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Chances Arc Red Squirrel
Mm Bmb Wrongly Judged
Thaw who want to use the
little guy for a target try to
Justify their act by claiming
the red squirrel destroy! me
eggs of song birds. Some state
conservation departments go
along with this idea. Other
and equally questionable jus
tification lor unrestricted Kill
ing of these vivacious little
rodents comes from some
hunters who claim the red
aquirrel Is the traditional
enemy of both the fox and the
gray squirrel, and therefore
should be eliminated from the
woodland scene.
And, of course, there are
those who make a profit from
the ssle of firearms and am
munition. They advocate the
use of the red squirrel, as a
target during closed hunting
seasons.
So the red squirrel is
caught in the middle, and
nearly all the trigger - happy
gunners shoot the little guy,
thinking their act is further
ing the conservation of larger
squirrel species. Too, t h e
"hunters" feel that they
should keep in practice dur
ing off seasons, and what bet
ter target practice could be
found than plinking red squir
rels. This satisfies the desire
to kill something, thereby dis
playing the shooter's power
and mastery over lesser
beings.
The fact that the red squir
rel, as a species, is still present
in limited numbers in some
areas attests to the cunning
and adaptability of the little
rodent, not to any tolerance
on the part of the gunner.
Adaptability is a trademark
of the red squirrel, especially
in the animal's selection and
rejection of certain kinds of
foods.
How the little fellow ac
complishes this is a little be
yond our understanding. The
red squirrel likes mushrooms,
and will feed on them almost
exclusively during the mush
room season.
In his home grounds many
varieties of mushrooms may
be growing, both the edible as
well as the poisonous. But
Reddy knows the difference.
By some wild reasoning, he
separates the good from the
evil.
This, tqo, of course, brings
up still another argument
among woodsmen and stu
dents of animal behavior.
Some claim the little animal
eats all kinds but is not ad
versely affected by those that
would sicken or even kill a
human connoisseur. They
claim the squirrel's digestive
system Is Immune to the
poisonous properties of all
species of fungi.
Exp.rl Observed
To prove or disprove this
doubtful point, a human ex
pert In mushroom Identifier.
tlon began a series of observa
tions during a season when
mushrooms were plentiful
Locating a woodland where
aeveral species of mushrooms
were pushing up from the
mould of the woodland floor,
he watched the red squirrels
eating the plants with evident
relish.
When the little animals' ap
petites were satisfied and they
scampered away, he examined
the mushrooms. There were
four kinds present In the Im
mediate area: three of the
edible kinds and one which
was very poisonous.
The squirrels had carefully
avoided eating any of the
wrong kind. Further observa
tions, in other areas with oth
er red squirrels, bore out the
original fait: the animals left
the poisonous mushrooms
strictly alone.
Our expert docs not profess
to know Ihc answer. Just
what instinctive reasoning the
animals use is not obvious or
evident, but somehow they
seem to know good from bad.
Pcrlmps there are other
traits, not understood by the
wisest of us, that should cause
us to give this little rodent
the benefit of the doubt.
Chances are he has been
maligned and cruelly misjudged.
Blue Scout Rocket
Reported Launched
Point Arguello, Calif. -OTO-A
satellite employing a Blue
Scout combination was
launched today from this Pa
cific missile range, the Air
Force reported.
The terse announcement did
not identify the type of satel
lite, Its mission or whether
the launch was successful.
This was In keeping with De
fense Department policy in
augurated a little more than a
year ago.
The Scout, when used in a
four-stage configuration, is ca
pable of boosting a ISO-pound
satellite Into nominal 300-miie
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