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...
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Syrian hamsters or Russian hamsters? I think we should know.
Posted by: chris y | July 14, 2007 at 12:56 PM
Good thing I've been poisoning the squirrels around my place.
Posted by: CKR | July 14, 2007 at 04:43 PM
How Eric Frank Russell is that?
Posted by: Chris Williams | July 14, 2007 at 06:25 PM
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.
Posted by: ejh | July 16, 2007 at 10:18 AM