripod was a friend of mine. He was a fox squirrel who lived on the grounds of my apartment building. Stumpy had three limbs, his left arm having been lost in some tragedy. I met him long after he had healed and overcome his adversity.

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