Not squirrels, but raccoons

[trekgeezer]

Well, Ed I guess there are traitors in every war.

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

To add to the small mammal paranoia thread.  Opossums as agents provacteurs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_fe_st/opossum_mayhem

-Ed

[raj]

I hope the dog is ok.

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

The article indicated so, no word on the opossum.  
-Ed

[Scott]

Squirrel attack in California. See all the horrid details via story, video, and slideshow.

Squirrel Attack (Hit refresh button if story not showing.) NBC11 from California.

More squirrel trouble

[Dr. Whom]

From Yahoo news on Friday

It wasn't "Snakes on a Plane," but an Austrian Airlines jet made an unscheduled stop Friday after a passenger sneaked a hamster aboard and the rodent escaped. The flight from Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to the southern Austrian city of Graz made a stop in Innsbruck so officials could search for the hamster and make sure it didn't gnaw through any wiring, the airline said.

It said the flight was diverted after a passenger notified the crew that he had brought a hamster aboard and had lost track of it. Passengers were ordered off the plane, and some were taken by bus to Graz. It was not immediately clear how many people were aboard.

By midafternoon, a search of the aircraft still had not turned up any sign of the hamster, authorities said.

Austrian Airlines said the jet would remain grounded until the hamster was found "because it can't take off that way for safety reasons."

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

As one of the self appointed guardians against the tree rodent takeover of our nation, I feel I must put up this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_on_fe_st/attacked_by_squirrel

They are coming back for another round, and this time they are postal.
-Ed

[BoyScoutKevin]

This is not Halloween joke, but, apparently, the squirrels are now after the U.S. mail. For the first time in its 230 year history, a postal carrier was attacked by an attack squirrel. This happened on Monday, October 30, in Oil City, Pennsylvania, when a female postal carrier was attacked and bitten by a squirrel. No word as to whether the attack squirrel was a male squirrel.

On a more serious side, when an animal attacks, there is the possbililty that it is rabid. The squirrel, which was killed, is being tested for rabies, and the female male carrier is already undergoing the series of rabies shots.

[Dr. Whom]

Note that the sneaky rodent didn't attack head on. It waited until the postwoman had her back turned. Never turn your back on a squirrel!