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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 03:27 AM
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Fried Squirrel anyone?

This is probably the dumbest question I've ever had...but we're buds here.

Why don't squirrels get electrocuted on power lines? I watch three or four of them scamper across the road on power lines the other day. I've never really noticed that before.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 03:45 AM
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They are only touching one at a tme AND their body doesn't have enough mass to produce an arc between the other lines.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 06:32 AM
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I wish they would get fryed...free food from the skies!
 
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 09:17 AM
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also, they are not grounded. You could hang from a power line all day with no problems, besides being tired. But, as soon as you touch the pole or the ground, you are a gonner. Stay Safe....Jay
 
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 10:07 AM
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Just bushy taied rats in my book
 
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 11:32 AM
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..same reason birds dont get fried...
...Fried is ok, but I prefer them in a nice stew...
 
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 12:00 PM
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Every now and then we get a fried-squirrel power outage. A transformer goes, people complain, the power company blames the squirrel.
wabiker, I like squirrel pot pie. Stew sounds good though. Hmm it's small game season...
 
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 12:32 PM
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...Pot pie...hmmm
Ok, Im getting hungry....(now where did I put my jumper cables...?)
 
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