"alan holmes" dont.bother.see.sig@bottom wrote in message
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"escapee" wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:55:48 +0100, Gus opined:

Each evening I put out chestnuts for the local squirrel. The bowel can
hold 8 mixed size chestnuts. Each morning I noticed that only a small
number were taken. I decided to put out 7, in the morning 3 were left.
The next morning I put out 6, it left 2. For the last week I have put
out 5, it always leaves one taking only 4. This raises the questions;
why does this squirrel only take 4 chestnuts? can this squirrel count?
It takes them away one at a time.

Squirrels are much smarter than people know. We have one who comes to
the
back
door screen and taps when it's out of peanuts. I never noticed
counting,
but it
somehow knows the peanuts come from inside the house and they know where
the
door is. My guess, they are smart.

And, they know where to find the idiots prepared to feed them!


A person would only be an idiot to feed grey squirrels, if he/she had some
valid reason to want to keep them off his/her property. I would have thought
you would have wanted other people to attract squirrels away from your
walnuts by feeding them elsewhere?

Provision of a preferred sacrificial crop at critical times is also a pest
control measure, after all.