{"id":653,"date":"2023-04-28T17:40:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T17:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10066\/?p=653"},"modified":"2023-04-28T17:40:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T17:40:32","slug":"mr-squirrel-was-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:10066\/mr-squirrel-was-disappointed\/","title":{"rendered":"MR SQUIRREL WAS DISAPPOINTED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BECAUSE I DID NOT GIVE HIM ANY FOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-vivid-purple-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-vivid-purple-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years ago, while visiting the Botanic Gardens, I overheard a woman complaining to a member of staff that she had been bitten by a squirrel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until recently they often had red squirrels feeding on the ground, especially around Pine Hill. Since 2005, however, they have not been seen. Red squirrels are displaced by the introduced grey squirrels, which are able to eat unripe nuts, thus outcompeting the red squirrels by eating most of the food resources before they are palatable to the reds. The spread of pine martens across the country is often a forerunner of red squirrels successfully making a comeback so they may return from the populations on Howth Head and Killiney Hill. 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