Why Squirrels Make Lousy Electricians

[Doc Sprocket]

I spotted Sparky here just outside of my jobsite. It was a week before I got around to bringing my camera to work. It's been a week since I took the pictures, and he's still there- just hanging around. Looks like he just grabbed one too many conductors and locked on. He'll never do that again!
What was really funny, was one day I saw another squirrell come across the wire toward him (the wire that "Sparky here was about to get on), he got about 10 feet away, stopped and looked at his cooked buddy... I swear I heard him say, "oh HE// no!", and turned around and ran full tilt the other way...

 

[redsox985]

Hahaha! Wow. I'm surprised that didn't interrupt power in the area. I wonder how long he'll be hanging out up there...

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I was just amazed he didn't explode! Must've been just enough current passing to stop sparky's little ticker and lock him on. Tough to see in the pics but his paws are wrapped around the conductors quite well. I was begging the gods for him to drop every time I saw someone walking on the sidewalk under him. Muahahaha!

 

[Russ2251]

A common problem in Japan is crows building nests out of metal hangers which are perched among utility poles.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

the most dangerous birds nest^

 

[CriticalMass]

We don't have many birds here at our place since I got a pellet rifle. Ground squirrels either.

 

[redsox985]

Speaking of fried critters, our air conditioner last year suffered a fatal short because a stink bug came into contact with some exposed wires.

 

[B.M.800]

Geez, knock im out! Cook im up man!


... or atleast get the tail!

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I kept looking at him and thinking that if I had a SAFE way to remove him, I'd love to take him to a taxidermist and create a reproduction of the scene. Great conversation starter for the living room. Or perhaps a centrepiece for the diningroom table!!!

 

[B.M.800]

I kept looking at him and thinking that if I had a SAFE way to remove him, I'd love to take him to a taxidermist and create a reproduction of the scene. Great conversation starter for the living room. Or perhaps a centrepiece for the diningroom table!!!

PFFFFFF.... safeness, what will they think of next... errr...

I vote for table centerpiece.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Funny thing, that. My wife lets me work on engines in my living room. But she'd absolutely freaking KILL me if I stuck a dead, roasted squirrel on the diningroom table!!!
Next thing you know, I'd be somebody's centrepiece! Oh well- nobody's perfect, I guess!

 

[Bluethunder3320]

chuck a football at it?

 

[r97]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

at least he doesn't charge 80 bucks an hour!

 

[CriticalMass]

Get a ladder and one of those cheap plastic hand grabber things. If I was a betting man I'd say his hands break off though.

 

[redsox985]

Funny thing, that. My wife lets me work on engines in my living room. But she'd absolutely freaking KILL me if I stuck a dead, roasted squirrel on the diningroom table!!!
Next thing you know, I'd be somebody's centrepiece! Oh well- nobody's perfect, I guess!

I would get mantle-piece, but that's just my opinion of where you'd land.

 

[kendelrk]

at my old house, we had a bird fly up the exhaust shoot of the dryer and die in my dryer, it wsa very sad picking little birdy out of the dryer

 

[B.M.800]

^so did we... cept we didnt find it till it was a bunch of bones!

Friends of mine found a raccon in theirs, fortunately before it rotted they found it.

 

[anderkart]

Now you dont see this every day:

 

[Doc Sprocket]

You win.
HAHA! Yeah I've seen that pic before, it still amazes me. Partially because the wires are actually holding the weight.

 

[anderkart]

Yeah the pics link didn't have any info, I was kinda hoping to get the story on this thing.
Suppose it might just be someone REALLY good at photoshopping pics.