Re: The next horror movie craze, Carnivorous Squirrels.

On 1/1/25 9:41 AM, RonO wrote:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241218132149.htm
 
QUOTE:
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
 

Carnivorous bunnies have already appeared via Monty Python.