Electrocuted squirrels–is there a Darwin award just for squirrels?
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Otoh given the choice between troubleshooting snake problems on (or maybe in) Guam’s power grid:
… or dealing with squirrels? I’ll take the dang squirrels, thanks.
Here in Texas, it’s vultures that short out power lines on poles and towers. And the fire ants that colonize electrical boxes can really short out an air conditioner compressor or transformer spectacularly.
