Mad "Squirrel" Disease?

[Homesteader]

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E0D91231F93AA1575BC0A961958260


I can't take a strong position on transmissible spongiform encephalopathy or its transmission because I'm not a research doctor. It's just something that stuck in my mind from back when because I knew some Kentucky old timers who just loved eating squirrel brains. They sure weren't happy when the first reports came out.

Might explain some of their behavior in their latter years... :hmm:

 

[crockett]

Okay- I knew I was going to catch a lot of jokes but I left the question open ended because I didn't want to sway any answers. If 11 people in Kentucky got a type of mad cow disease and ALL 11 ate squirrel brains, well.... how many folks do you know who eat squirrel brains?

I always just keep the legs and don't mes with the rest of the squirrel, including any spinal area- probably a one in a million risk but thought I'd ask. I was surprised when a pretty knowledgeable guy told me about it. Not that I eat squirrel brains.

Hey, now that I'm not supposed to eat them I WANT SQUIRREL BRAINS! :grin:

 

[omarick1948]

I have been told that a big dominant male squirrel will castrate other younger male squirrels to keep them from breeding their females in their territory. I imagine that castration would make them mad. I did read that some males will travel 50 miles to find suitable places to establish themselves which seems to beat the alternative of castration.

The worst one was the one named, BAD, BAD, LEROY BROWN.....MEANEST SQUIRREL IN THE WHOLE DAMN TOWN!.. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: Sorry, had to throw that in! :redface:

 

[Crossfire]

I have been told that a big dominant male squirrel will castrate other younger male squirrels to keep them from breeding their females in their territory. I imagine that castration would make them mad. I did read that some males will travel 50 miles to find suitable places to establish themselves which seems to beat the alternative of castration.

I imagine that castration would make me pretty mad too. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[omarick1948]

How do you call Castrated squirrels?...Bike, Bike, Bike? Instead of Bark, Bark, Bark? :hmm: