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Old 12-28-2018, 11:06 PM   #1
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Dec 29th, 2018 : Acid Squirrels

The squirrels aren’t acidic, or on acid, they just make you think you are.



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Meet the Malabar giant squirrel, which boasts an all-natural technicolor coat. Also known as shekru, these bright, bushy beauties, which are endemic to India, stretch as much as three feet long—much longer than the eastern gray squirrel and other less-fantastical counterparts.

The patchwork fur may help the squirrels hide up in the sun-speckled canopy, which would be an advantage, because they spend most of their lives up there, scampering among the branches and nibbling on flowers, bark, seeds, insects, and bird eggs. Their feathery, charcoal-colored tails help them balance while they teeter on narrow branches or hang straight down to feast. High above the forest floor, they’re out of many predators’ reach—but if they are startled, though (say, by one of their winged predators, like the crested serpent eagle), they plop down flush against the branches, as though trying to melt into them.


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The cute critter is the state animal of Maharashtra—and if you’re setting out to spot some, your best bet will be in that region’s Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, tucked among the green, rolling Western Ghats mountain range.

The sanctuary was established in the 1980s and has seen the squirrel population grow since. The animals have popped up on endangered species lists, but a census of the furry residents found that their numbers climbed by eight percent in the sanctuary between 2015 and 2016. Researchers surveyed squirrel nests in the nearby mango, coconut palm, and jamun trees and estimated that there were 2,145 individuals bedding down in the branches there. Each squirrel may build as many as eight nests; in 2017, the sanctuary’s census counts more than 22,000 of them.
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Old 12-29-2018, 11:02 AM   #2
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Since I have never seen these things before, they must be faked.
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Old 12-29-2018, 12:42 PM   #5
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Actually, they are the latest addition to the 48th edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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Old 12-29-2018, 03:15 PM   #7
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Talk about an elaborate hoax. They are all over the internet. but I am not fooled.
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Old 12-29-2018, 04:42 PM   #8
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You'll change your mind when one of those 3 ft long bull squirrels goes after your nuts.
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