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• n  a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
• n  the fur of a squirrel

• Squirrel Girl: A young woman who had the ability to control squirrels.
• I had to crawl on my belly over fiber glass and dead squirrels to staple up screens so that no more squirrels could get in.
• After bottle-nursing an injured squirrel back to health in high school and taking it in as a pet, Skwerl was given some other hurt squirrels by squirrel-loving kids in Philadelphia .

News & Articles

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• Squirrel causes power outage in Middletown
  A pesky squirrel is being blamed for a power outage in Middletown on Monday morning. The outage impacted the northern end of the borough including parts of Plane, Hickory, Aspen and Cypress Streets, according to Middletown Borough’s Facebook page. East …
  June 17, 2013 - FOX 43 Harrisburg
• Firefighters save squirrel's life - and tail
  A squirrel is alive and even has its tail thanks to the Lake Oswego Fire Department. Usually, as noted by Deputy Fire Marshal Gert Zoutendijk, firefighters court danger, disaster and destruction. But on this occasion they were able to rescue a small animal. It was a feel-good occasion. "We did it because it was the right thing to do," said Zoutendijk. "A story like this makes people happy." The ...
  June 15, 2013 - Portland Tribune
• Squirrel In Toilet Shocks Winnipeg Couple [Video]
  Winnipeg, Canada – What would you do if you randomly found a squirrel thrashing around in your toilet bowl? A St. James couple got the shock of their lives early Wednesday morning when they heard something thrashing around in their bathroom. They investigated only to discover a cold, wet filthy squirrel in their toilet. “At [...] Squirrel In Toilet Shocks Winnipeg Couple [Video] is a post from ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Bob Bryan in International Herald Tribune
  They're the greatest of all time. We're just a squirrel trying to get a net,Bob Bryan said.
• Chuck Hagel in CNNMoney.com
  Every ground squirrel in this country knows that it's going to be $50 billion to $75 billion in additional money required to sustain us in Iraq for this year,said Hagel, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which also held...
• Brad Ausmus in Sports Network
  I hit a breaking ball. (It was) slurve-y,Ausmus said. "It was just a case of a blind squirrel finding an acorn. I was upset the pitch before didn't hit me......I'll take it the way it ended."