Groups sue to make rare flying squirrel endangered

Environmental groups are suing the federal government to return a type of flying squirrel to the endangered species list.

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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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N.J. Warns: Don't Eat Squirrel Near Dump

New Jersey has warned squirrel hunters near a toxic waste dump about consuming the critters because they could be contaminated with lead.

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Scientist Examines City Squirrels' Lives

Squirrels hit the genetic lottery with their chubby cheeks and bushy tails. It's hard to imagine picnickers tossing peanuts and cookies at the rodents if they looked like rats. But good looks alone don't get you through Chicago winters. Nor do they help negotiate a treacherous landscape of hungry cats, cars and metal traps.

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GREY squirrels are ruining Christmas in the US state of New Jersey by eating all the festive lights. Well, not all of them - the red ones seem to be off-limits.

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I was speechless when I discovered two of my first ready-to-pick tomatoes had been ravaged by a squirrel. It's too painful to show you the gruesome sight of half eaten black tomatoes, so they are in the compost pile now.

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Pondering Life in my Backyard

My backyard is where I go to think. Whenever I have a problem or just want to sort something out in my mind, I just open my back door. This time of year I find the birds of Kansas, the spring flowers, and the little muddy river that runs in the back of it all.

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So a big squirrel was trying to show a baby squirrel how to jump a wall… but the baby squirrel was just too little. Some human intervention was required and the baby squirrel makes it up and over. Umm… I want a baby squirrel.

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The Finch Arboretum is being overrun by ground squirrels, and Spokane Parks and Recreation is bringing in some special artillery. The agency is using a special machine called the Rodenator Pro to detonate some of the estimated 100 to 150 squirrels tearing up the grounds.

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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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Nurses have been told to walk in pairs or carry umbrellas to protect them from attacks by squirrels.

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Today is squirrel appreciation day. While everyone can celebrate squirrels in their own way, we wanted to point you to some useful resources around the Web to get you started.

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British tastebuds will never be the same, as a gaggle of outlandish potato chip varieties – including Cajun squirrel – hit store shelves across the country. The new variety is among six flavours introduced Friday by Walkers, a British chip maker.

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The rodents are believed to have gnawed their way through cables, sparking the blaze at the property belonging to former MP Lord Mayhew on Wednesday afternoon.

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In scenes more like a violent Quentin Tarantino movie than a wildlife shoot, one Cape ground squirrel delivers a ferocious attack on an interloper.

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"I'm used to seeing so many acorns around and out in the field, it's something I just didn't believe," says Rod Simmons, a field botantist based in Arlington, Virginia, where at this time of year, acorns are usually everywhere – either underfoot or falling from oaks.

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The idea seemed too crazy to Rod Simmons, a measured, careful field botanist. Naturalists in Arlington County couldn't find any acorns. None. No hickory nuts, either. Then he went out to look for himself. He came up with nothing. Nothing crunched underfoot.

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With friends in high places, support from vocal lobbyists and a strong public approval rating, cute special interest group is firmly established.

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Another most excellent article by C.W. GUSEWELLE.

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If they had an Olympic Games for the animal world, this little fellow would high-tail it away with every gold medal in the weightlifting.

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HELSINKI (AFP) - A popular open-air museum in Helsinki showing the traditional Finnish way of life on Monday begged the public to stop feeding local squirrels, saying they were eating away at the displays. (Advertisement)

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Mutant 'testosterone-fuelled' Russian black squirrels in Cambridgeshire are giving their grey cousins a taste of their own medicine and driving them from their homes.

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Mutant 'testosterone-fuelled' Russian black squirrels in Cambridgeshire are giving their grey cousins a taste of their own medicine and driving them from their homes.

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'A small group of control officers has carried out about 650 humane killings along the border between Scotland and England in the past 18 months. It relies heavily on the local populace to help its bid to block the "main routes of incursion" from the south.

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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.

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At first, the black and white creature darting through the trees was taken to be a magpie. Then someone noticed its tail.

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For decades, the grey squirrel has been demonised in the UK for its impact on the native red. Since being introduced in the 19th Century, the North American species has dominated habitats and food supplies.

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