Squirrels Driving Home Sunday Night

Meredith AK · 09-10-2018, 10:40 AM

Looks like these critters are TRYING to kill themselves. Found two in my back yard that had fallen out of our very tall oak tree and broken their backs with the fall.

Hillcountry · 09-10-2018, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Meredith AK

Looks like these critters are TRYING to kill themselves. Found two in my back yard that had fallen out of our very tall oak tree and broken their backs with the fall.

That doesn’t sound right...not saying you didn’t find 2 dead squirrels but they can usually, take a pretty good fall from any height especially onto soft woods floor. Now, if they fell onto granite or a stone wall, that may be a different story.
How did you determine the backs were broken? Squirrel autopsy?

tis · 09-10-2018, 12:57 PM

Hill, Thank you so much for your posts. I can't count the times you have made me laugh lately and you make reading your posts fun!

Meredith AK · 09-10-2018, 01:26 PM

Hill - just an assumption on my part regarding broken back. Lying next to each other, fairly fresh and bodies were a bit "deformed". When I picked them up (work gloves of course), they were fairly limber. No teeth marks and they traverse that particular tree all day long back and forth. And yes, there's a rock wall very close to where I found them.

tis · 09-10-2018, 01:47 PM

So you didn't do a complete autopsy, Meredith?

Biggd · 09-10-2018, 01:57 PM

Spineless creatures.

Hillcountry · 09-10-2018, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Meredith AK

Hill - just an assumption on my part regarding broken back. Lying next to each other, fairly fresh and bodies were a bit "deformed". When I picked them up (work gloves of course), they were fairly limber. No teeth marks and they traverse that particular tree all day long back and forth. And yes, there's a rock wall very close to where I found them.

Still quite strange you found two together...you sure you don’t have a stealthy, neighbor with a pellet gun?

betterthanbacon · 09-10-2018, 05:40 PM

It’s crazy they are everywhere and in heavy volume. It’s like a new game every morning on my ride to work. Count how many squirrels I can run over. LOL

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Meredith AK Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Beautiful Town of Meredith Posts: 109 Thanks: 40 Thanked 44 Times in 32 Posts	Squirrel - new way to die off Looks like these critters are TRYING to kill themselves. Found two in my back yard that had fallen out of our very tall oak tree and broken their backs with the fall.

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Meredith AK Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Beautiful Town of Meredith Posts: 109 Thanks: 40 Thanked 44 Times in 32 Posts	broken backs Hill - just an assumption on my part regarding broken back. Lying next to each other, fairly fresh and bodies were a bit "deformed". When I picked them up (work gloves of course), they were fairly limber. No teeth marks and they traverse that particular tree all day long back and forth. And yes, there's a rock wall very close to where I found them.

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tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,841 Thanks: 764 Thanked 1,474 Times in 1,029 Posts	Hill, Thank you so much for your posts. I can't count the times you have made me laugh lately and you make reading your posts fun!

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09-10-2018, 01:47 PM	#5
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,841 Thanks: 764 Thanked 1,474 Times in 1,029 Posts	So you didn't do a complete autopsy, Meredith?

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Biggd Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Waltham Ma./Meredith NH Posts: 4,265 Thanks: 2,311 Thanked 1,230 Times in 788 Posts	Spineless creatures.

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betterthanbacon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 70 Thanks: 17 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	It’s crazy they are everywhere and in heavy volume. It’s like a new game every morning on my ride to work. Count how many squirrels I can run over. LOL