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Where have all the squirrels gone?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation May 10, 2012
My mother says that she hasn't any squirrels in the last three weeks. Usually they're all over the place. I live thirty miles away from her in Boston [Massachusetts], but I can't remember seeing any squirrels lately either.
Maybe this is a local situation. Do researchers in other places around the world have squirrels bothering their bird feeders or racing across roads in front of their cars?
Where have all the squirrels gone?
Bald Bloke Posted May 10, 2012
We would quite happily send you some greys from over here.
The tree rats seem to be thriving in London
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Rosie Posted May 10, 2012
No no no....have some of mine....I've got loads running around 'Up North' (UK)
... tree rats with good PR
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Witty Moniker Posted May 10, 2012
The squirrels in New Jersey seem quite active.
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lil ~ Auntie Giggles with added login ~ returned Posted May 10, 2012
They're all in my dad's garden. Nicking the food off the bird tables!
Where have all the squirrels gone?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 10, 2012
Thanks for all the offers. 
Chances are, our local squirrels are on vacation somewhere, and will come back. 
Where have all the squirrels gone?
Icy North Posted May 11, 2012
Clearly the quirrels have slipped away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely squirreloid lifestyle, responding to highly squirrel-orientated stimuli, and generally leading the squirrel equivalent of the good life.
Where have all the squirrels gone?
ITIWBS Posted May 11, 2012
I saw a squirrel in the Perris Valley earlier this week.
That's an abnormally high count for a day in the Perris Valley.
The suggestion that they may exploring wormholes in space is a good one.
Perhaps they've discovered A. E. Van Vogt's terraformed Venus from the "World of Null-A" series.
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Orcus Posted May 11, 2012
Well they're not in Camden for sure...
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/letters/2012/mar/where-are-squirrels
Mmm, I sense a conspiracy. nick them from one place at a time and.... 
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Rosie Posted May 11, 2012
MMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm...........SQUIRREL!!!!!
nom nom nom....
Tasty!!
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Bluebottle Posted May 11, 2012
Red or Grey etc?
Yesterday morning on my way to work I saw a cat asleep in a tree surrounded by a family of squirrels not three feet away.
<BB<
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I'm not really here Posted May 11, 2012
Little bleeders are all over the place - can't walk the dogs through the woods without them dashing off trying to catch one or six!
Where have all the squirrels gone?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 11, 2012
Thanks for the link to that Camden newspaper article. I notice that there's a "goose control" company listed in that issue. We have no shortage of geese here 
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Well, the ways of squirrels are mysterious. They are what they eat, so it's logical that they would be nutters.
Where have all the squirrels gone?
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 11, 2012
The ways and actions of squirils are indeed very mysterious, as they are one of the very few truely transdimensional beings. Theire existance within our own timeframe and dimensional plane, is but a mere intrustion of their existance across all dimensions, into the edge of that of our own. This is probably the main reason calculating how many squirils there actually are, is extremely differnt... Each differnt squirril may or may not represent a single squiril, or several manafestations of squirils in differnt physical frames, may be a single squirel represented in multiple instances of differnt exact coordinates within the dimension, physically and temporally concerned with that instance of a squirel. Plus, of course, they're terribly flitty little buggers... 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 11, 2012
The only thing that stands in the way of their taking over the world is their inability to work together.
Where have all the squirrels gone?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 11, 2012
Forgetful?
I doubt that their attention span is very long.
Where have all the squirrels gone?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 11, 2012
I had forgotten that! 
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- 1: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 10, 2012)
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- 4: Witty Moniker (May 10, 2012)
- 5: lil ~ Auntie Giggles with added login ~ returned (May 10, 2012)
- 6: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 10, 2012)
- 7: Icy North (May 11, 2012)
- 8: Rod (May 11, 2012)
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- 10: Orcus (May 11, 2012)
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- 12: Bluebottle (May 11, 2012)
- 13: I'm not really here (May 11, 2012)
- 14: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (May 11, 2012)
- 15: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (May 11, 2012)
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