The Squirrel Thread

[Kisa the tea]

 

[Mr. Stevens]

^ That's a real Greek god!

 

[Catwoman]

 

[Mr. Stevens]

 

[Mr. Stevens]

 

[Mr. Stevens]

 

[Mr. Stevens]

We are coming for your jobs.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Look at yourselves, humans.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

 

[Kisa the tea]

Friends

 

[LadyS]

Today's Blossom word game (June 22) reminded of this thread:
Blossom Daily Word Game

 

[RESleight]

 

[Mr. Stevens]

 

[Mr. Stevens]

 

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[Kisa the tea]

 

[Judge]

Taken about 20 feet from my living room. Rocky pondering whether he can fly. Or not.

 

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When Squirrels Were One of America’s Most Popular Pets

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By the 1700s, a golden era of squirrel ownership was in full swing. Squirrels were sold in markets and found in the homes of wealthy urban families, and portraits of well-to-do children holding a reserved, polite upper-class squirrel attached to a gold chain leash were proudly displayed (some of which are currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Most pet squirrels were American Grey Squirrels, though Red Squirrels and Flying Squirrels also were around, enchanting the country with their devil-may-care attitudes and fluffy bodies.

By the 19th century, a canon of squirrel-care literature emerged for the enthusiast. In the 1851 book Domestic pets: their habits and management, Jane Loudon writes more about squirrels as pets than rabbits, and devotes an entire chapter to the “beautiful little creature, very agile and graceful in its movements.”

 

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Ratufa indica

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