Warning! Danger! Dracula Squirrel! So this morning I was enjoying a nice, quiet, pre-sunrise stroll when out from the bushes emerged a tumble of red fur and blue feathers! 'Round and...

Djedi

So this morning I was enjoying a nice, quiet, pre-sunrise stroll when out from the bushes emerged a tumble of red fur and blue feathers!
'Round and 'round they went until the blue feathers were quiet. Then, in an expert maneuver, the rust colored fur finished its prey and started to gut its trophy!
That's right - it was just a harmless little squirrel --- But it had big, sharp, pointy teeth!!! (Like Monty Python's rabbit!)

As I stood there in horror, I grabbed my little point-n-shoot and at maximum zoom, started to chronicle the incident.
Again and again, the red fiend bent down, gorging itself on the victim's blood and innards.

Occasionally the undead beast looked up, to make sure none of its squirrel kin were anywhere within eyesight.

Then it returned to its victim, continuing to satiate it's unnatural desires.

Suddenly, it hears something- It realizes someone or something is nearby!

No, Noooo...!!! I have been discovered!
It stares at me with evil eyes and evil heart!
I run, as fast as my feet can take me. Hopefully I won't stumble..... and... FALL!!!

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

That is a great story to go along with the very well done photos. Many people think of rabbits and squirrels as timid little creature who eat nuts, grass etc. In many cases, as you show, they are meat eaters as well. Well done sir.

Dennis

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

Awful glad you captured that, cause I don't think I would have believed it. Good series. Love the last one...yeah, I'd run, too. ;-)

Djedi

dennis2146 wrote:

That is a great story to go along with the very well done photos. Many people think of rabbits and squirrels as timid little creature who eat nuts, grass etc. In many cases, as you show, they are meat eaters as well. Well done sir.

Dennis

Thanks Dennis. Yes, they are rodents and will eat what they can get.

Djedi

Photog8 wrote:

Awful glad you captured that, cause I don't think I would have believed it. Good series. Love the last one...yeah, I'd run, too. ;-)

He he, I couldn't believe it when it happened in front of me! Glad you liked it.

alby Loc: very eastern pa.

we actually had a frog jump off a rock and grab a bird in mid flight by our little waterfall. i was shocked. went and got my camera and by the time i got back he had it all but swallowed, just the tip of one wing sticking out and he finished it to quickly to snap it. yeah it was a huge frog.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

It is also common for deer, elk etc to eat salmon that have washed up along rivers in the NW after breeding.

Djedi

alby wrote:

we actually had a frog jump off a rock and grab a bird in mid flight by our little waterfall. i was shocked. went and got my camera and by the time i got back he had it all but swallowed, just the tip of one wing sticking out and he finished it to quickly to snap it. yeah it was a huge frog.

That's how the frog got to be so huge, I guess!

tramsey Loc: Texas

Excellent shots and set. I don't think i would've believed it either if the pictures hadn't been there. Maybe there photoshopped!

When I was a cop, I assisted on a call of a squirrel loose in a house. It took three of us over two hours to round it up and one was bitten. He had to go have shots. They are pretty vicious little beasts; full of teeth and claws.

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

Very good series and story Djedi. Looks like your on the menu in the last shot! Keep well away.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Nice shots and story. That last one looks like he's saying "Your next"

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woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa

wow, great captures👍

Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA

Whoa! I have never heard of that behavior before! You'd think in 74 years I would have run across that bit of information somewhere! Thank you for the second new bit of info I learned here on UHH! ☺ ♥♥♥☺

AuntieM Loc: Eastern NC

I had no idea that squirrels were meat eaters. Great series and story.

cameranut Loc: North Carolina

That's a new one on me. I seem to remember reading about some non-meat eating animals consuming meat for extra protein when they are expecting, but this is weird.