Over the next few days, technicians will be upgrading all squirrels with the new Squerl 9.5 maintenance update. During this procedure, which will roll out on a region-by-region basis, squirrels may become unresponsive, even in the presence of snacks. As a precaution, all predators will be temporarily placed in non-attack mode. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Found on Mashable by Ed C.
Apparently the switch to turn them back on is in the left leg. Good to know.
On a side note, I have no sound here but I looked at some of the comments (hoping for some explanation of what might cause this behavior) and one of them says “Everyone needs to turn up the volume because he freezes when he hears something running through the weeds. You can hear it distinctly. My guess is he’s not frozen he’s making sure to keep an eye where he heard the noise until he thinks it’s safe to eat again.” Which is useful (to me, at least).
My other favorite was, “He looks like he’s having an existential crisis.”
Also, this sqwerlio is very cute.
Oh, I’m glad you found the explanation. I was a bit concerned, but now it seems it’s all okay.
For a minute there I thought sqwerl had just plain forgotten how to sqwerl.
I hope to come across one of the squirrels going through a maintenance update. That is one very cute sqwerl. Actually I could use a maintenance update.
when edibles kick in.
Now, that’s what I call a dead squirrel. 🐿️
No, no…..No, he’s stunned!
‘E’s pining for the fjords!
Well, since you guys brought up this sketch, seems a good place to share:
There is a house I pass on my way to work, where they go all out with the holiday decorations for Halloween and Christmas (their tiny yard is entirely filled with inflatables and other decorations). They started putting up Halloween this week and on a bench at the front of the yard sits a skeleton, holding a can of beer (or soda, maybe; can’t tell), and on its shoulder sits a parrot skeleton. I think it’s safe to say it’s a dead parrot.
(Also, I originally typed “Halloweed” in the first sentence there, and given Wuyizidi’s comment above maybe I should have left it 😉 )
Inception – it’s real 🙂
BTW is Halloween still on this year? I guess since it’s usually a masked event it should be okay? maybe (I hope)??
I’ve heard of some places saying no trick-or-treating and others just recommending against it.
I’m not really a Halloween person and I try not to be home (but I usually get some peppermint patties or something that I will eat, just in case). I don’t turn off my light, since I’m at the top of the stairs and I feel bad leaving the stairs in the dark, but my neighbors don’t seem to give out stuff, either (or they just run out by the time I get home from work?), so no one really comes up, anyway. My complex used to send a paper newsletter and the October one included a sheet you could put on your door indicating whether you were handing out candy (“Trick or Treat Here” happy face jack-o-lantern) or not (“Sorry, No Treats” frowning jack-o-lantern); now the newsletter is emailed (or, more accurately, they just email when they have something to tell us) but a lot of people still put up signs if they don’t want people ringing their bells. The two doors upstairs that you can see most easily from the ground usually have ‘no treats’ signs so I assume most kids don’t bother.
“Look, mate. I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered that the only reason it had been sitting on the pirate in the first place was that it had been nailed there.”
PINING’ for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that? 😡
I’m sure someone who knows how to will send along the sketch… It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Norwegian Blue though…must check with the Norwegians in the fjords.
Let’s see if this works.
I’ve seen this in the squirrels who use my neighbors fence as a primary squirrel highway between the trees along the street and the alleyway utility pole cable network.They will sit upright on the fence in warm weather and not move for a very long time.It’s not listening to noises I think,but having a squirrel moment to meditate on life and their place in the universe, or enjoying the pleasant afternoon..Maybe they are trying to remember if they left their squirrel stove on in their nest.Whatever it is,it shows squirrels have contemplative skills,I feel..
I’d like to think the skwerl was stunned into surprise. “All this?! For . . . for me?”