Squirrel : 1, Rube Goldberg : 0

[Botch]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMfoLGxoJsI[/youtube]

 

[PaulyT]

:laughing-rolling: I wonder if that's really a wild (and persistent) squirrel? Or a pet they trained?

 

[Botch]

My guess is that it's a wild, persistent squirrel, that they trained.

 

[Flint]

They were demonstrating how squirrels could outwit common anti-squirrel devices to keep them away from bird food. That squirrel was trained over time and showed an amazing memory.

They also filmed a squirrel that learned to go through a cat door and find a tin of nuts hidden in a bookcase, take one or two nuts, recover the tin, place it back on the shelf, then leave through the cat without a trace.

 

[Botch]

They also filmed a squirrel that learned to go through a cat door and find a tin of nuts hidden in a bookcase, take one or two nuts, recover the tin, place it back on the shelf, then leave through the cat without a trace.

Man, I'd love to see that!

 

[Rope]

If food is involved, squirrels will figure a way to get at it, guarnteed.

Rope