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Who will win???? OH NOOOOOOO!
The photography in this blows me away. I can't imagine how it was done, but I am impressed.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Beautiful!
Thank you for posting this
trof
(54,256 posts)I used to think squirrels were 'cute'.
Until they chewed the insulation off the ignition wires on my truck.
TWICE.
$200 and change to have it rewired both times.
Until they invaded our attic and walls and that was $850 to have the house 'squirrel-proofed'.
Now I have a .22 with a scope and I shoot them on sight.
Take no prisoners.
And I now understand the phrase "Rats with fluffy tails".
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)But I do know that they can be destructive. I have had ignition wires chewed as well, but it was chipmunks.
It is a good idea to have the house squirrel-proofed anyways, since there are a lot of other critters that can also get in if squirrels can. I have no idea how, but I had a squirrel get into my basement once. I now own a squirrel-sized Havaheart trap.
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)"I am NOT getting a cat -- I am getting an ANACONDA!"
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pokerfan
(27,677 posts)'cause predators got to eat. It's not the hawk's fault squirrels are made out of meat.
NutmegYankee
(16,204 posts)You win sir!
amerikat
(4,919 posts)YankeyMCC
(8,401 posts)orleans
(34,093 posts)NCarolinawoman
(2,825 posts)DamnYankeeInHouston
(1,365 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)Even with great photography like there is in this video, I would not have posted a sad story.
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)but the hawk has the right to eat, too!
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Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I just don't want to watch.
In this video, no one was hurt. Squirrel lived to see another day, but hawk did not starve to death because of this one miss.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Amazing!
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)AMAZING video, thanks!
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)Everyone knows that I snagged it from someone else as well.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)malthaussen
(17,230 posts)... speechless.
-- Mal
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)Last edited Mon Feb 24, 2020, 05:33 PM - Edit history (8)
but it makes a similar point.
P.S: You're not a "terrible person," kid: your residence has one less mouse, and it could have as just easily have died as an exterminator's hand -- or even worse, bred. And though you didn't help the mouse as you intended, you DID help out the hawk!
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Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)Even though I know this often would happen, I would hate to see it happen just as I did the release. Couldn't wait for the kid to get in the house, huh?
At least I am glad that I didn't really "see" the capture.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)btrflykng9
(287 posts)I was hoping he/she would live to frolic another day.
Auggie
(31,226 posts)how much was staged?
Eh
it's gorgeous any way you look at it.
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)hope they're in the union.
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flamin lib
(14,559 posts)To get that 100 hours it may have taken a few years in the field to collect enough video to edit into that few minutes
It's just being lucky, ya' know. Being in the right place at the right time . . . Day after day.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I was amazed at the quality of this video.
a kennedy
(29,753 posts)just beautiful, and I'm glad he escaped.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)until it has to eat. But I understand that everything has to eat. I just don't want to watch.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)Although I hope the hawk didn't go hungry long.
I'm a fan of anything that reduces the number of rodents that plague me. Even when the rodents are cute.