Decended & Attacked

First heard about this BBC article from Slings' site, but apparently a pack of squirrels attacked and killed a dog in Russia. Due to lack of food, and perhaps irritation, the Russian squirrels have been forced to take extreme actions and descended from the trees and attacked a "big" dog that was barking at them. I guess in mother Russia squirrel eats dog.

Hearing about voracious squirrels makes me think twice about all of the seemingly passive squirrels that probably continue to occupy the University of Wisconsin - Platteville campus. The squirrels were very passive and didn't seem to mind all of the people walking around, sometimes within several feet of them. On occasion, when few people were around to witness it, I would suddenly lunge at a nearby squirrel, just to keep them on their toes. But now, in lieu of the recent squirrel attack, lunging a squirrels probably wasn't the best idea.