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This article should have a section on the range of each type of squirrel and also each species.
It is otherwise well written and iunteresting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.101.251.116 ( talk) 19:19, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
This article is lacking any description of the Red Squirrel and account of its displacement by the Grey Squirrel, particularly in the UK. There needs to be a picture too. Recent changes in the law in the UK now classify the American Grey Squirrel as vermin and it is now an offence, if one is caught, to re-release it into the wild. It is a pity the same does not apply to human beings (Americans in England, I mean). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.62.202 ( talk) 14:05, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
I just heard that squirrels were popular pets in the late 18th century, at least in England and America. Pet squirrels appear in portraits from the period. I don't know if they were popular as pets at other times as well. It'd be great if someone who knows more added a mention of this phenomenon. 67.189.219.32 01:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC) I have had as many as 17 grey squirrels in my front yard, I have never seen squirrel poop, what gives! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.22.236.230 ( talk) 20:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
These are some squirrel pictures (some not used in the article, but I don't know if there should be a squirrel gallery :)
Here is another one (in fact, a fox squirrel):
I took this photo myself, so I will not just put it here on the main article. If, however, you also find that the anatomy of the animal is displayed rather nicely on the picture (mind the claws!), then feel free to use it instead of the current picture. I also like the current main picture, but the features of the squirrel are not so clear. -- Markus Krötzsch 00:42, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Use them if you want.
--
Kalmia
10:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
The claim that squirrelled is one syllable in American english slanderously promotes the position that all Americans sound like cowboys, decidedly non-NPOV. Oh, and squirrels are cute.
Everyone I know here in Mississippi says it with one syllable, as well. Squirrel is a one syllbable word. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.222.124.230 ( talk) 18:04, August 20, 2007 (UTC)
I've been told by multiple sources that squirrels can't carry rabies. I have been unable to get anyone to explain why, although I speculate that either they don't catch it, or it kills them before it becomes contagious. I found a quote on the CDC website (which I will link into the article eventually) which indicates they are low risk, but again, does not explain why. -- ssd 03:26, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What's that about them carrying plague? Honestly Squirrels in general carry no more desese than any other wild animal... the artical makes it seem, that they are swarming with desese... as Zoney said, we don't get that sort of thing here in Britain.
I've discussed the rabies issue with a number of rehabbers, who seem to agree that the only way a squirrel could live long enough from the wounds involved in contracting rabies for the disease to fully gestate is if the animal in question is bitten by a bat. Which is pretty unlikely in its own right, considering squirrels are diurnal and bats are nocturnal. In any case, if they article hadn't confirmed that the animal had rabies I'd be crying foul. A squirrel will bite anyone that touches it if its wounded. As for other diseases, I agree. Squirrels are hardly the disease carriers this article seems to portray them as. Still, if bitten by a squirrel, a tetanus shot is a damn good idea. It's in these guys nature to dig in the dirt all day long.-- Arkcana 03:42, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
I provided some text and a link today 11-15-08 for the main article. It is a mystery since all mammals can get rabies. In the text for the article I simply said they do not carry rabies, this could be altered to 'offer extremely low risk of rabies' if there is protest. However, if you think about it to say they don't carry rabies is not the same as saying they can't get rabies... they simply pose no risk of transmitting for reasons not understood. See the link. 'Don't carry' is thus accurate IMO. Carlw4514 ( talk) 15:42, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
Is it possible for a squirrel and rat to reproduce?
Since squirrels are quite common creatures it might be nice to have a section on behavioral patterns so it would be easy to identify certain actions. Here is a page that has some info, maybe permission could be obtained for use. jvstein 20:59, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
It would be cool to get some info on the mating rituals of squirrels. I've tried to find the information from online sources, but as everyone thinks they are right, there is a lot of conflicting information. jvstein 20:59, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Can squirrels swim in swimming pools?? I found a dead one in my pool and I was just curious to know if they can survive or not.
65.191.120.40
17:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
I was watching something on TV and it presented squirrel for regular dining. It's actually being served in a few restauraunts in London actually. -- Madchester 22:27, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
Deleted from article page. Palmiro | Talk 21:45, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Too add to that I changed the "Feeding squirrels is not recommended" to "Hand feeding squirrels is not recommended". I did this because there is no physical danger of tossing a squirrel a peanut then standing back to watch it nibble away. It's also because I personally like feeding squirrels and am amused by their nibbling. Evan-Los Angeles-CA, USA
We've raised about 50 orphaned squirrels. All our squirrels are easily and safely hand fed, even after they've been released. They are actually very careful about feeding from hand, and can easily tell the difference between food and hand.
However, I would not attempt to hand feed a wild squirrel who has never lived with humans. In that case, just tossing the food down at your feet will accomplish the same connection, and more safely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.43.201 ( talk) 00:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
In Soviet Russia squirrels eat dog: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4489792.stm
Russian squirrels have also occasionally hospitalized people. Stay away from Russian squirrels! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.101.251.116 ( talk) 19:24, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Seriously, do they or do they just squirrel away food?
Ground squirrels do hibernate, but not tree squirrels. 61.230.78.158 10:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Somebody told me that squirrels hibernate, but I really don't think they do. I have heard other people say they hibernate and some say they don't. So if you would, tell me the truth about this!
Ground squirrels hibernate, tree squirrels don't. Ground squirrels include chipmunks while tree squirrels include grey squirrels and variants. (January 16, 2006)
Recent studies have shown that squirrels use sense of smell not memory to find food that they have earlier buried. Researchers showed that squirrels found nuts that humans had buried just as often as the nuts that the squirrels had buried themselves. This should be reflected and changed in your main article. http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=89
In Bellingham's Western Washington University there is also a colony of black squirels, can these be western greys?
As far as I know, there are no melenistic versions of the Western gray, just the eastern gray. That, and Westerns are so rare in Washington you're not likely to see them in an urban area. Those are the domains of the easterns.-- Arkcana 03:55, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Dennis Owca of Apple Valley Minnesota has a concise and factual website to add from:
http://www.squirrels.org/t_faq.html
This section is rather large and seems poorly organized. I added some material to it, (notably about what squirrels can digest, and some more details about food sources) but then I noticed a lot of stuff in this paragraph that maybe deserves a category of its own? Anyone have any ideas of how we could break this up? There is a lot of good stuff in this section and I feel it's too much information for one section, but I'm not exactly sure how to proceed. One thought I had would be a "squirrels as a pest" heading. Also, we could separate something about squirrels intelligence, ability to be trained, adapt, etc. into another paragraph? Cazort 17:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Are you who said squirrels cannot digest cellulose yet need carbohydrates? Cellulose is carbohydrate. I've seen them eating twigs. Aren't buds cellulose? Do you have a reference? Here is a U of I page that says theory is that they do eat bark. http://www.extension.org/pages/Barkstripping Mykkl ( talk) 06:24, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Where do squirrels sleep? How come pictures never show a squirrel in any sort of "nest" or "burrow", or a sleeping squirrel anywhere else? Do male squirrels sleep in the same places as female squirrels? I’ve lived around squirrels my entire life, but nobody ever seems to mention where squirrels go at night.
For example, birds sleep in trees. I can look up into the tree and see bird nests, but I have never seen a squirrel nest.
Around people they often live in the attic. They can easily climb a power pole and readily walk a power line to a house roof. With their sharp teeth they can enlarge a small hole until they can get into the attic. I have had several eperiences trying to eradicate them.
I'm pretty sure that a squirrel 'nest' is called a drey. Has anyone else heard of the term? I came across it in a book on red squirrels, but that was a while ago and I don't have the reference anymore... 84.176.114.107 21:01, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I have been researching many sites and can't seem to find any information on how squirrels stay hydrated. Obviously rain water comes to mind but what if theres been no rain or any other obvious source? Do they ever die of dehydration? Is this a stupid question? Should I be putting water out along with the seeds and nuts I feed them? Any info or opinion would be appreciated. 65.30.180.210 14:29, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[User:Britt La Galbo]17 June 2006
I came here to learn the life expectancy of a grey squirrel. Could someone please add this information to the article? — Theo (Talk) 08:29, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
About 10-12 years in captivity, but no more than only 4 years in the wild (from russian wiki page on grey squirrel). 195.98.64.69 03:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Please include also stages from birth, youth, adolecence, and maturity. Thanks
I've removed the following statement from the mess of a trivia section in this article as it pertains to a specific species instead of squirrels in general. When the species article is created it may be applicable there. -- Aranae 16:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
The Three-Striped Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) has three distinct stripes on its back. As per the Hindu epic, Ramayana, the squirrel acquired these stripes when Lord Rama stroked a squirrel's back with affection as it helped him build a bridge to Sri Lanka when he was in exile.
I am not taking sides either way. But it should be addressed here on the talk page, what are the reasons for thinking squirrels have poor memories, and which studies (if any) indicate they do remember specific hoards. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 11:04, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Can squirrels be kept as pets or bought in pet shops?—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
malissa
Why can't we have external links to squirrel recipes on this page? If we can have links to pages about rehabilitating delinquent squirrels and so on, then it's only fair to have links to pages about how to properly cook them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.11.72.4 ( talk) 07:05, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
Xpehbam 20:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC)Anybody notice a link between unusually colored squirrels and university campuses?
I happened to get a lot of photos of a squirrel who wandered onto my deck this afternoon. Contact sheets are [3] [4] [ [5] [ [6]; all images are 3888x2592 in the original. Drop a note on my Commons talk if anybody thinks any of these would be useful. (The leaping one on the fourth sheet is not well-focused, unfortunately.) Kelly Martin ( talk) 03:59, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Guten Tag! In ordinance with Wikipedia:External links, I have removed some uniformed resource locators.
Here are the URLs I removed:
Cheers
-- Starionwolf 06:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
One of the best reasons to include external links in Wikipedia articles is when video content is available that is relevant to the article. Wikipedia doesn't seem to make very good use of video, imho, and external sources can fill the gap.
Example, these videos will give visitors a much clearer idea of what raising squirrels is like, than a text description alone can. http://squirrels-for-you.com/data/html/video/37.cgi
Whether this set of videos is the best video selection available is a decision best made by others. I'm not suggesting Wikipedia should link to ANY or ALL videos on a topic, clearly the editing function is still important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.43.201 ( talk) 01:05, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I recently removed:
Although squirrels are not social animals and do not live in groups, the word "clijster" (pronounced "cly-ster") is in general use as the American colloquial term for a group of squirrels.
I can't find any reference to this term in any English dictionary or on the Internet, but the editor who added it ( Special:Contributions/68.174.123.113) has made a couple of constructive edits, so perhaps it isn't vandalism. Has anyone ever heard of the word? - Three white leopards 18:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
What does lead in a landfill have to do with squirrel meat? Just would be helpful to have it pointed out.
Dunno...
This whole project seems a bit hopeless.
There's a big emphasis on providing expert info and citing sources and such, but how many of those editing this page, deleting links, yelling spam etc, have actually lived with squirrels, raised them and so on?
So many pages on Wikipedia seem like a pointless power struggle between folks who don't actually know much about the topic, except what they've maybe read on the Internet somewhere.
Those who do have the real experience are unlikely to enlighten the discussion, as they will soon learn that contributing just fuels the ego agendas of the ignorant.
Sorry, this is directed at the Wikipedia concept, not any specific individual.
Positive suggestion, if you haven't lived with squirrels, remove yourself from this page, and ask experienced people to manage it instead:
http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/index.php
Hi! I snapped these photos at the elephant seal sanctuary in San Simeon. I want to put them in the right subcategory at the Commons, so just to be sure, are these fox squirrels? Thanks. -- Bagginz 21:03, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to note that the Middle English aquerna immediately looks like the origin of the Norse (Nordic) ekorn which is our word for squirrel. Sigg3.net ( talk) 16:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, didn't Kent State University have a lot to do with he rehabilitation & relocation of the black (grey?) squirrel? We have more of them here than people, and the pride can be seen on our city's car bumper stickers with a symbol of a (black Squirrel)?
I scanned through the article and didn't see any mention of the fact and I’m almost positive that was a fact I learned while attending Kent State.
At any rate, the creatures are nesting right now and I’ll send some pictures of nests and babies if that helps. (They are all over and they seem to multiply ever five years (this year is one) more than any other around here because the trees drop acorns all over the place once every four to five years it seems.)
Jason B. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.105.149 ( talk) 15:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
From what I understand, the black squirrel was having trouble because of being hunted and was brought from Canada by Larry Woodell in 1961. In September, we have a Black Squirrel Festival in honor of the event. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.105.149 ( talk) 15:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
I added the link to a video I put together from footage I shot so that users of wikipedia could see the squirrel in live action, but it was removed. . . for some reason. I set it to polka music, because I think that's more enjoyable, but I can upload and link to a version with the natural sounds if that is preferred. Please explain the issue as I completely do not understand why we'd want to keep people from a valuable resource. Help me understand please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.88.191 ( talk) 01:52, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
It seems to me that this page is more about common squirrels in the USA than members of the Sciuridae. The introduction says that A squirrel is any one of the many small or medium-sized rodents in the family Sciuridae which is in contradiction to the next sentence: squirrel commonly refers to members of this family's genera Sciurus and Tamiasciurus Sciuridae has 4 living subfamilies: Ratufinae, Sciurillinae, Sciurinae, Callosciurinae and Xerinae. Apart from certain species in the Xerinae subfamily, they are all mostly tree squirrels with a bushy tail. If this focus of the article is only common squirrels found in the USA, it should be clearly said so, but this goes against the Wikipedia guidelines of being universal. In most parts of the world 'Squirrel' is used for any member of Sciuriade. Maybe a warning could be made at the beginning of the article, like in the French version, saying that "Squirrel" is not a well defined term. AtikuX ( talk) 10:52, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
The species mentioned in the first paragraph of the Background section are all native to North America. Surely that's not representative? The eurasian red squirrel's abundant in my nook of the world and I assume inhabitants of other continents have their own idea of what's a "common" squirrel. Furiku ( talk) 11:54, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Should something be said about how they eat a lot of acorns? I'd put it, but I don't know where it would go. KenFehling ( talk) 17:35, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
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This article should have a section on the range of each type of squirrel and also each species.
It is otherwise well written and iunteresting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.101.251.116 ( talk) 19:19, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
This article is lacking any description of the Red Squirrel and account of its displacement by the Grey Squirrel, particularly in the UK. There needs to be a picture too. Recent changes in the law in the UK now classify the American Grey Squirrel as vermin and it is now an offence, if one is caught, to re-release it into the wild. It is a pity the same does not apply to human beings (Americans in England, I mean). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.62.202 ( talk) 14:05, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
I just heard that squirrels were popular pets in the late 18th century, at least in England and America. Pet squirrels appear in portraits from the period. I don't know if they were popular as pets at other times as well. It'd be great if someone who knows more added a mention of this phenomenon. 67.189.219.32 01:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC) I have had as many as 17 grey squirrels in my front yard, I have never seen squirrel poop, what gives! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.22.236.230 ( talk) 20:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
These are some squirrel pictures (some not used in the article, but I don't know if there should be a squirrel gallery :)
Here is another one (in fact, a fox squirrel):
I took this photo myself, so I will not just put it here on the main article. If, however, you also find that the anatomy of the animal is displayed rather nicely on the picture (mind the claws!), then feel free to use it instead of the current picture. I also like the current main picture, but the features of the squirrel are not so clear. -- Markus Krötzsch 00:42, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Use them if you want.
--
Kalmia
10:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
The claim that squirrelled is one syllable in American english slanderously promotes the position that all Americans sound like cowboys, decidedly non-NPOV. Oh, and squirrels are cute.
Everyone I know here in Mississippi says it with one syllable, as well. Squirrel is a one syllbable word. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.222.124.230 ( talk) 18:04, August 20, 2007 (UTC)
I've been told by multiple sources that squirrels can't carry rabies. I have been unable to get anyone to explain why, although I speculate that either they don't catch it, or it kills them before it becomes contagious. I found a quote on the CDC website (which I will link into the article eventually) which indicates they are low risk, but again, does not explain why. -- ssd 03:26, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What's that about them carrying plague? Honestly Squirrels in general carry no more desese than any other wild animal... the artical makes it seem, that they are swarming with desese... as Zoney said, we don't get that sort of thing here in Britain.
I've discussed the rabies issue with a number of rehabbers, who seem to agree that the only way a squirrel could live long enough from the wounds involved in contracting rabies for the disease to fully gestate is if the animal in question is bitten by a bat. Which is pretty unlikely in its own right, considering squirrels are diurnal and bats are nocturnal. In any case, if they article hadn't confirmed that the animal had rabies I'd be crying foul. A squirrel will bite anyone that touches it if its wounded. As for other diseases, I agree. Squirrels are hardly the disease carriers this article seems to portray them as. Still, if bitten by a squirrel, a tetanus shot is a damn good idea. It's in these guys nature to dig in the dirt all day long.-- Arkcana 03:42, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
I provided some text and a link today 11-15-08 for the main article. It is a mystery since all mammals can get rabies. In the text for the article I simply said they do not carry rabies, this could be altered to 'offer extremely low risk of rabies' if there is protest. However, if you think about it to say they don't carry rabies is not the same as saying they can't get rabies... they simply pose no risk of transmitting for reasons not understood. See the link. 'Don't carry' is thus accurate IMO. Carlw4514 ( talk) 15:42, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
Is it possible for a squirrel and rat to reproduce?
Since squirrels are quite common creatures it might be nice to have a section on behavioral patterns so it would be easy to identify certain actions. Here is a page that has some info, maybe permission could be obtained for use. jvstein 20:59, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
It would be cool to get some info on the mating rituals of squirrels. I've tried to find the information from online sources, but as everyone thinks they are right, there is a lot of conflicting information. jvstein 20:59, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Can squirrels swim in swimming pools?? I found a dead one in my pool and I was just curious to know if they can survive or not.
65.191.120.40
17:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
I was watching something on TV and it presented squirrel for regular dining. It's actually being served in a few restauraunts in London actually. -- Madchester 22:27, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
Deleted from article page. Palmiro | Talk 21:45, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Too add to that I changed the "Feeding squirrels is not recommended" to "Hand feeding squirrels is not recommended". I did this because there is no physical danger of tossing a squirrel a peanut then standing back to watch it nibble away. It's also because I personally like feeding squirrels and am amused by their nibbling. Evan-Los Angeles-CA, USA
We've raised about 50 orphaned squirrels. All our squirrels are easily and safely hand fed, even after they've been released. They are actually very careful about feeding from hand, and can easily tell the difference between food and hand.
However, I would not attempt to hand feed a wild squirrel who has never lived with humans. In that case, just tossing the food down at your feet will accomplish the same connection, and more safely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.43.201 ( talk) 00:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
In Soviet Russia squirrels eat dog: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4489792.stm
Russian squirrels have also occasionally hospitalized people. Stay away from Russian squirrels! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.101.251.116 ( talk) 19:24, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Seriously, do they or do they just squirrel away food?
Ground squirrels do hibernate, but not tree squirrels. 61.230.78.158 10:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Somebody told me that squirrels hibernate, but I really don't think they do. I have heard other people say they hibernate and some say they don't. So if you would, tell me the truth about this!
Ground squirrels hibernate, tree squirrels don't. Ground squirrels include chipmunks while tree squirrels include grey squirrels and variants. (January 16, 2006)
Recent studies have shown that squirrels use sense of smell not memory to find food that they have earlier buried. Researchers showed that squirrels found nuts that humans had buried just as often as the nuts that the squirrels had buried themselves. This should be reflected and changed in your main article. http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=89
In Bellingham's Western Washington University there is also a colony of black squirels, can these be western greys?
As far as I know, there are no melenistic versions of the Western gray, just the eastern gray. That, and Westerns are so rare in Washington you're not likely to see them in an urban area. Those are the domains of the easterns.-- Arkcana 03:55, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Dennis Owca of Apple Valley Minnesota has a concise and factual website to add from:
http://www.squirrels.org/t_faq.html
This section is rather large and seems poorly organized. I added some material to it, (notably about what squirrels can digest, and some more details about food sources) but then I noticed a lot of stuff in this paragraph that maybe deserves a category of its own? Anyone have any ideas of how we could break this up? There is a lot of good stuff in this section and I feel it's too much information for one section, but I'm not exactly sure how to proceed. One thought I had would be a "squirrels as a pest" heading. Also, we could separate something about squirrels intelligence, ability to be trained, adapt, etc. into another paragraph? Cazort 17:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Are you who said squirrels cannot digest cellulose yet need carbohydrates? Cellulose is carbohydrate. I've seen them eating twigs. Aren't buds cellulose? Do you have a reference? Here is a U of I page that says theory is that they do eat bark. http://www.extension.org/pages/Barkstripping Mykkl ( talk) 06:24, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Where do squirrels sleep? How come pictures never show a squirrel in any sort of "nest" or "burrow", or a sleeping squirrel anywhere else? Do male squirrels sleep in the same places as female squirrels? I’ve lived around squirrels my entire life, but nobody ever seems to mention where squirrels go at night.
For example, birds sleep in trees. I can look up into the tree and see bird nests, but I have never seen a squirrel nest.
Around people they often live in the attic. They can easily climb a power pole and readily walk a power line to a house roof. With their sharp teeth they can enlarge a small hole until they can get into the attic. I have had several eperiences trying to eradicate them.
I'm pretty sure that a squirrel 'nest' is called a drey. Has anyone else heard of the term? I came across it in a book on red squirrels, but that was a while ago and I don't have the reference anymore... 84.176.114.107 21:01, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I have been researching many sites and can't seem to find any information on how squirrels stay hydrated. Obviously rain water comes to mind but what if theres been no rain or any other obvious source? Do they ever die of dehydration? Is this a stupid question? Should I be putting water out along with the seeds and nuts I feed them? Any info or opinion would be appreciated. 65.30.180.210 14:29, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[User:Britt La Galbo]17 June 2006
I came here to learn the life expectancy of a grey squirrel. Could someone please add this information to the article? — Theo (Talk) 08:29, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
About 10-12 years in captivity, but no more than only 4 years in the wild (from russian wiki page on grey squirrel). 195.98.64.69 03:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Please include also stages from birth, youth, adolecence, and maturity. Thanks
I've removed the following statement from the mess of a trivia section in this article as it pertains to a specific species instead of squirrels in general. When the species article is created it may be applicable there. -- Aranae 16:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
The Three-Striped Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) has three distinct stripes on its back. As per the Hindu epic, Ramayana, the squirrel acquired these stripes when Lord Rama stroked a squirrel's back with affection as it helped him build a bridge to Sri Lanka when he was in exile.
I am not taking sides either way. But it should be addressed here on the talk page, what are the reasons for thinking squirrels have poor memories, and which studies (if any) indicate they do remember specific hoards. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 11:04, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Can squirrels be kept as pets or bought in pet shops?—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
malissa
Why can't we have external links to squirrel recipes on this page? If we can have links to pages about rehabilitating delinquent squirrels and so on, then it's only fair to have links to pages about how to properly cook them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.11.72.4 ( talk) 07:05, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
Xpehbam 20:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC)Anybody notice a link between unusually colored squirrels and university campuses?
I happened to get a lot of photos of a squirrel who wandered onto my deck this afternoon. Contact sheets are [3] [4] [ [5] [ [6]; all images are 3888x2592 in the original. Drop a note on my Commons talk if anybody thinks any of these would be useful. (The leaping one on the fourth sheet is not well-focused, unfortunately.) Kelly Martin ( talk) 03:59, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Guten Tag! In ordinance with Wikipedia:External links, I have removed some uniformed resource locators.
Here are the URLs I removed:
Cheers
-- Starionwolf 06:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
One of the best reasons to include external links in Wikipedia articles is when video content is available that is relevant to the article. Wikipedia doesn't seem to make very good use of video, imho, and external sources can fill the gap.
Example, these videos will give visitors a much clearer idea of what raising squirrels is like, than a text description alone can. http://squirrels-for-you.com/data/html/video/37.cgi
Whether this set of videos is the best video selection available is a decision best made by others. I'm not suggesting Wikipedia should link to ANY or ALL videos on a topic, clearly the editing function is still important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.43.201 ( talk) 01:05, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I recently removed:
Although squirrels are not social animals and do not live in groups, the word "clijster" (pronounced "cly-ster") is in general use as the American colloquial term for a group of squirrels.
I can't find any reference to this term in any English dictionary or on the Internet, but the editor who added it ( Special:Contributions/68.174.123.113) has made a couple of constructive edits, so perhaps it isn't vandalism. Has anyone ever heard of the word? - Three white leopards 18:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
What does lead in a landfill have to do with squirrel meat? Just would be helpful to have it pointed out.
Dunno...
This whole project seems a bit hopeless.
There's a big emphasis on providing expert info and citing sources and such, but how many of those editing this page, deleting links, yelling spam etc, have actually lived with squirrels, raised them and so on?
So many pages on Wikipedia seem like a pointless power struggle between folks who don't actually know much about the topic, except what they've maybe read on the Internet somewhere.
Those who do have the real experience are unlikely to enlighten the discussion, as they will soon learn that contributing just fuels the ego agendas of the ignorant.
Sorry, this is directed at the Wikipedia concept, not any specific individual.
Positive suggestion, if you haven't lived with squirrels, remove yourself from this page, and ask experienced people to manage it instead:
http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/index.php
Hi! I snapped these photos at the elephant seal sanctuary in San Simeon. I want to put them in the right subcategory at the Commons, so just to be sure, are these fox squirrels? Thanks. -- Bagginz 21:03, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to note that the Middle English aquerna immediately looks like the origin of the Norse (Nordic) ekorn which is our word for squirrel. Sigg3.net ( talk) 16:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, didn't Kent State University have a lot to do with he rehabilitation & relocation of the black (grey?) squirrel? We have more of them here than people, and the pride can be seen on our city's car bumper stickers with a symbol of a (black Squirrel)?
I scanned through the article and didn't see any mention of the fact and I’m almost positive that was a fact I learned while attending Kent State.
At any rate, the creatures are nesting right now and I’ll send some pictures of nests and babies if that helps. (They are all over and they seem to multiply ever five years (this year is one) more than any other around here because the trees drop acorns all over the place once every four to five years it seems.)
Jason B. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.105.149 ( talk) 15:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
From what I understand, the black squirrel was having trouble because of being hunted and was brought from Canada by Larry Woodell in 1961. In September, we have a Black Squirrel Festival in honor of the event. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.105.149 ( talk) 15:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
I added the link to a video I put together from footage I shot so that users of wikipedia could see the squirrel in live action, but it was removed. . . for some reason. I set it to polka music, because I think that's more enjoyable, but I can upload and link to a version with the natural sounds if that is preferred. Please explain the issue as I completely do not understand why we'd want to keep people from a valuable resource. Help me understand please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.88.191 ( talk) 01:52, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
It seems to me that this page is more about common squirrels in the USA than members of the Sciuridae. The introduction says that A squirrel is any one of the many small or medium-sized rodents in the family Sciuridae which is in contradiction to the next sentence: squirrel commonly refers to members of this family's genera Sciurus and Tamiasciurus Sciuridae has 4 living subfamilies: Ratufinae, Sciurillinae, Sciurinae, Callosciurinae and Xerinae. Apart from certain species in the Xerinae subfamily, they are all mostly tree squirrels with a bushy tail. If this focus of the article is only common squirrels found in the USA, it should be clearly said so, but this goes against the Wikipedia guidelines of being universal. In most parts of the world 'Squirrel' is used for any member of Sciuriade. Maybe a warning could be made at the beginning of the article, like in the French version, saying that "Squirrel" is not a well defined term. AtikuX ( talk) 10:52, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
The species mentioned in the first paragraph of the Background section are all native to North America. Surely that's not representative? The eurasian red squirrel's abundant in my nook of the world and I assume inhabitants of other continents have their own idea of what's a "common" squirrel. Furiku ( talk) 11:54, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Should something be said about how they eat a lot of acorns? I'd put it, but I don't know where it would go. KenFehling ( talk) 17:35, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
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