# Fraternizing With the Enemy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternizing-with-the-enemy/190122 "2003-07-22T12:32:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternizing-with-the-enemy/190122/21 "2003-07-23T13:36:32Z")
My son’s high school gym teacher two years ago was a Ravens cheerleader. Safe to say that none of the young men skipped HER class. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternizing-with-the-enemy/190122/22 "2003-07-23T14:41:26Z")
I don’t blame them **Mama Tiger**. I must confess that I think back on that party often and with fondness. **Welbywife** , on the other hand, doesn’t. I wonder why? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternizing-with-the-enemy/190122/23 "2003-07-23T15:01:15Z")
Console yourself then, with the knowledge that peanuts can kill squirrels. > [@](#): > > raw peanuts and other legumes contain a trypsin inhibitor or substance that inhibits or prevents the pancreas from producing trypsin, an enzyme essential for the absorption of protein by the intestine. With the help of a veterinarian friend. Kieswetter reviewed animal nutrition literature and discovered similar problems. > > While the exact relationship between the trypsin inhibitor and malnutrition in rodents is not fully understood, the detrimental effects have been documented since 1917. Squirrels fed a steady diet of raw peanuts, soybeans. other legumes, and sweet potatoes could easily develop severe malnutrition. > > WDFW Urban Wildlife Biologist Patricia Thompson also reports that there are mycotoxins in raw peanuts that can cause liver, kidney, and brain diseases which unfortunately are seen in many birds. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternizing-with-the-enemy/190122/24 "2003-07-23T15:03:13Z")
[oops](http://www.gottshall.com/squirrels/fhtml04e.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternizing-with-the-enemy/190122/25 "2003-07-23T15:09:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \* > \*\*Next time you see him, he will be wearing a leather jacket and riding a motorcycle, bumming cigarrettes. \*\* Ah ha, that’s why they’ve been scouting out my motorcycles. I knew it. Every time I would go out to my bike there would be one. Usually they were just looking, but sometimes I would catch them off guard and I would see them playing with the CB, or testing out the seat height, or checking on the tire wear, sometimes even making sure the engine wasn’t leaking oil. I think they plan on stealing my bike and riding all over the country on it. Those bastards. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternizing-with-the-enemy/190122/26 "2003-07-24T11:26:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Console yourself then, with the knowledge that peanuts can kill squirrels. \*\* [Makes mental note to buy a truckload of peanuts] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternizing-with-the-enemy/190122.md?page=1)