# I, for one, welcome our new nut-gathering overlords.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 3, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-nut-gathering-overlords/333856 "2005-12-03T03:18:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-nut-gathering-overlords/333856/1 "2005-12-03T03:18:26Z")

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I’ve always said squirrels were dangerous, untrustworthy little critters, and now I have proof.

[Russian squirrel pack ‘kills dog’:](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4489792.stm)

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> A “big” stray dog was nosing about the trees and barking at squirrels hiding in branches overhead when a number of them suddenly descended and attacked, reports say.
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> “They literally gutted the dog,” local journalist Anastasia Trubitsina told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.

:eek:

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Well. It’s clear to me that these are some ferocious little buggers. And they’re _everywhere_ too. You’ve seen them. Running around, filling their little cheeks with food as though they weren’t planning any sort of world domination. Well, THEY ARE. And I’ve got my Squirrel Shelter and Squirrel Repellent and .45 automatic for when [_this_](http://www.worth1000.com/entries/10500/10830_w.jpg) happens.  
Mark my words.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-nut-gathering-overlords/333856/2 "2005-12-03T03:41:57Z")

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> **[Russian Squirrels Kill Dog For Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347490)**
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> Link Remember the evil squirrel thread a while back ? These are nasty squirrels : Nasty wildlife they have there. Even the chipmunks :

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-nut-gathering-overlords/333856/3 "2005-12-03T05:19:01Z")

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Well, fuck me with a cactus and color me pregnant.  
Mods: Close 'er up?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-nut-gathering-overlords/333856/4 "2005-12-04T02:02:05Z")

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> [@Spatial Rift 47](#):
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> Well, fuck me with a cactus and color me pregnant.

Ouch and double ouch. :eek: