Brash criminal activity!

Originally posted by lostagain But a thought:  Squirrels, or any other wildlife for that matter, are incapable of stealing.  Everything that they can grab belongs to them, at least until another critter takes it away or eats the squirrel.  Possession is 10/10ths of the law of nature.

Plus, the squirrels were likely there long before humans, so we're the ones who stole their territory.

+1 - think animals (wildlife) are incapable of criminal behavior. No more than a cat killing a mouse thinks about murder.

I don't have any squirrel stories, but as a child, my family was camping in Colorado and we went on a hike. Before we left, Mom thought that she could keep the chipmunks out of a jar of jelly on the table (without a lid) by covering it with a tablecloth. We came back and the little buggers had eaten through the tablecloth and helped themselves to the jelly.

We always had a good time with the chipmunks. We usually stayed a week and before the time was up, we'd have them taking nuts and other snacks out of our hands. One year, we didn't have nuts but did have some Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter cereal: they loved it.

Hmmmm, that says a lot.

At the ERU this last week, my wife left her mixed nuts on picanik table in container, they ate the lid and then boy did the tree rats love that. Big party.