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06-14-2009, 09:46 PM
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So. Today was apparently Squirrel Mosh Pit Day in my neighborhood. I've had the great pleasure of witnessing this event 2 times before, but his day my oldest daughter was able to get front row seats with me.
Squirrel Mosh Pit Day is the event where what appears to be all of the local squirrels gather in a 4 yard quadrant (mine being one of them) and just throw down for about an hour or two. There's no teams. There's no tagging in or out. There's no alliances. They just whip ass.
Today there were 2 distict fight clubs that eventually merged into one big one, and those little bastards went all out. Squirrels were everywhere. Fighting in the trees, rooftops, and on parked cars. They even stopped traffic at one point because they wouldn't leave the street when a car came. They'd rather take a radial to the head than back down.
I made multiple attempts to capture this on film. Unfortunately, trying to film or photograph a herd of bushy-tailed rats as they attempt to maim eachother is harder than I thought. My ring side seat was vacated when the battle royale and the twelve squirrels still participating rumbled up a tree, over a roof and into a neighbors backyard I didn't have access to.
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06-14-2009, 10:02 PM
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06-14-2009, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mike_v_s  ...and those little bastards went all out. | This cracked me the hell up.  Thanks Mike! |
06-14-2009, 10:20 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | Freakin' awesome!!! |
06-14-2009, 11:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Calgary, AB, Canada | | | There's a lot of that going on. Some bluejays have taken up residence in my back yard (2 little ones and what I assume to be their parents). We have squirrels wandering through there all the time, but today was a bit different. They got a bit too close to the bluejays and all hell broke loose. It was like they set up a little wrestling arena in the yard. The bluejays were so effective that one of the squirrels tried to crash through the screen door into the house. It failed miserably.
And up at the university there is usually a good battle of squirrel vs magpie going on every couple of days.
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06-14-2009, 11:24 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | This thread is a veiled attempt for Mike to brag about how he's got squirrels fighting over his nuts. 
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06-14-2009, 11:27 PM
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06-14-2009, 11:30 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | Win thread. Even if Mike's nuts are the most fought over thing in Northshore, LA. |
06-14-2009, 11:48 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | This is not surprising. Despite claims that squirrels lack any sort of functional intelligence, most people don't realize that squirrels show a remarkable gift for imitating behavior that they observe regularly. You need to shutter the windows of your baby fighting dojo and this will cease to occur. I know its in a remote area, but really you shouldn't allow any viewing access to your training center anyway. Trade secrets and all that.
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06-15-2009, 12:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Jersey | | I wish this would happen near my neighborhood. Sounds epic. And if possible to identify each one with a bandanna or something would be awesome for betting purposes.
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06-15-2009, 11:57 AM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | We have a small flock of local squirrels, but they really only get noisy in early spring when the boys are chasing tail. |
06-15-2009, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO I know its in a remote area, but really you shouldn't allow any viewing access to your training center anyway. Trade secrets and all that. |  |
06-15-2009, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO This is not surprising. Despite claims that squirrels lack any sort of functional intelligence, most people don't realize that squirrels show a remarkable gift for imitating behavior that they observe regularly. You need to shutter the windows of your baby fighting dojo and this will cease to occur. I know its in a remote area, but really you shouldn't allow any viewing access to your training center anyway. Trade secrets and all that. | Quite the contrary, my friend. My fighters are learning from the displays of violence outside of their training facility. I'll be instituting "riot style" in the near future where it's every baby for themselves. I figure that if they can survive in a hostile, no-holds-barred, fight-everyone-to-survive situation, then the standard ring and one on one baby fight will be like fighting a newborn. Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewSixx07032 I wish this would happen near my neighborhood. Sounds epic. And if possible to identify each one with a bandanna or something would be awesome for betting purposes. | I'm thinking I should wait until nightfall and spray paint them in their sleep. The problem is predictability. I've been living in tha house for 6 years and only witnessed this spectacle 3 times. Knowing when to tag the vermin will be key to the betting.
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06-15-2009, 05:58 PM
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06-15-2009, 06:03 PM
|  | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | | Two squirrels were fighting in my yard today. I managed to snap a couple of pictures.
1 - The stare down.
2 - The take down.
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06-15-2009, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by JimB52 Two squirrels were fighting in my yard today. I managed to snap a couple of pictures.
1 - The stare down.
2 - The take down. | Yeah, just tell the kids they were fighting.  LOL
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06-15-2009, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by JimB52 Two squirrels were fighting in my yard today. I managed to snap a couple of pictures.
1 - The stare down.
2 - The take down. | Um . . . are you sure they're fighting?
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06-15-2009, 06:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Side SA | | | i have squirrels living in my attic. one time one of their tails was sticking out of a hole and i jumped up and yanked it HARD. LOL it turned around in the hole and stared at me.
i have him the bird.
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06-15-2009, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JimB52 Two squirrels were fighting in my yard today. I managed to snap a couple of pictures.
1 - The stare down.
2 - The take down. | Um, I believe the correct captions for those images are:
1 - Do a little dance
2 - Make a little love
3 (scene missing) - Get down tonight. |
06-15-2009, 06:32 PM
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