One day, the four of us were touring the park when my son caught sight of a red squirrel barrelling up a tree. |
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If so, the Old Firm would be free to squirrel away to Sky and negotiate their own pay-per-view deals to the exclusion of all the other clubs. |
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My fiancee-civilized, gentle soul-once beaned a squirrel with an ice cube to keep the varmint from stripping her sunflowers bare. |
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A spell will be cast and he will become a squirrel for the rest of his life. |
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My dog lumbers around and only gets jazzed up when there's a rolling ball or a squirrel or deer outside. |
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The alpine marmot is a large ground-dwelling squirrel living in mountain open meadows, preferentially exposed to south. |
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Last year a thin, scraggy squirrel appeared in my garden from nowhere, looking hungry. |
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His free arm moved to the pouches on her belt, his fingers deft and nimble as a squirrel as he purloined some component. |
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I thought it was a squirrel at first glance, but then wambengers kind of do look similar to squirrels. |
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This shark feeds primarily on bony fishes such as parrot, trigger, squirrel, surgeon, damsel and goat fishes as well as eels. |
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The Siberian flying squirrel is a nocturnal arboreal rodent that nests in tree cavities, twig dreys, and nest-boxes. |
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A squirrel comes sometimes, when his home in the oak tree gets waterlogged. |
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Texas has youth-only autumn hunting seasons for squirrel, whitetail deer, Rio Grande turkey and waterfowl. |
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Squirrels range in size from the mouse-sized African pygmy squirrel to the robust marmots and woodchucks. |
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If red squirrels are to survive in the Lake District, grey squirrel control will have to continue forever. |
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At the center of the panel, Rama and Sita sit intimately together in a nicely appointed shelter, gesturing to a small begging squirrel. |
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However, there are also still huge problems ahead, such as the fate of the red squirrel and Scottish wildcat. |
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But by the time it actually hit the screen in the autumn, the new media bubble had burst as messily as an over-inflated squirrel. |
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But she was undeniably alienated in our boxy house, and I could often catch her sad face fixed on a slant of autumn light or a gray squirrel, precarious on a wire. |
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Oh yes, one coyote and one melanistic squirrel also made the list! |
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The red squirrel is a noisy and common woodlot resident in Nova Scotia. |
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But mostly, Gabe lolls around his home in Columbia, s.c., occasionally rousing himself to chase a squirrel. |
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A giant tree squirrel the size of a Yorkshire terrier hangs from a branch affixed to the wall just above foot-long centipedes and pill bugs as big as golf balls. |
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I looked over and there was a squirrel picking itself up off the ground and heading for another tree, some twigs and leaves still falling above it. |
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Then, we see Mr. Rabbit in the woods crushing a squirrel to death with his bare hands. |
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Silently, an immense silhouetted squirrel crouches on its haunches munching on a nut. |
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Soon after I was judged old enough to accompany the adults on squirrel hunts, my grandfather led me to a huge beech tree on a little branch of the creek. |
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The white-bellied woodpecker, banded leaf monkey, cream-colored giant squirrel, and many tree species are all represented by just a handful of individuals. |
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A squirrel scrambles up the thick, twisted trunk of a mango tree. |
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Tracks of squirrel, weasel, coyote, rabbit, ruffed grouse, and mice are common, says Alison Adams, who runs snowshoe hikes in Harbor Springs, Michigan. |
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Perhaps because skinning a squirrel is just not as sexy as twirling in a Rodarte-made tutu. |
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Link made a sudden lunge at the squirrel, attempting to get it back. |
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As he moves, he seems to shape-shift from an old ballet master to a flamenco star, to a self-caressing exhibitionist, to a squirrel. |
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The phylogeny of the eight monkeys is relatively well established, except for the interrelationships of the owl monkey, squirrel monkey, and tamarin. |
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The eastern gray squirrel has predominantly gray fur, but it can have a brownish color. |
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As in most other mammals, communication among eastern gray squirrel individuals involves both vocalizations and posturing. |
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The Sciuromorpha, such as the eastern grey squirrel, have a large deep masseter, making them efficient at biting with the incisors. |
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This occurs in species like Belding's ground squirrels and some tree squirrel species. |
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Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly, as opposed to gliding mammals such as the flying squirrel. |
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The grays take over the reds' habitat, eat voraciously and harbor a virus named squirrel parapox that does not harm grays but can devastate reds. |
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Rabbit and squirrel skins were traded and taxed in timbers of 40 hides each. |
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Exotic furs such as fox, marten, grey squirrel and ermine were reserved for aristocratic elites. |
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The western side was the main source of squirrel, for which there was a large demand during the Middle Ages. |
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The main export was grey squirrel for which there was a large demand during the Middle Ages. |
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This reliance on squirrel partly explains why Novgorod relinquished the northeastern sources of luxury fur to Moscow. |
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Western demand for squirrel declined and Moscow controlled the sources of luxury fur east of the White Sea. |
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There are populations of rabbit, red fox, grey squirrel, otter, water voles and deer. |
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The best place to catch a glimpse of one is at the squirrel hide at Kielder waterside. |
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Grey squirrels introduced from eastern America have forced the decline of the native red squirrel due to competition. |
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The tuco-tuco is a vegetarian rodent very similar in appearance and behaviour to the ground squirrel. |
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Featured are cardinal, turtle, otter, fox, raccoon, deer, duck, bobcat, rabbit, skunk, flying squirrel, waterthrush, and black bear babies. |
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The squirrel was rescued near Whinfell Forest, by Center Parcs dedicated red squirrel ranger Jerry Moss. |
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There are promising signs that red squirrel conservation is making a difference in our region's countryside. |
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Until the late 1950s the red squirrel was a common sight in Mid Wales and an integral part of the Welsh landscape. |
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Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has welcomed the announcement of over Au550,000 funding for red squirrel conservation in Northern Ireland. |
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Part of the money will be used to preserve and maintain the thriving red squirrel habitat on Anglesey. |
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Since the grey squirrel colonised, red squirrels have largely vanished from Wales. |
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She uses Japanese squirrel brushes with bamboo handles, and for the finer work, Kolinsky sable. |
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High pressure diecasting is the most economical process to form the squirrel cage of the induction motor rotor. |
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Fewer people may be adding squirrel meat to authenticate their Brunswick stew, but the ubiquitous city squirrel has its own modern-day problems. |
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Two of our students have designed a squirrel tee-shirt that we will sell on campus, and the proceeds will be donated to Katrina ReLeaf. |
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The raptors nest in abandoned ground squirrel burrows, often captivating even seasoned onlookers. |
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Many ground squirrels sit up and look like prairie dogs, but a ground squirrel can be recognized by its longer face and tall. |
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However, some species, such as the brown rat, red fox, and introduced grey squirrel, are well adapted to urban areas. |
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The native red squirrel is found in the Lake District and in a few other parts of England. |
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It provides a home for the red squirrel and colonies of sundew and butterwort, two of the few carnivorous plants native to Britain. |
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This is located within Northumberland National Park and contains an important habitat for the endangered red squirrel. |
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There would have been no one to superintend him, except a squirrel perhaps or a jenny wren, at which he might have winked. |
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His single shot had clipped a boulder right by Coe's head, just the way a Kaintuck rifleman barks a squirrel. |
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At low speeds, the current induced in the squirrel cage is nearly at line frequency and tends to be in the outer parts of the rotor cage. |
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Red deer are numerous on the northern hills, and there are populations of red squirrel, badger, otter, adder and common lizard. |
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In the deserts of the lower Sonoran zone, the mammals include the jackrabbit, kangaroo rat, squirrel, and opossum. |
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I could tell he didn't agree but he went to the corner and took up his squirrel gun, feeling the nipple for a percussion cap. |
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The coat of the red squirrel varies in colour with time of year and location. |
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The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. |
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The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. |
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The active period for the red squirrel is in the morning and in the late afternoon and evening. |
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The red fox, cats and dogs can prey upon the red squirrel when it is on the ground. |
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This facilitated the natural recovery of the small remnant red squirrel population. |
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It was followed by the successful reintroduction of the red squirrel into the pine stands of Newborough Forest. |
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Subsequent reintroductions into broadleaved woodland followed and today the island has the single largest red squirrel population in Wales. |
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Research undertaken in 2007 in the UK credits the pine marten with reducing the population of the invasive eastern grey squirrel. |
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Where the range of the expanding pine marten population meets that of the eastern grey squirrel, the population of these squirrels retreats. |
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Squirrel Nutkin is a character, always illustrated as a red squirrel, in English author Beatrix Potter's books for children. |
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In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr is a red squirrel who runs up and down with messages in the world tree, Yggdrasil, and spreads gossip. |
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In Finland squirrel pelts were used as currency in ancient times, before the introduction of coinage. |
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There have been over 40 described subspecies of the red squirrel, but the taxonomic status of some of these is uncertain. |
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It would drive its ball through even the oldermost of the tribe of Ephraim, or, if you preferred, bark a squirrel at nearly any distance. |
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In 1953, legislation to make the ground squirrel the state emblem was voted down in the state legislature. |
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Sciurus carolinensis, common name eastern gray squirrel or grey squirrel depending on region, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. |
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The eastern gray squirrel is found from New Brunswick to Manitoba, south to East Texas and Florida. |
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This squirrel has also been introduced to Vancouver Island in Western Canada in 1966 in the area of Metchosin and has spread widely from there. |
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The squirrels are considered highly invasive and a threat to both the local ecosystem and the native red squirrel. |
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A prolific and adaptable species, the eastern gray squirrel has been introduced to, and thrives in, several regions of the western United States. |
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In Ireland, the red squirrel has been displaced in several eastern counties, though it still remains common in the south and west of the country. |
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Inside the squirrel suit, an intern named Justin can be found. |
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Instead, Vegard wore a squirrel costume and Bard wore a bear costume. |
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Pupils from a village school are helping National Trust staff at Washington Old Hall squirrel away a bumper crop of hazelnuts. |
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It's hardly surprising people aren't in the mood to squirrel away their money when savings rates are at rock bottom. |
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Each version is equipped with a three-phase squirrel cage induction motor available for 230, 380, 460, or 575-volt power supplies. |
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Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived. |
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The squirrel monkey offered a handful of bruised bananas, veiled with gnats. |
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F Wednesday nights have been missing anything, surely it's shots of fluffy penguins, grouchy camels and cute squirrel monkeys. |
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And there are lots of unusual animals to meet including squirrel monkeys, lemurs, ostriches, red deer, porcupines, polecats, chipmunks and owls. |
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Mimi with the squirrel monkeys and a shrimp nibbles Luca's finger Munch break. |
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Be warned, though, when our tester tried another make of squirrel food, the gourmet tree rat wouldn't touch it. |
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In summer, trees fill with bird and squirrel nests, cool shadows, raucous cicadas, and stridulating crickets. |
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Just because Tufty the squirrel and the Green Cross Code man have retired, the dangers for our children haven't gone away. |
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Among mammal species are tapir, collared peccary, and howler, spider, squirrel, and white-faced monkeys. |
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A firefighter used a handful of nuts to rescue an adventurous squirrel which got stuck in a lavatory U-bend. |
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To increase the number of European ground squirrel or suslik in three areas. |
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The Nut Job Cert 12 SURLY, a naughty squirrel living in a city park, discovers a nut store ripe for raiding. |
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In the group of orally infected squirrel monkeys, 3 had a unique heterozygous genotype that encoded either 4 or 5 octapeptide repeats. |
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Distinguishing the Delmarva fox squirrel from the common grey squirrel is not difficult after you have seen a few. |
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This marginal record of the thirteen-lined ground squirrel is significant in that it demonstrates range overlap with the Mexican ground squirrel. |
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Farther up the bank was a stand of pecans where a cat squirrel was taking bites of green nuts and dropping them to the ground to rot. |
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Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Mohave Desert ground squirrel as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. |
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Two captive-born litters of the Mexican ground squirrel were maintained for a period of 75 days. |
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Among his collection is a red squirrel, two waxwings, a snowy owl, a peregrine falcon, a pine marten and a hobby, a migratory bird of prey. |
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As well as dormice, the PS945,000 project will look at the spread of red squirrel, otter, pine marten, polecat, harvest mice and bats. |
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The episode features stir-crazy hamsters, tortoises with attitude problems, sweary parrots and Twiggy the pet squirrel, who likes nothing better than a spot of water skiing. |
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The long tail helps the squirrel to balance and steer when jumping from tree to tree and running along branches, and may keep the animal warm during sleep. |
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The etymology of the town's name is reflected in the presence of a squirrel in the town's coat of arms, a feature first documented by the 1441 seal. |
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It will see the end of a TV tradition which has featured characters including Tufty the squirrel, the Green Cross Man, cartoon hedgehogs and even Dr Who. |
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Other animals include the black giant squirrel, capped langur, Bengal fox, sambar deer, jungle cat, king cobra, wild boar, mongooses, pangolins, pythons and water monitors. |
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Several hundred years ago, deep in the ancient virgin forests of the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, an eastern gray squirrel forgot where he buried an acorn. |
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The eastern grey squirrel in Europe is regarded as an invasive species. |
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The two sides bartered with furs and gray squirrel skins for milk and red cloth, which the natives tied around their heads as a sort of headdress. |
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The eastern gray squirrel tends to be larger and stronger than the red squirrel and has been shown to have a greater ability to store fat for winter. |
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In Britain and Ireland, the eastern gray squirrel is not regulated by natural predators, other than the European pine marten, which is generally absent from England and Wales. |
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Rodents like the antelope ground squirrel, black-tailed jackrabbit, and wood rat chew through the bark to suck moisture out of the trees during dry spells. |
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The ground squirrel constantly flicks its tail in a distinctive manner. |
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My brother wanted a pet squirrel, but I talked him out of it. |
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Rural poor often ate squirrel, opossum, rabbit and other woodland animals. |
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The red squirrel numbers that we have now and the recovery we have is down to that dedication and we need to keep that up if we want to Save our Squirr els. |
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The Rareware character Conker the Squirrel is a red squirrel. |
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Bill Prince We all pay for tax evasion and tax avoidance, too, and the amounts the super-rich squirrel away through tax dodges makes benefit fraud amounts look like peanuts. |
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It is theorised that because the grey squirrel spends more time on the ground than the red, that they are far more likely to come in contact with this predator. |
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We watch them trade in one flashy sports car for another as mere mortals struggle to pay off our mortgage and squirrel away money for a rainy day. |
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Gramps is a big fan of the ol' squirrel cage, but I've scared myself enough to know not to pull my nose above the horizon without considering what to do if it don't go right. |
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Mainland initiatives in southern Scotland and the north of England also rely upon grey squirrel control as the cornerstone of red squirrel conservation strategy. |
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The vibration of the omni-table is provided by a single vertical squirrel cage motor equipped with adjustable force, unbalanced wheel weights at each end. |
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A local charity, the Wight Squirrel Project, supports red squirrel conservation on the island, and islanders are actively recommended to report any invasive greys. |
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On May 28, 1959, Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey, left, was one of the first two primates to return alive to Earth after travelling 300 miles into space on a Jupiter rocket. |
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Dana the squirrel monkey and Uncle the Caiman came from pet shops. |
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A significant drop in red squirrel populations in the area has been observed since 1970, and it is feared that the eastern grey squirrel may expand into the rest of Europe. |
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North Wales is also home to a number of farm parks including Greenacres Animal Park in Deeside which has llamas, emus, goats, wallabies, squirrel monkeys, snakes and birds. |
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It has become the most common squirrel in many urban and suburban habitats in western North America, from north of central California to southwest British Columbia. |
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The results showed a high attack rate in squirrel monkeys inoculated intracerebrally but a low attack rate and long incubation periods by those exposed orally. |
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Each squirrel is estimated to make several thousand caches each season. |
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The red squirrel, like most tree squirrels, has sharp, curved claws to enable it to climb and descend broad tree trunks, thin branches and even house walls. |
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Also getting a tasty treat were the zoo's tapirs and squirrel monkeys. |
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My mother warned me not to squirrel around in my dad's workshop. |
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This name alludes to the squirrel sitting in the shadow of its tail. |
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The small animals seen most commonly include the eastern grey squirrel, the snowshoe hare, the groundhog, the skunk, the raccoon, the chipmunk and the Canadian beaver. |
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