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Poor squashed hogs. DonÆt like meanie people who wanna kill badgers. Never seen hogs and badgers feeding together before, how weird. I thought badgers ate hogs for food, not cos they didnÆt want them eating their grub, IÆm gonna ask Bad Dad what he thinks about that, bet he'll have an opinion. |
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I seem to remember a study was made of hedgehogs, they were fitted with transmitters and followed on their nightly prowls marking where they foraged for food and slept etc. Nearly all the study animals ended up being eaten by Badgers.
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I talked to Bad Dad about why badgers eat hedgehogs and he said all the dead hogs heÆs found just have their skins left and that the badgers eat them for food and it ainÆt that they want to murder them cos theyÆre competition for food. & he said that they could eat peanuts side by side and that the badgers wouldnÆt eat the hogs then cos the peanuts are far tastier. Suzi, hope the hogs you saw with the badgers made a quick exit after peanut time. |
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I wish there were hog documentaries on telly, IÆd love to watch one. I saw the thing about bears recently, a 3 parter following study bears and the cubs. I was horrified in shooting season. How can people want to kill the cute things? People are horrible. |
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Liz Heard
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if youve got Sky then they are sue. seen occasional documentaries and hedgehogs are frequent on uk animal sos/rescue type progs.
unlike injured grey squirrels. which is odd. |
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Suzi
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Yes peanuts are probably easy food as you don't have to peel it! I put out dried fruit with the nuts in winter for extra nourishment.
Like with herps there are things you learn by watching. Mother badgers bring their cubs to eat and a mother will lie down dog like (head resting on front paws) and let the cubs eat first. I once made some chapatis that turned out a bit tough so I put two out for the badgers. Now the chapatis were flat on the ground and I thought it would be interesting to see how they tackled them The answer was walk up to them press a foot down firmly on one edge and flick it up and then grab it in the mouth. How did they know to do this? Presumably chapatis are not everyday badger food. Grey squirrels don't have the cuddle factor do they? |
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IÆm with Sky but IÆm not subscribed to the package that has animal programmes, IÆm too tight fisted to want to subscribe to Sky, plus Sky phone staff are abysmally useless and annoying as hell with their incompetence, I never want to have to deal with Sky customer services ever again!!!!! TheyÆre cr*p.
People donÆt like squirrels do they? I think theyÆve got the cuddle factor but my next-door neighbour hates them eating her bird food. She tries to put it in difficult to reach areas and squirrel proof things but the older experienced squirrels can use her washing line as a tightrope and hang down and get some. Sometimes the feeder falls off along with the tree rat (my ganddad Ken used to call them that) and smashes to the ground. They still ainÆt managed to get owt from her new big bird feeder with cage around it though. It makes me really sad to watch them try time and time again but go away empty mouthed. & the next-door neighbour says East Riddlesden Hall has squirrel culls!!! I like the squirrels. TheyÆre dead cool and cute things, itÆs mean to be mean to animals, I want them all to thrive.
HereÆs some activity from a couple of years back at the back of my house in next-doorÆs garden. TheyÆre so entertaining to watch.
Them feeders are now gone and replaced with anti-squirrels ones.
Regarding chapatis, just common sense to use your hands or feet ainÆt it! |
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Liz Heard
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great pix. thanks for posting BS.
liked the 1st 1 best. DOWN the tree theyre such agile animals arent they? Grey Squirrels remind me a bit of these Internet Forum Trolls ive read about on Wikipedia recently; IE increasingly COMMON, often viewed as DAMAGING to the environment, very PERSISTENT and frequently UNWELCOME. but also SKILFUL and (for some) INTERESTING/AMUSING with an irreverent and admirable SPIRIT. i suppose squirrels are easier to physically locate and shoot legally with a rifle than trolls tho*. HERES A TRUE SQUIRREL STORY; when i was a kid a squirrel came in through the open front door of the house one hot, summer afternoon. my dad, my sister and i, searched top to bottom trying to find it. with no luck at all. no glimpse or sound. after a while we gave up looking. reasoning that since we had so many open windows (owing to the heatwave) it had probably found its own way out. so we all sat down on my bed for a rest. then dad noticed a strange lump under the otherwise perfectly-made blankets and bedsheet. (duvets werent invented chez-Rigsby yet - this was the 70's you know!. ) he then ever-so gently prodded the protrusion with his index finger and (wondering aloud) said slowly, "whaaatssss................................ that???!!" we all jumped out of our skins as the squirrel shot out from under the covers like a bullet, exited the window to the porch roof, briefly posed there cheekily (as if sticking the V's up at us) and then leaped bravely into the upper reaches of our nut tree. many feet away. a very memorable wildlife encounter. not to mention... ben * not me. ive never owned a gun. |
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AGILIS
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I FIND PLENTY OF DEAD STUFF ON THE ROAD WHERE I LIVE
USUALY TAKE IT HOME AND EAT IT IF IT AINT TO FLY BLOWN. SAVES ON THE FOOD BILLS KEITH |
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