[Rook]

Today was warm, breezy...
Sat under a tree on Campus, and watched 3 Squirrels play/squabble/forage/stare at me.......
So, I looked for wi-fi and tapped into my droid Galaxy Tab.
Came up with the following on Squirrels....

- Order: Rodentia [ a.k.a. Rats, porcupines, guinea pigs, beavers, etc..]

- Family: Sciuridae [hmm....big rats...some might say cute..it's up for grabs]

- Diet: Omnivores...Squirrels are opportunistic eaters, that is, they are not strictly herbivore or carnivores. However, they rely heavily on Protein, and because they suffer frequent...brainfarts...they forget where they stashed the goods, come spring, said goods start sprouting and growing, forcing the starving [albeit chunky] lil bugger to hunt birds, smaller rodents and maybe bugs.....

-Weight: Ranges from 0.5 oz. – 4 lbs. [see? Chunky rat]

-Offspring: They give birth to 2-8 babies {varies amongst species of Squirrels} which are born blind and naked. They stay with mom until 2-3 months old at least.Unlike beavers, "daddy" disappears until the "kiddies" leave home, y'know, wham bam, thank u, bye, good luck with the brats{again, depends on species...if there's a colony, u get the idea..}
The male will frequently stay in a rather pisspoor made Nest while the Momma raises 'em, if the nest is impressive...it's hers.
Between late winter, and early Spring, you'll notice Squirrels playin "tag"....y'know...chasing, tackling...That's pretty much all the male squirrel cares to do all that time....fuckfuckfuck...so, the female obviously runs off...playin hard to get, dont be fooled...she wanna bow chika bow bow too, the coy, hard-to-get routine...she'll stop, let him get close, run off...stop...allow a sniff....run...
Which...btw, can go on for days until she lets him do the Deed {often}
-Lifespan: The average is about 6 years, however, if the animal lives near traffic, it's closer to 1 year {I didn't add that, but I do see the logic, besides...u ever seen a squirrel run on a power line???..BZZZZZZT.. }

Group name: Because squirrels mostly live a solitary life, and don't live in groups, no formal group name has been given. However, some people loosely call a group of squirrels a dray or scurry.

Some squirrels "fly", some squirrels live underground, some live in trees....
They do hibernate, but wake every 4-5 days to eat, poop...and screw...
They're incredibly Intelligent, which is to say...if you're tryin' to get close [I tried, gave up 3 times and used a Zoom feature, I swear I caught a pic of one that looked constipated] and they pause from whatever they're doing, and resume?
You might as well say fuck it and move on, they spotted u and they're watchin' your every twitch...
On campus though, I've been within touching distance, I don't though...
Considering one of their predators is the Weasel, I'd rather not....Rodent = sharp teeth.....
Weasel = Ferret....feral or domestic...




Useless....I know , Random too!