after the badgers

Everyone’s heard about the feral badgers of Basra by now. But what about the squirrels?

Police in Iran are reported to have taken 14 squirrels into custody - because they are suspected of spying.

The rodents were found near the Iranian border allegedly equipped with eavesdropping devices, according to Sky News.

You just wait, Ahmedinejad - wait until we release the hamsters!

UPDATE: 14/7. Attenborough's war, continued:

Did a scary-looking camel spider cause a Dutch F-16 to crash in Afghanistan? Maybe, maybe not, but a panel has concluded that might be the most plausible cause what is otherwise an inexplicable crash...

Comments

[chris y]

Syrian hamsters or Russian hamsters? I think we should know.

[CKR]

Good thing I've been poisoning the squirrels around my place.

[Chris Williams]

How Eric Frank Russell is that?

[ejh]

If you take squirrels into custody you'll torture them and no need for the electrodes or the sexual humiliation. When they're not outside their internal guidance system goes haywire.

I used to work in Oxford Brookes University Library where there were loads of squirrels outside and occasionally (I admit I never saw it myself) one would come in through the window in summer. Apparently they would go absolutely barmy.