the killing way
far from being cute little darlings they are actually pests of the highest order
edit: my uncle has a farm
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 10:38,
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edit: my uncle has a farm
Red squirels are rare though
grey squirels are bloody everywhere
/Belemy
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 10:40,
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/Belemy
haha
shows i just woke up doesn't it!
quite obviously i'd never shoot a red
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 10:41,
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quite obviously i'd never shoot a red
Yes, because they eat all the nuts
and scamper up trees, they strangle chickens for the fun of it, and murder people by moonlight?
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 10:40,
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see above
i've just woke up and mixed up red and greys. greys are severe pests
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 10:42,
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But what are you saying makes
grey squirrels a pest? They don't do any damage to farmland, and squirrel TWOCing of tractors is at an all time low this year.
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 10:44,
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Actually,
the grey squirrels aren't indigenous to the UK, and were brought here from the US in the mid 1800's (I think). They used to think that the Red Squirrels were sick and dying and that the Greys were taking their place (i.e. just filling in the gaps). However, new research has shown that they're basically bullying for position with the Reds and winning. Not long until the poor Reds are extinct from Britain.
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 10:55,
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Well I already knew that grey squirrels aren't indigenous
the question is do they actually constitute a pest because they were introduced, or simply because farmers like to shoot things, which they then label as pest?
Rats spead disease, mice eat grain supplies, foxes (it can be argued - although I don't believe it's quite an epidemic) do attack chickens. But suqirrels, what damage do they do to farms?
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 11:00,
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Rats spead disease, mice eat grain supplies, foxes (it can be argued - although I don't believe it's quite an epidemic) do attack chickens. But suqirrels, what damage do they do to farms?
They can finish off
a field of wheat in seconds. Like bloody locusts they are.
Bastards.
No, I see what you're saying - are they a farm pest? - and I'd say no, they're not (unless you farm hazelnuts).
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 11:07,
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Bastards.
No, I see what you're saying - are they a farm pest? - and I'd say no, they're not (unless you farm hazelnuts).
Google is our friend.
"Both red and grey squirrels do damage to woodlands, particularly through stripping bark from trees to get at the sap, but with increasing conservation awareness, foresters have come to tolerate the native species. The immigrant grey, however is regarded in a very different light and marked down as an unwelcome pest."
Seems it's a bit of racism/patriotism that's gotten them greys marked as a pest.
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 11:17,
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Seems it's a bit of racism/patriotism that's gotten them greys marked as a pest.