Gothamist: When Squirrels Attack!

Last Mohican

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:12:25 -0500

The native red squirrels have been displaced by the greys and are now confined to isolated areas of the country. They are now making a comeback though thanks to their sales of tax-free tobacco and operation of casinos catering to the grey squirrels' gambling addictions.

Jean Paul Sartre

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:58:41 -0500

great, now the grey and albino squirrels will flee to the suburbs and leave the inner city to wallow in debasement and decrepitness

More of a Shelbyville Idea

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:41:42 -0500

I used to drive the monorail at the Bronx Zoo -- you could tell the out-of-towners by how they'd ignore the tigers and rhinos and gawk at the black squirrels. Then usually make some idiot remark about how, "We are in the Bronx, after all!"

Bob Loblaw

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:14:30 -0500

I saw Al Sharpton in an oak tree protesting the use of the name "black squirrels"

JR

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:49:42 -0500

Black squirrels are a dime a dozen in NYC. White squirrels are very rare everywhere. Supposedly 1 in 100000. There is one in Prospect Park (location nondisclosed to protect it from paparazzi). Anyone else see whitey's?

Paul

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:48:34 -0500

Those little buggers get around!!

Wells.

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:58:14 -0500

We've got 'em up in Bronxville; they're somewhat of a Sarah Lawrence mascot.

nick

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:57:38 -0500

there are so many black squirrels in my neighborhood our property value has gone down. ::rimshot:: ::kkkramer::

anonymous

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:03:30 -0500

I've noticed a bunch of black squirrels in Astoria too lately.

grace

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:37:57 -0500

Black squirrels have been in Stuyvesant Town for at least 30 years.

anomalous

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:23:41 -0500

time to dig out a burgoo recipe

ChzPlz

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:56:33 -0500

did some reading - turns out that black squirrels and gray squirrels are two different colors of the exact same species - the rather inaccurately named "eastern gray squirrel". Who knew!

offensiveenoughforanonymity

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:44:30 -0500

Squiggers!

klk

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:19:45 -0500

there are a lot of those black squirrels up here in inwood.

hack

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:38:23 -0500

black squirrels drive like this, white squirrels drive like this

arkay

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:53:56 -0500

A black squirrel used to break into my apartment in Park Slope in 2001. After gnawing its way through my kitchen window screen, it would eat my cereal.