So, who's more nuts?
The raccoons with the nutzy names following peanuts?
Or our dear CRL playing with the peanuts?
LOL.

Meow.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I have been teaching the raccoon kits to stand on their hind legs on verbal and gestural command. Standing on their hind legs is a behavior raccoons do naturally when they are curious about something or when they are trying to see something that is out of their field of view.

I hope you'll have Eric video record you doing this and then post it where we can see it. I'd love to see it.

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~Sue~

In Cambodia rats are used to smell landmines. The French photographer Simon Guillemin ha documented their action. They were brought by a Belgian NGO, Apopo, which has used them in Mozambico,Tanzania and Angola. The photos appear in La Repubblica paper of 5 October.
Tullio

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Quite amazing. The rats are trained to recognize to smell TNT and they find it very fast. Perhaps even faster than a dog.
http://www.repubblica.it/r2-fotorep/2017/10/05/news/ecco_i_topi_eroi_che_salvano_la_cambogia_dall_incubo_mine-177420570/?ref=RHRD-BS-I0-C6-P4-S3.6-T1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0swUc492hU

This week I have been trying to get a bit of order in my life so I decided to visit some of my favourite places.

On Tuesday I wen to The Grove, a park a few miles away. I mostly went to see if the squirrels were still as tame.

On the way along the river Wandle was a heron standing just a few feet the other side if the fence.



And yes the squirrels are just as tame. This time I had walnuts and they seem to like them.



However the pigeons also seemed to like them and would try and take them from the squirrels.

I just like this picture, should be in the caption competition!!



Today I went to London to do the Thames Path walk from London Bridge to Westminster then on to Victoria. I went through St James park and saw a black swan.



Never seen one before, apparently a native of Australia, but some were brought to this country and have established small colonies.

Not sure I have ever seen these before either.



Egyptian geese, and in this case that is where they originate, again brought to this country and now considered native.

Now if I can just sort out the other 120 pictures I took today I may post some in the picture thread.

Great squirrely pictures, Bernie. They look well fed! :~)

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Squirrels eat a lot.
In just a week's period, they can eat their entire body weight in food, which is about 700 grams.

Bernie, lovely pictures!

Squirrels eat a lot.
In just a week's period, they can eat their entire body weight in food, which is about 700 grams.

Shoot, I can do that! (Eat my body weight in food in one week.) :-D

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~Sue~

Squirrels eat a lot.
In just a week's period, they can eat their entire body weight in food, which is about 700 grams.

Shoot, I can do that! (Eat my body weight in food in one week.) :-D

My body weight in food for a week would be 145 squirrels.

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Squirrels eat a lot.
In just a week's period, they can eat their entire body weight in food, which is about 700 grams.

Shoot, I can do that! (Eat my body weight in food in one week.) :-D

My body weight in food for a week would be 145 squirrels.

246 and a big chunk of one.

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As proud as I am to be the Godmother of Walnut Bailey, I saw all kids on my last visit. They are like us, Cocky, shy, stubborn and opinionated.
Not sure if I agree with the training, but what ever floats the boat.
I do recall a long time back, a food experiment.

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Pluto will always be a Planet to me.

I use only positive reinforcement to shape behavior.

Eric shot some video footage the other night and has promised me that he will figure out how to YouTube it tomorrow.

I use only positive reinforcement to shape behavior.

Does it work on Eric? ;-) ;-)

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I use only positive reinforcement to shape behavior.

Does it work on Eric? ;-) ;-)

Angela I think, does the cooking, the old saying is "A way to a man's heart is through his stomach".
I have no idea if this is true or not, but then I only dated once, so what do I know... Not much.

LOL. It works!

I use only positive reinforcement to shape behavior.

Does it work on Eric? ;-) ;-)

If it did, I would be able to park at least one car in our two car garage!!! Some subjects are simply untrainable, for a wide variety of cognitive, social and behavioral reasons!

I use only positive reinforcement to shape behavior.

Does it work on Eric? ;-) ;-)

If it did, I would be able to park at least one car in our two car garage!!! Some subjects are simply untrainable, for a wide variety of cognitive, social and behavioral reasons!

It always boggles my mind how many people don't use their garage for it's intended purpose.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Having a garage is a good thing.
But there comes a time when the car is no more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wgxbQjgVbM

If it did, I would be able to park at least one car in our two car garage!!! Some subjects are simply untrainable, for a wide variety of cognitive, social and behavioral reasons!

Best chuckle of the day. :-)