Squirrel

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#10      An American red squirrel chews on a pine cone, its favorite food, in Maine’s Acadia National Park,More info:nationalgeographic

 

#9     What’s It Like To Be A Squirrel?,More info:npr

We all live in our heads.

Well, maybe it’s better to say we all live from our heads — and our bodies.

From the day of our births to the moment of our deaths, we experience the world from a very particular — and unique — perspective: our own.

I realize this fact may not come as news to you. Still, I think a little reflection reveals how the primacy of our perspective underscores one of the most profound questions in science and philosophy.

Way back in 1974, philosopher Thomas Nagel wrote a paper called
“What Is It Like To Be A Bat?” Nagel’s central point was about the nature of consciousness. He wanted to refute reductionist arguments that see experience as only the result of “just neurons” — or what I call “computing with meat.” In the paper, Nagel argued that it made no sense to talk about consciousness without putting its subjective experienced nature front and center. As he put it: “An organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something that it is like to be that organism — something that it is like for the organism to be itself.”

#8     Culling Grey Squirrels Is Unjustifiable – Both Scientifically and Ethically,More info:peta.org

After learning last week that government ministers had expressed support for a cull of grey squirrels, PETA has come together with Animal Aid and other animal-protection groups to speak out against this cruel proposal in a joint letter to Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

While some ministers are blaming grey squirrels for damaging trees, any harm caused by these animals is limited and localised. Meanwhile, it’s humans who are responsible for encroaching on and destroying massive expanses of woodland – habitats that otherwise could have provided more than enough space for all species to thrive. It’s unfair to scapegoat and kill grey squirrels, who are simply trying to survive.

#7      THE SQUIRREL,More info:thecapitoltheatre

Happy National Squirrel Appreciation Day! As you may or may not know, our mascot is a squirrel, and we find ourselves celebrating these little creatures on a daily basis. Because today is their day, we felt these awesome nutty facts are too good not to share. After reading, we bet you’ll never look at squirrels the same again.

#6     Red squirrel adoption,More info:scottishwildlifetrust

 

#5     This Squirrel Appreciation Day we have a few surprising squirrely facts for you,More info:insider

Check out the Japanese flying squirrel Pteromys momonga. These little balls of fur, which live on the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, are often thought to resemble animé characters, such as Pikachu from Pokemon. “They are famous for their adorableness,” says Keishiro Shin, a wildlife photographer in Japan. “Many people are fascinated by their big cute eyes.” Photographing these amazing animals, however, can be incredibly difficult as they blend so well with the coloration of the tree bark that they practically become invisible. “It takes a long time to photograph flying squirrels,” Shin explains. “First, I have to find their nest and then wait quietly in the freezing weather until they come out. Sometimes they come out. Mostly they don’t. Even when they do come out, they just fly away. It’s tough, but it’s worth it when they start eating on a tree just in front of me.” While it may look like it, Japanese flying squirrels don’t actually fly. These animals use a furry membrane that extends from their ankles to their wrists to glide from tree to tree.

#4      WATCH THIS ANGRY SQUIRREL GO NUTS AND FLICK ITS TAIL,More info:futurity

“Our results demonstrate the universality of emotional responses across species,” says study lead author Mikel Delgado, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. “After all, what do you do when you put a dollar in a soda machine and don’t get your soda? Curse and try different tactics.”

For the study, published in the Journal of Comparative Psychology, researchers tracked 22 fox squirrels in their leafy habitats, putting them through a series of foraging tasks that had them puzzle their way into various open and locked containers to get to nuts or grains.

#3     Tree squirrel ,More info:wildlifehelp

There are many species of tree squirrels in North America. All of these tree squirrels are active throughout the year and build leaf nests or use tree cavities for denning. They also will use chimneys, attics, and soffits to den. Squirrels cause problems by digging in yards and gardens, raiding bird feeders, and gnawing holes near gutters and eaves to invade homes. They can get into attics, walls, and ceilings, gnawing on wires and getting trapped in chimneys and flues. They may exit into basements and living areas, chewing indoor sills trying to escape. These common species are found in forests, parks, and yards of rural and urban areas:

Fox squirrels are the largest tree squirrels and are typically brown-gray above with an orangeish-brown underside. Fox squirrels are most abundant in hardwood forests and woodlots with limited undergrowth. Fox squirrels reproduce twice a year, in the spring and late summer, with an average litter size of three.

Gray squirrels typically are gray above with a white underside. Gray squirrels tend to inhabit more extensive hardwood forest areas with more undergrowth. Gray squirrels reproduce twice a year, in the spring and late summer, with an average litter size of three.

#2     Squirrel Appreciation Day ,More info:daysoftheyear

Squirrels are one of the most common animals that people see. They’re practically everywhere, in cities, parks, college campuses, and forests. They’re nuts for nuts and can last through the harshest of winters without much trouble at all.

They adapt to their environment quickly, have a decent memory for some of the best locations for food, and they’re super soft and fluffy. Squirrel Appreciation Day encourages people to learn whatever they may about these creatures and admire them for their resilience in the wild.

#1     A Man’s Love of Squirrel Meat Might Have Given Him a Horrifying, Fatal Brain Disease,More info:gizmodo

A Rochester, New York, resident might have caught one of the most frightening brain diseases around in one of the strangest ways possible—eating squirrel meat contaminated with zombie-like proteins.

The man’s bizarre story was included in a preliminary report released earlier this month at IDWeek, the annual conference of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. His case was one of several detailed by doctors from Rochester Regional Health, a major hospital network in the city.

According to the report, the 61-year-old man had been admitted to a hospital at Rochester Regional with cognitive impairment, schizophrenia, and psychosis in 2015; he was also unable to walk under his own power. But there was nothing to be done. Five months after his symptoms began, he died. Judging by his brain scans and other tests, the man had likely come down with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a form of the rare and universally fatal neurodegenerative ailment.

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