The Squirrel Project: Problem Solving Abilities of Squirrels

The goal of this project is to provide an informative and humorous look at how squirrels solve increasingly difficult obstacles in my backyard. The Squirrel Project was inspired by a BBC television show entitled "Daylight Robbery" and its more originally titled sequel "Daylight Robbery II” - Comments Welcome!!!

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Dream a Little Dream

Have you ever seen a squirrel sleep standing up? This idea was sent in by none other than Jeremy Morison of Springfield Tennessee. When hawks are in the area, Jeremy likes to feed them a nice fresh meal. He noticed my post and let me in on one of his feeding secrets. He gives the squirrels a bit of allergy medication to put them to sleep. In his e-mail he described the step that I have recreated in these pictures. I was very easy to do. This to me was so alarming that I immediately set a plan to teach my squirrels how to avoid the color “pink” no matter how tasty the nut or food looks. I have been making much progress. Jojo knows what not to eat. The others in group 003 need a bit more time (they still lick the pills)


Thanks Jeremy for the tip! You are a sick sick man!

Press

Poke

Meds

Nuts

Toothpick

Correction

The New Jojo video for you to watch! is a Real Movie file (.ram) and should have not been shown in a windows media player. I have made a new screen cap.

-Max