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Daily Dish

Eating A Dead Friend?

The Daily Dish
April 28, 2010

A reader writes:

It seems likely that our squirrel friend is defending a food supply instead of a "friend". Squirrels are situational omnivores, and opportunistic scavengers.

Another writes:

A Youtube search for "cannibal squirrel" brings up several hits.

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