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[anagramofbrat]

From the CDC by way of Wikipedia, regarding rabies (emphasis mine):

"Small rodents such as squirrels, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rats, and mice and lagomorphs like rabbits and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and are not known to transmit rabies to humans."

...orly?



(nope, still not telling... yet. Hee hee hee)

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[lemonandgrapes.livejournal.com]

what did you buy a pet hamster?

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

haha no. My cat would shit herself with hatred if we did.

[lemonandgrapes.livejournal.com]

I had a hamster named Hersheys when I was a sprog. he was awesome. I once gave him a haircut. :p

[lemonandgrapes.livejournal.com]

did you get bit by a squirrel?

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

Also no. I think me and squirrels have gotten past our mutual animosity from college wherein they would drop the spiky horse chestnuts on my head and I would vow to destroy their entire species.

[lemonandgrapes.livejournal.com]

fucking squirrels.

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Indeed.

[lemonandgrapes.livejournal.com]

YOU ATE ROADKILL DIDN'T YOU? D:

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

By the time I get to any squirrel carcases around here they're usually mashed flat into asphalt pizza.

[lemonandgrapes.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure there is one down the road. If the racoons haven't eaten it by now.

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

 

[lemonandgrapes.livejournal.com]

well played....

[guaparella.livejournal.com]

are you mating mr. squirrel with ms. chipmunk because i can see in bolded>

LOL
reverse capslock. I LOLEd and then decided that it will stand. IT WILL STAND.

[horizonchaser.livejournal.com]

The squirrels out here are more known for carrying the bubonic plague though.

*gasp!* You came down with your own case of rabies! Who will you be biting first??!

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

Ben.

[horizonchaser.livejournal.com]

We'll meet you at the airport! :D

[subquixote.livejournal.com]

You've gotten the role of "Squirrel Girl" in the Broadway adaptation of "Great Lakes Avengers"!

(If Idris Elba can be Heimdall, you can be Squirrel Girl...)

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

So I take it that somebody got bit?

(If they did, you probably want to make sure it gets washed out well with alcohol because you can still get nasty infections that way).

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

No one's gotten bit. Yet.

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Yet. So I take it that someone has been feeding and possibly even petting the squirrels?

By the way, squirrels LOVE peanut butter. Some of them will even take things coated with peanut butter out of your hands. FYI.

That reminds me, I've got a family of squirrels building a nest in the big tree outside my house. I should probably put peanut butter on the list...just for kicks. :)

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

no one's feed the squirrels either. pretty much all the real life squirrels are good for around here is attracting every complex cat to the nearest window/patio door to watch it and slaver.

Peanut butter, though. Will keep that in mind for codename Sciuridae.