There's an acorn shortage across the eastern US:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...112902045.html
I'd been wondering why I kept seeing young squirrels everywhere when it wasn't spring. Turns out they're just scrawny.
I got to talking about this when I was buying peanuts for the squirrels. The cashier at my grocery store says it's "the natural order of things." As usual, I couldn't think of anything to say until it was too late.
The thing is, it may not be the natural order of things at all. Acorn production goes in cycles, yes, but this year's massive shortage is unusual and may be the result of climate change.
And even if it IS the natural order of things, so what? Screw the natural order. The natural order sucks. Nobody ever cares about the natural order of things until someone suggests we do something helpful. Until then it's "Screw the environment! Mess with it all you want!"
[edited for verbosity]
Rambling, sorry. The point is, it's not going to kill anybody to put out a few peanuts.
[This message has been edited by Rose Kelleher (edited December 01, 2008).]
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