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Oh, nuts: Epidemic of squashed squirrels puzzles, disgusts local motorists


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I noticed this in Newton and Wellesley over the past few days as well - I wonder if the colder weather is encouraging some risky nut seeking behavior.

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Strange and likely unrelated but I've seen atleast 8 or 9 dead squirrels around Cambridge over the last week. Most were on sidewalks or yards and not obviously car related.

Kendall, Davis, Porter and Central have all had a number of them - I saw 2 on my walk in this morning.

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Hit one the other day on RT 2, where I couldn't swerve if I wanted to.

Natural Selection in it's most brutal. It's been a nice long wet summer, with plenty to eat and my guess is a lot more baby squirrels survived. now comes fall when they're kicked out and have to figure out foraging and roads.

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Had to dodge a bunch of them on a bike ride in Needham and Dover yesterday morning.

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Impose a statewide 10mph speed limit for the next month

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We noticed this when we moved here 15 years ago and it happens every year. It's like they get lethargic or loopy in the fall and run willy-nilly into traffic. Weird.

Last week we counted 31 squashed squirrels on Route 9 between Boston and Natick. Is it more strange that there are so many fatalities or that we were interested enough in rodent death to take the time to count them - sometimes excitedly so?

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they're breakin' the deal!

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I've had several near-misses with squirrels the past few days, and can only assume there are some despondent rodents out there. In every case, a squirrel would be safely hanging out on the trunk of a tree, and as I ride by on my bicycle, they've decided that moment that they need to be on the other side of the path and scurry across, narrowly missing my front tire.

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