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Old 11-06-2012, 12:28 PM   #1
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White Oak. HUGE.

fast like they teleport from one spot to another. they race around the one big branch, spiraling up the tree so fast they are literally a blur.
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Old 11-06-2012, 01:27 PM   #2
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are they white because they're nocturnal? like cave dwelling animals that lose their pigment from spending their whole lives in darkness?

HUGE I tell you.
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Old 11-07-2012, 09:31 AM   #3
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I have honestly never seen a flying squirrel and always assumed they were in some exotic far off land...or at least a strange state.

So are there any around here? I've seen white squirrels (around here) and black squirrels (at Lake Erie) but never a flying squirrel. I want to see one!
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Old 11-07-2012, 10:53 AM   #4
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So are there any around here? I've seen white squirrels (around here) and black squirrels (at Lake Erie) but never a flying squirrel. I want to see one!
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Old 11-07-2012, 10:04 AM   #5
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omg

I would totally freak out. I don't like things flying around in my house, especially not a weird creature like that. Seeing them outside would be cool.

Next thing you'll wake up and there'll be a unicorn in your bathtub or something.
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Old 11-07-2012, 10:50 AM   #6
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FlyingSquirrels.com, believe it or not.
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Old 11-07-2012, 10:53 AM   #7
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Well apparently we have some southern flying squirrels. Hmm.

Fiddle dee dee, I do declare I've never seen one.
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Old 11-07-2012, 11:23 AM   #8
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Well apparently we have some southern flying squirrels. Hmm.

Fiddle dee dee, I do declare I've never seen one.
Well, they are nocturnal.

I saw a bunch at a nature center program. this building is in the woods, and the ranger there would put nuts out each evening on the railing of the nature center. Then once a month, there would be a flying squirrel program and the visitors would sit quietly and wait with flashlights. As it got dark, they would come gliding down from the trees, grab a nut and scamper off up a tree. I went to one of these things.

The most interesting fact I learned was that when they glide from one treee to another, upon landing, they immediately run around to the other side of the tree trunk. That's because it's easy for owls to see them in flight, so if an owl takes off after one, they want to scamper around to the other side of the tree to get away from the owl. It's sort of like when you feel like somebody is following you to your door in the night time as you fumble for your key and you quickly get in and slam the door and lock it, but there is nobody there.
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Old 11-07-2012, 12:02 PM   #9
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Three-fer

Just remembered I had this pic. Trail-camera pic, not mine.

The flying squirrel shown here is prolly shitting kittens...the raccoon is one of the flying squirrel's top predators!

Deer-leggy goodness in the background.

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Old 11-07-2012, 10:54 AM   #10
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Simul-post.

Thanks Grav!

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Old 11-07-2012, 10:54 AM   #11
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looks like a map of the EASTERN roadkill squirrel to me

double simul-post.

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Old 11-07-2012, 10:56 AM   #12
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If we keep it up we're apt to go back in time!
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Old 11-07-2012, 12:06 PM   #13
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My brother has a night cam in his field that takes pictures like every ten seconds. I need to tell him to set it up by the woods. As it is, he's captured deer, coyote, raccoons, and some strange man putting apples out.
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Old 11-07-2012, 12:25 PM   #14
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Old 11-07-2012, 03:45 PM   #15
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*rimshot*
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