Lunge Pole, just cuz curious

Tiggity® · 2024-07-08T20:58:59.630Z

When you are driving and see a live squirrel in your lane what do you do?

The agitator was of the opinion you should swerve to try and save the poor little fuzzball.

I will admit, through probably most of college this was my preference as well. But after trying to swerve for the 37th time, and killing the 25th squirrel out of 37 swerves it dawned on me.

You're approaching the cute little fuzzball at 40mph. The squirrel sees you, and you see the squirrel. Now the squirrel WILL make a decision to bolt, left or right. YOU WILL make a decision to swerve left or right. That gives 50/50 odds that you and the squirrel make the same fateful choice, and dead squirrel is the result. BUT, if you stay straight, and steady, the squirrel will still make a choice, and that choice will be much more successful with you not swerving AT ALL.

I bet I hit 100 squirrels when I tried to miss them, and haven't hit 5 in the last half million miles or so staying straight.

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The squirrel who invaded our attic, then disappeared

Jul 8, 2024, 5:15 PM

this past spring was WONDERFUL. Saw the squirrel in the attic. He was running laps up there at night. One day, we heard nothing more. He was gone.

FFWD about 2 weeks. We started noticing a DEAD smell in the house. Started mild, and eventually became PUNGENT. We have a large crawlspace, then a 1st floor, a 2nd floor, and an attic. Searched the attic. Nothing. Searched the crawl space. nothing. Searched the air ducts, nothing.

Searched all side attic spaces, nothing. BUT the smell was centered on the 1st floor, in the den and sunroom area. The sunroom attic space IS NOT CONNECTED to the upstairs attic space where the squirrel was spotted. But there is a large void in the den above the gas logs/firebox. That dead space is also NOT connected to the upstairs attic. And there is NO ACCESS to the sunroom attic space.

Best I could guess, the squirrel got in the attic above the sunroom from the soffit vents, and fell down the hole into the void above the fireplace and couldn't escape. Died there. That was the ONLY place we couldn't access to look. He had to be there. And without removing the fireplace box, or cutting sheetrock, there was no way to reach said varmint.

After a month the smell went away. RIP.

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Those things are so erratic that you're just as likely to streetpizza

I had a semi-heated discussion on this issue today.

Squirrels are rats with fuzzy tails imo.

The squirrel who invaded our attic, then disappeared

Yep. Give them possum tails and red eyes, and even women wouldn't swerve.***

Why you gotta insult possums like that

I think possums are awesomes.

Re: Why you gotta insult possums like that

Re: Squirrels are rats with fuzzy tails imo.

They destroy nice plants also by harming the root systems.

Ha, yes, we started with that strategy. There were just too many.

This was the same anecdotal evidence i encountered

Re: This was the same anecdotal evidence i encountered

Don't flinch

I don't slam on brakes but I do slow down and at least give them a chance***

Re: Lunge Pole, just cuz curious

It depends on the state of residence of the squirrel

Only deer I've ever hit with my car. I ate.

Re: Lunge Pole, just cuz curious

Did.not see....

You stay straight.

This is my take.

this may be the gummy talking.

I try to avoid running over it if I can do so safely.

Do everything possible to

Don't swerve to miss anything, well maybe a Moose.***

Or a cow, or something that can come through your windshield.

Yep, in most cases slowing down as much as possible and taking the hit

You left out a couple of my favs.

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