Squirrel waves cold tail at gopher snake

An infrared camera reveals how Ground Squirrels wave cold tails at a non-predatory snake. For more information, see the full article: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12477

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[newscientistvideo]

Hi everyone, please knock the England-vs-America slanging match on the head. We realise this is a perennially thorny topic, but on the whole this discussion thread is supposed to be about squirrels and snakes. :) Thanks,

Michael Marshall, online editorial assistant

[BornAtNight]

So squirrels are intelligent enough to recognize which animals have infrared tracking and which don't. Squirrels... is there anything they can't do?

[animalnt]

predator lmao

[cozmo72]

er.... that yea right guy? you said we are uneducated...... i take it you have never been to england... are u basing your "loft" "fag" theory on what you see on tv? who calls an apartment a loft??? england isnt like that you know... i take it you think we live in huts and castles still? and drink lots of tea? i think you are the uneducated 1....

[satansandals]

which is better a red squirell native to the british isles and much of europe, or the grey squirell imported from america by fur traders?

[bridge188]

England created America as a work force to import spices and cotton and stuff, you wouldnt have your country if it wasnt for us! The american dream is a lie ... :-P

[coldplasma]

Well all things considered, the way someone speaks a language does nothing to show how well educated they are. However, what shows ignorance is that you have incorrectly matched 'loft' with 'apartment' and misspelled apartment. 'Loft' means attic, or for the ignorants like yourself, the room at the top of the house.

Also, freedom fries, I hope you Americans know how fucking stupid that sounds.

[potatoherder]

I'm not sure about that. UK is slipping down the university ranks every year and Harvard is a pretty awesome uni if you can afford it. that said I would give rank to a uk second tier uni over an American second tier uni

[benkettle]

you cant take the piss out of the english language thats where your language came from you idiot

[Yeahright11021]

yeah the schools inthe UK mayb better.... but atleast we call them freedom fires (better known as french fries) and not Chips..... and we call cigs, cigs.... not fags lol.... and appartments, appartments... not lofts..... "yeah ima go eat some chips in my loft and smoke a fag".... better educated? i think not.