Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
I seem to recall a statement similar to the odds of rolling a 100 is a million to one.
I have a story about a squirel, it's a bit nuts.
As a matter of fact, I do.
We had a ton of squirrels on campus when I was in college (Texas, Fight!). We used to sit out on the West Mall and watch them running around and hopping from tree to tree during lunch. Friends and I used to joke around about them, wondering if they ever fell.
As it turns out, they do.
One Spring day we were watching a particularly frenetic squirrel dashing madcap about the treetops. He made a leap onto a branch, only to have it snap as he landed. He probably fell about 20-25 feet, and landed on the concrete with an audible *pop*. We all cringed, and watched to see if he was OK.
He laid there stunned for a minute, and then slowly lifted his head, and gave it a good shake, like a dog shaking water off of his fur. I could just imagine the Bugs Bunny "e-i-e-i-e-i-e-i-e-i-e" sound effect in the background. He got to his feet, and then seemed to look around with exaggerated casualness, as if to see if anyone had been watching. He spotted the nearest tree trunk, and headed off for it. The only problem was that his head was still obviously spinning, as his attempts to reach it had him wandering off about 30 degrees from the direction he was trying to go. He looked as if he was sloshed off of his rocker.
At this point, we all realized that he was OK, and were partaking in serious rofl mow-ing. His pained attempts finally got him to the tree, and he staggered his way up the trunk, corkscrewing his way around it. A few feet up, he crossed behind the tree, and we didn't see him again. A few minutes later it was time to head to my next class (yeah, I'm sure I was heading to class. Well...probably...), and my route took me past the tree in question. As I passed, I looked for our furry friend, and he was still clutching the trunk, about 4 feet off the ground. I could see his eyes were still about 3 sizes too big, and he had a "WHAT just happened??" look on his face.
Well, at least I now know that gravity still applies to little furry things.![]()