# Russian Squirrels Kill Dog For Food **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640 "2005-12-01T23:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/21 "2005-12-03T10:25:00Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > Certainly not before any observers had intervened, which is what is stated in the article. You think people would intervene in an animal fight in which one would be wholly justified in suspecting the involvement of rabies? I would watch from a safe distance. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/22 "2005-12-03T10:38:49Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > You think people would intervene in an animal fight in which one would be wholly justified in suspecting the involvement of rabies? I would watch from a safe distance. if it had said the dog was a yorkie or somre other miniature breed, then I night have believed it. Amedium - large dog though? No way. There was even an expert in the article who voiced his doubts. No way this happened. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/23 "2005-12-03T13:18:26Z")
Hmmm…there was an AD&D monster called the Carnivorous Squirrel. Attacked in swarms. What next? A Balrog working at Pizza Hut? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/24 "2005-12-03T14:47:14Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > You’ll _have_ to run fast, lookin’ at those little sods. They could be quite partial to left nuts! 🙂 It’s a good thing that the only kind of nut I might have on my person would be a pack of peanut M&Ms then, isn’t it? I can just ditch the candy and run far, far away. 😉 ---
**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, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/25 "2005-12-03T15:39:34Z")
As I said in my other post on the subject (_coughcoughgrumblegrumble_): I, for one, welcome our new nut-gathering overlords. I’ve always said they were evil. And they’re _everywhere_ too. Just calmly running around and filling their little cheeks as though they weren’t planning some sort of world domination. Mark my words, it’s only a matter of time before [_this_](http://www.worth1000.com/entries/10500/10830_w.jpg) happens. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/26 "2005-12-03T17:06:40Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > I tried to Putin my 2 cents… Isn’t anyone going to compliment my wit??? ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/27 "2005-12-03T18:02:35Z")
We were trying to be diplomatic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/28 "2005-12-03T20:09:21Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Isn’t anyone going to compliment my wit??? \*Compliment \*is not quite the word. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/29 "2005-12-03T22:19:08Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > As I said in my other post on the subject (_coughcoughgrumblegrumble_): I, for one, welcome our new nut-gathering overlords. I’ve always said they were evil. And they’re _everywhere_ too. Just calmly running around and filling their little cheeks as though they weren’t planning some sort of world domination. > Mark my words, it’s only a matter of time before [_this_](http://www.worth1000.com/entries/10500/10830_w.jpg) happens. Linky-link does not work. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/30 "2005-12-03T22:20:29Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > Hmmm, I know its on he BBC website and all, but really, its much more likely the other way around, a stray dog is going to be hungry and nasty and would probably look upon a bunch of squirrels as a great gastronomic opportunity… > > Sorry, don’t believe it. Me neither. Note they give a source as “Komosmolskaya Pravda”. Dunno if that’s connected with THE Pravda, but if so, it’s about as reliable as the National Enquirer. And the BBC did put up an article on their site from a US correspondent that called Mayor Nagin “genuinely heroic”. It’s obvious the BBC is no longer to be accepted without question. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/31 "2005-12-03T22:29:49Z")
If I had to guess what really happened, it’d be a squirrel or two feeding on an already dead dog carcass. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/32 "2005-12-03T22:38:50Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > What next? A Balrog working at Pizza Hut? Sure. “You want wings with that?” ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/33 "2005-12-03T23:36:41Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > What next? A Balrog working at Pizza Hut? Gandalf as a cop: Okay, a delivery guy. You just passed in a no passing zone, I’m gonna have to give you a ticket. Balrog: Grumble, grumble. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/34 "2005-12-04T01:59:23Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Linky-link does not work. It does work if you click on “go” beside the URL in your address bar. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/35 "2005-12-04T02:43:12Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > \*Compliment \*is not quite the word. Exalt? Worship? Praise? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/36 "2005-12-04T03:03:07Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > What next? A Balrog working at Pizza Hut? Well, that would definitely save money; who needs ovens ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640/37 "2005-12-04T14:33:42Z")
Did anyone see this? Monster mice eat seabirds It looks for real. And very sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-squirrels-kill-dog-for-food/333640.md?page=1)