Take a close look at that photo. At first glance it may appear as if this is just a distressed-so-it-costs-twice-as-much art object of a birdfeeder. But no, that’s the result of my brother Mark’s plastivorous squirrels assault on his “squirrell-proof” birdfeeder. They’ve evidently now chewed off enough that they can hang by the cable and swing down for a treat. And this after he already had to move it further away from a tree because the squirrels had mastered the art of jumping the 7 feet and grabbing on to the bottom part, avoiding the “proofing” system altogether.
Maybe we should turn this into one of those SUCCESS posters. Put “Perseverance” in big yellow letters and add a quote….
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[...] Plastivorous Ohio Squirrels Mutate, Birds Attack family, humor, mutant squirrels, ohio, personalMy brother sent me some more photos from his X-Men Mansion in Ohio. You may remember the plastivorous squirrels that had defeated the “squirrel-proof” bird feeder by eating the plastic cover? Well, they are now apparently mutating into some sort of X-Men (so to speak) iron eating squirrels. Those are squirrel teeth markings on that chair (don’t ask me how I know, just trust me on this one). Is it a chemical deficiency? Or do we blame this on either global warming or Al Gore, depending on your politics? [...]