Squirrel fills Antenna with Acorns - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: CopperCone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 01:38:07 am
content: prepper squirrel

author: Dubbie
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 01:44:28 am
content: Poor squirrel. He had probably been going around thinking; "Because I worked so hard all summer, my winter is going to be sooo relaxing!"

author: Tomorokoshi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 01:59:20 am
content: Mmm... Microwaved Acorns!

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 02:04:56 am
content: Wasn't me.Bet that reception was slowly degrading and they were wondering why."why do we keep getting VSWR alarms there's not even any snow on it!"

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 02:08:09 am
content: Totally nuts!

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 02:13:03 am
content: LoL, that's funny.

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 03:25:50 am
content: Dayum!! That was a seriously industrious critter!-Pat

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 03:53:36 am
content: Squirrel behavior is kind of interesting, I think. The falling price of video equipment makes it easier to observe wildlife up close. This person took a long video of this squirrel eating a handful of trail mix and it seems to me, trying to alert other squirrels to come help him or her eat the food before some other animal got it..What do you think was happening?

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 04:06:16 am
content: Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 30, 2017, 02:04:56 amNo, because you aren't a grey squirrel "tree-rat"

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 05:43:46 am
content: Quote from: cdev on November 30, 2017, 03:53:36 amOne of my cats was going nuts climbing all around the computer and monitors trying to find the creature that was making the noise.-Pat

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 06:06:53 am
content: Quote from: xrunner on November 30, 2017, 02:08:09 amI went hours resisting the temptation to post that.How long did you last?

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 01:05:35 pm
content: Quote from: Brumby on November 30, 2017, 06:06:53 amMilliseconds.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 01:33:32 pm
content: That figures ...

author: taydin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 01:41:42 pm
content: that sucker must have been preparing for a nuclear winter

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 02:46:54 pm
content: Now we need cats guarding our transmission towers.

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 04:02:09 pm
content: In the initial shots, it loos like there was an "insert nut here" hole in the front, at half height. Did that poor squirrel have any way of getting them out again, or did the planning not extend that far out? ;-)

author: Tomorokoshi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 05:14:09 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on November 30, 2017, 04:02:09 pmObviously, that was all planned and implemented by a squirrel in Management, not Engineering.

author: rfeecs
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2017, 05:31:10 pm
content: Uhh, the video says woodpecker, not squirrel. Makes more sense given the location of the hole.Quotehttps://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Acorn_Woodpecker/lifehistory#

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2017, 07:23:13 pm
content: Bowerbirds are the artists of the bird world, and they are very much worth looking into.The males build elaborate artistic constructions, trying to outdo one another, they have to be 'just right'.They are VERY picky..They do this to attract a mate and have sex.Check them out, its just amazing how elaborate their bowers can be. Some bowerbirds are native to Australia.Also, corvids, the crow family, are very very smart, as birds go.There was an interesting story on the BBC a while back of a young girl who had befriended crows in her Seattle suburb and the crows would bring her gifts.(interestingly colored objects) And she would feed them. They clearly were enamored of her.They also found and returned her mothers camera lens cap to her when she lost it several blocks away.Other people have also become friends with crows.

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2017, 07:27:05 pm
content: Some of them are dumbasses thoughhttps://youtu.be/w3uY3cDn0IA

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 01, 2017, 08:12:39 pm
content: Quote from: bd139 on December 01, 2017, 07:27:05 pmI'd think that would HURT!!At least wood has some give to it...-Pat

author: phil from seattle
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2017, 08:29:03 pm
content: Actually, woodpeckers do that to attract mates. There is some metal flashing on my house that they pound on during mating season. And yes, I am not going to make a joke about proving pecker hardness.

author: bjcuizon
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2017, 09:10:40 pm
content: So...Acorns are now minute meals??