A backyard bird feeder should be for the birds, not the squirrels, so this feeder has a squirrel-activated spin cycle that tosses out a few seeds, followed shortly by the rider. Apparently the squirrels don’t mind, because they always go back for another round. (via Murray C.)
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I think the squirrels like the spinning ride!
What gets me is they don’t appear to get dizzy! Must have special ear drums?
Squirrel amusement park!
Squirrels are astonishing athletes
My dear dad had a squirrel-proof bird feeder like this.
And yet, he’d then go out and throw bird seed on the ground because he was concerned that the squirrels weren’t getting enough food.
Snort laugh! I think I heard a high pitched “wheeeeeeeeeeeee…”!
I wanted to hear a slo mo “OOOOHHHHH NOOOOOOO.”
Laughed until I cried.
I don’t think the squirrel is thrown off, I think he just let’s go!
They apparently regard it as a seed dispenser. Climb up, ride the thing till they get bored of hanging on, go down and eat all the seeds that fell out, repeat. Also, if I was a bird who saw what happened to the squirrel, I’d be scared to perch on it myself. I guess the largest seed-eating bird weighs less than a squirrel, so the manufacturer can calibrate when the feeder spins and when it doesn’t? But it’s asking a lot of a bird to know that. I also guess squirrels never land wrong, but I wonder if they always let go at the right time not to be flung against the pole or a fence. Maybe they are that smart.