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There's a lovely 99% Invisible episode about the squirrel census, that includes a LOT more on history of squirrels in america: https://99percentinvisible.org/ep
by sdenton4 7y ago
There's a lovely 99% Invisible episode about the squirrel census, that includes a LOT more on history of squirrels in america:
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/uptown-squirrel/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/uptown-squirrel/
In short, they started to be introduced into parks in the 1850's or so, and were a bit of a national craze.
- autoexec 7y agoI once knew a girl who was visiting the US from a city in Brazil and she was shocked by squirrels and the fact that we just let them run around our cities and do whatever they do. She was a little worried about attacks or food theft, but eventually she saw they were harmless. Even then she'd still excitedly point them out everywhere she went.
- forgotmypwd123 7y agoI still excitedly point out squirrels everywhere I go, and I'm over 30...