Cuddly Squirrel or Gray Menace?: When Invasive Species Pose an Environmental Threat

Scientists find themselves choosing between animals as explosions of some populations endanger others















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  1. 1. Louise Ann 09:51 PM 4/28/08

    Sort of like humans encroaching on the wilderness areas. .. Lake Tahoe and the Bears for instance.

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  2. 2. Ayreq. 02:59 AM 4/29/08

    Gray squirrels eat our rosebuds, our pear buds, they take a bite of each apple, they transplant our bulbs, they consume bird seed whenever they can, they tear apart cardboard boxes apart if left in a carport. They are rats with bushy tails that have only one saving grace - they build their nests in trees where the wind carries away the stench.

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  3. 3. jaqcp in reply to Ayreq. 11:13 AM 2/16/10

    But they make a fine stew (if you can catch a half dozen or so).

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