Yes, very much so. In fact, according to Wikipedia, it's known as the "land beaver" in some areas. They are both from the rodent order, but they're from different family branches...or something like that.
Vegetable thins, the universal path to friendship. Who knew?
I KNOW! I thought they were just a tasty treat (and my current cracker addiction). There's a Compliments brand of "Fine Roasted Vegetable Thins" that are delicious. Unfortunately, they aren't vegan, but they're low in saturated fat and 8 calories per cracker. Anywaaaaay, they are apparently an effective means of breaking down communication barriers (or, at least, feeding groundhogs).
Yup, urban animals, they get pretty bold.
Yes, unfortunately, they do get pretty bold. And I'm certainly not helping the situation by feeding them. I know there are signs at Edwards Gardens asking people not to feed the birds because there's a fear that they'll stop flying south in the winter, not to mention keeping the water cleaner by cutting down on things like excess goose turds, etc.
Central Park has muggers, we have roaming bands of ground hogs apparently.
And Ninja Squirrels. I was at High Park with a couple of friends on June 1st and we saw Ninja Squirrels. The one friend coined the term because all the squirrels were engaged in this kind of stealthy walk rather than their usual jumpy-bouncey method of travel...if you know what I mean. It was very hot that day. Maybe they just didn't have the energy to be full on squirrels.
Were you working on the novel? How's it going?
Yes, actually, I was working on the "novel". It's going okay. Slower than I'd like, but at least it's going. The writing session this morning was pretty good, actually. I'm happy (at the moment, at least) with what I got down. :-)
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Yes, very much so. In fact, according to Wikipedia, it's known as the "land beaver" in some areas. They are both from the rodent order, but they're from different family branches...or something like that.
Vegetable thins, the universal path to friendship. Who knew?
I KNOW! I thought they were just a tasty treat (and my current cracker addiction). There's a Compliments brand of "Fine Roasted Vegetable Thins" that are delicious. Unfortunately, they aren't vegan, but they're low in saturated fat and 8 calories per cracker. Anywaaaaay, they are apparently an effective means of breaking down communication barriers (or, at least, feeding groundhogs).
Yup, urban animals, they get pretty bold.
Yes, unfortunately, they do get pretty bold. And I'm certainly not helping the situation by feeding them. I know there are signs at Edwards Gardens asking people not to feed the birds because there's a fear that they'll stop flying south in the winter, not to mention keeping the water cleaner by cutting down on things like excess goose turds, etc.
Central Park has muggers, we have roaming bands of ground hogs apparently.
And Ninja Squirrels. I was at High Park with a couple of friends on June 1st and we saw Ninja Squirrels. The one friend coined the term because all the squirrels were engaged in this kind of stealthy walk rather than their usual jumpy-bouncey method of travel...if you know what I mean. It was very hot that day. Maybe they just didn't have the energy to be full on squirrels.
Were you working on the novel? How's it going?
Yes, actually, I was working on the "novel". It's going okay. Slower than I'd like, but at least it's going. The writing session this morning was pretty good, actually. I'm happy (at the moment, at least) with what I got down. :-)