‘Course I’m talking grey squirrels here. An import from across the pond. They’ve hounded the native reds to near extinction. Hmmmm, now what other story on Dave’s site does that remind me of?

Actually squirrels here are kind of a mild pain in the neck–they sit on fence posts and telephone poles and heckle the human passers-by, they rob bird feeders, and they’re occasionally known to chew the insulation off of overhead telephone wires. Every once in a while a community somewhere will report an attack squirrel, a sort of death squirrel from Hell that aggressively attacks humans, dogs, cats, and inanimate objects like cars. Nobody knows why they do this. They’re not prone to rabies, so it’s not that.

I think that any red-blooded American squirrel would probably turn into an attack squirrel after having been confined to a box and shipped overseas. The recipient would probably be wise to acquire an animal-control outfit with the padded leather jacket and heavy gauntlets.

I would offer to send you a Maryland squirrel, but ours are all gray. They look quite non-violent when compared to the red one in the video.

Anne – are your squirrels particularly tame over there? Before they are put in cardboard boxes of course.