Another critter story......................
Badger sneaks into home, naps on cat bed.

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

Ang, the offer to help with the garage is still open!

On an other matter, I like to pay it forward. After WW2 my family send care packets to Poland. I would like to help with regards to a family in or around Arecibo. Can you or Eric put me in touch with someone? Flat rate shipping via USPS makes this a great deal.

Hi Uli,

What a kind offer! The best way to help, however, it to make a donation to the Red Cross and earmark it for Puerto Rico relief.

Thanks!

The Red Cross will use any money you send as they see fit, whether or not your "earmark" it for a specific emergency. I would recommend not using the Red Cross. Find a specific charity that is devoted to helping with the emergency in Puerto Rico.

If you're a big fan of the Red Cross then I'm sorry, but it was reported a few years ago that money donated for (I think it was) Katrina was not being used solely for Katrina.

Try this one: United for Puerto Rico

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Yes, I didn't want the Red Cross route, evenso I think they are a worthwhile Charity. I will look into Chris's and Suzie's suggestion.

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Pluto will always be a Planet to me.

"Bother me, and I'll whip my tail across your ankle!"


Monitor Lizard Lump Bang 4-1-17 1 by Paul Sullivan, on Flickr

Seen in Lumphini Park in Bangkok, Thailand
Copyright © 2017, Paul Sullivan, All Rights Reserved...

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Hello, from Albany, CA!...

Fabulous!!!

Thank you for posting that beautiful picture from your travels.

This be no ordinary Lizard, nay, this be a Komodo Dragon...

Arr! This be a dangerous lizard!

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Hello, from Albany, CA!...

Mopping up the attention :-)

LOL!!!!!! Sooooooooooooo cute!!!

Mopping up the attention :-)

LOL!!!!!! Sooooooooooooo cute!!!

That really was creative...................and cute.

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

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Interesting article. Thanks, Gordon.

I owe the squirrels in my backyard an apology for making fun of them for stashing peanuts under a rhubarb leaf and thinking the nuts were properly buried. It seems that my backyard squirrels are veritable Rhodes Scholars compared to this little fellow...

Enjoy!

Squirrel tries to hide a hazelnut in a dog's fur

Squirrel tries to hide a hazelnut in a dog's fur

after end of video: dog goes "woof!", squirrel keels over, dead of a heart attack!

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Hello, from Albany, CA!...

I've been feeding the squirrels for years here. They love to bury anything and everything in my yard. My yard looked like I had it aerated. I found that shelled cracked/crushed sunflower seeds are eaten on the spot and not buried. Whole sunflower seeds they will bury. Anything bigger they will bury. What a riot the first few times I fed them brazil nuts. They were not quite sure what to do with them. har

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I've never tried brazil nuts. Were the squirrels able to eat them?

I've only used shelled brazil nuts so that part was not a problem. If they are hungry they sit there and eat the whole thing. Part of the point is to watch them. Most times they eat half and bury the rest. I'll try and take a photo of one after grubbing in my yard all day. They have this dirt/grub line, much like a mask just below their eyes. Like a raccoon's mask has slipped down.

[forgot]
Brazil nuts do not have a whole lot of favor for me. Rather plain and bland. Part reason squirrels get them. har

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No way that a squirrel can crack a brazil nut.
Even we humans have problem to crack them.

But when cracked squirrels like them very much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5YdSmtzhbE

Oh. Don't put a squirrel in a box:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW3jB3fFq4M

Most nuts are cracked, not just the ones you eat :-)

Let's also keep our thoughts above the belt. Lol :-}

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Oh they were my dear Sir they were!! I meant nuts as in crackpots, and nutcases, lets face it we have enough in Seti :-))

Speaking for yourself?

Oh they were my dear Sir they were!! I meant nuts as in crackpots, and nutcases, lets face it we have enough in Seti :-))

My good sir, surely you realize that when you point a finger at somebody else, three of your fingers point right back at you.