Hokey smoke!
July 21, 2010 at 8:45 AM by Dr. Drang
This blog post may be inappropriate for younger or more sensitive readers.
Near the end of my ride home from work yesterday, I was coasting downhill when a squirrel shot out onto the bike path from the bushes off to the right. He hesitated for a split second, and I thought I’d be able to get past him on the left. But as I was passing him, he panicked and jumped toward me instead of back into the bushes. I felt a bump and knew I’d run over some part of him. When I looked back and saw him running away, I figured whatever had happened wasn’t serious and forgot about it.
Until this morning, when I pedaled past that spot and saw this in the middle of the path:
Yes, it’s 4-5 inches of squirrel tail, sitting right where my back tire squeezed it off the poor guy. No, I’m not offering a higher-resolution version of the photo.
So it was a somber ride in to work this morning. The squirrels and rabbits I passed on my route looked at me reproachfully.
But they kept their distance.
