Re: The next horror movie craze, Carnivorous Squirrels.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241218132149.htm
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A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains, is a common sight. But a new study provides the first evidence that California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles. The study, led by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and University of California, Davis, is the first to chronicle widespread carnivorous behavior among squirrels.
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 These ground squirrels are not much bigger than a vole.  Voles might be larger compared to a ground squirrel than than a rabbit compared to lynx.
 It probably should be noted that carnivora is derived from hooved animals.  I recall a science article noting that cattle in India were opportunistic carnivores even though they were ruminants (some were hunting birds at night when the birds couldn't see them).
 Ron Okimoto