{"id":3634,"date":"2008-10-07T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/10\/d-c-squirrels-story-reminds-me-of-psu.html"},"modified":"2008-10-07T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T10:45:00","slug":"d-c-squirrels-story-reminds-me-of-psu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/10\/d-c-squirrels-story-reminds-me-of-psu\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. squirrels story reminds me of PSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/02\/AR2008100203233.html\"><b>Critter City<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><b>A Century Ago, Squirrels Were Rare in D.C. How Did They Come to Rule the Capital?<\/b><br \/>Around 1900, squirrels were rare in D.C. The Architect of the Capitol introduced them on the grounds of the legislative branch and soon they started showing up all over. The Post even ran a story about it then, but sadly it is not linked online.<\/p>\n<p>This story is similar to what I know of Penn State&#8217;s squirrel population. They were not indigenous up there either and now they have overrun the place. Some say they are reincarnated alumni while others claim that Cary, the odd graduate student who worked in the computer labs, was using his time machine to bring squirrels from the future or past (I&#8217;m not sure which) onto campus. Either way, there are a lot of them up there, so many of them that Penn State was rated 4 out of 5 on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gottshall.com\/squirrels\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">five-squirrel scale<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegian.psu.edu\/archive\/2001\/09\/09-05-01tdc\/09-05-01dnews-5.asp\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">in 2001<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Collegian<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Washington\" rel=\"tag\">Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/dc\" rel=\"tag\">dc<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/squirrels\" rel=\"tag\">squirrels<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/pennstate\" rel=\"tag\">Penn State<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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