"W. D. Grey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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In article <[email hidden]>, The Reid <[email hidden]> writes
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Following up to Alan Holmes
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> You don't watch River Cottage then ? ;-)
What is River Cottage?
Hugh Fernlieigh Whotsiname smallholding and living off the land
Boils everything in red wine with loads of garlic and any herbs he can pick from the local environment. He will eat almost anything as long as it's free.
They destroy birds as well, steal the eggs from the nests.
Animals eating each other, who'd a thunk it. It's about time they all learnt to play nicely together. Kill the whole damn lot of 'em if they can't behave themselves.
In article <[email hidden]>, Malcolm <[email hidden]> writes
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The Grey being 5 times as heavy as a Red would cause the feeder platform to descend, shutting off the food supply. The Red would be too light to lower the platform and thus enable it to feed unhindered.
Err, not as much as 5 times.
According to the Handbook of British Mammals:
Red Squirrel: 230-435g
Grey Squirrel: 350-705g
I've no doubt you're right, the program I saw quoted 5 x. I can't argue either way other than the Grey is heavier than the Red and that fact was used against the Grey. -- Bill Grey http://www.billboy.co.uk
They destroy birds as well, steal the eggs from the nests.
Animals eating each other, who'd a thunk it. It's about time they all learnt to play nicely together. Kill the whole damn lot of 'em if they can't behave themselves.
Feed the birds, she says, I'll give 'er 'feed the birds', bleedin' sparrers and pidgins, that's what they is. Feed the birds indeed,
of course house sparrows are becoming rare, so pass from vermin to protected icon of the past any time about now.
I actually rather like sparrows - the above was a reference, albeit a vastly misquoted one, to Mary Poppins :-) -- To reply see 'from' in headers; lose the domain, and insert dots and @ where common sense dictates.
Like the idiot who released damned parakeets in this area.
Alan
Aha! I know where you are - you're in the SE, aren't you. Or has some other someone been releasing the things? -- To reply see 'from' in headers; lose the domain, and insert dots and @ where common sense dictates.
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Like the idiot who released damned parakeets in this area.
Alan
Aha! I know where you are - you're in the SE, aren't you. Or has some other someone been releasing the things?
I spotted an African Grey flying free on a walk last Sunday.
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They destroy birds as well, steal the eggs from the nests.
although its us who do most of the damage to bird species. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
They'll be the same people who think that foxes are cuddly lovable animals. They've never been inside a chicken run when a fox has kiled 30 birds just for the taste of blood, and then eaten just half of one. Mostly townies I suspect
I'm a "townie" and I don't know anybody who thinks that of foxes. I do know "townies" and (insert derogatory term for countryfolk here) who think fox hunters are *also* blah blah blah. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
"Malcolm" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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In article <[email hidden]>, W. D. Grey <[email hidden]> writes
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In article <[email hidden]>, Phil Cook <[email hidden]> writes >The reds are just as clever. It's just that the greys are bigger and >can eat under-ripe nuts. In the LDNP they have feeders for reds that >tip the heavier greys off.
A feeder was designed so that the Reds could feed but the Greys couldn't.
The Grey being 5 times as heavy as a Red would cause the feeder platform to descend, shutting off the food supply. The Red would be too light to lower the platform and thus enable it to feed unhindered.
Err, not as much as 5 times.
According to the Handbook of British Mammals:
Red Squirrel: 230-435g
Grey Squirrel: 350-705g
Those are for adults. There is little apparent difference between the sexes but some regional variation.
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I prefer to kill the females, not that I've anyting aginst women, but for ever female squirrel you kill, you have robbed the world of several thousand!
How come female squirrels have more offspring than male squirrels?
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In message <[email hidden]>, Chris Malcolm <[email hidden]> writes
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Alan Holmes <[email hidden]> wrote:
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I prefer to kill the females, not that I've anyting aginst women, but for ever female squirrel you kill, you have robbed the world of several thousand!
How come female squirrels have more offspring than male squirrels?
If you kill some of the males, the females still get pregnant. Next year, there are just as many squirrels as ever. If you kill the females they don't have any offspring. In every species where the young are raised by the female alone (e.g. no long-term pair bonds) the number of females is the limit on population growth. Both grey and red squirrels fall into that category - so do red deer, which is another species where effective population control has to kill females.
I prefer to kill the females, not that I've anyting aginst women, but for ever female squirrel you kill, you have robbed the world of several thousand!
How come female squirrels have more offspring than male squirrels?
Pardon??! -- To reply see 'from' in headers; lose the domain, and insert dots and @ where common sense dictates.
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I spotted an African Grey flying free on a walk last Sunday.
Parakeet or squirrel?
I don't think squirrels fly but some do glide a bit. My mate was quite taken by it himself being a bit of a parrot fan.
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