Squirrels hell-bent on destruction of American electric infrastructure

Or maybe the behavior of the local humans.

That sounds like a wasted opportunity to add a dash of Brodifacoum to the situationā€¦

Trading squirrels for junkies will hardly solve your problem!

Electrocuted squirrelsā€“is there a Darwin award just for squirrels?
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Otoh given the choice between troubleshooting snake problems on (or maybe in) Guamā€™s power grid:

ā€¦ or dealing with squirrels? Iā€™ll take the dang squirrels, thanks.

Here in Texas, itā€™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.

Subway rats have learned to coexist with high voltage electricity why canā€™t squirrels? Maybe some rats can teach them?

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