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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Sat Oct 6, 2018, 06:24 PM Oct 2018

How many squirrels in Central Park? Count aims to find out

It's one of the enduring mysteries of life in New York City: Just how many squirrels live in Central Park?

There could soon be an answer.

Counters started roaming the 840-acre park on Saturday for its first ever Squirrel Census .

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How many squirrels in Central Park? Count aims to find out (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2018 OP

In NYC the poor things are often victims, like pigeons. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #1

How is that? Auto traffic killing them? nt Blue_true Oct 2018 #4

Yep! BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #5

Next Question: Who is buried in Grant's Tomb? brooklynite Oct 2018 #2

How do you tell the difference between two squirrels? Blue_true Oct 2018 #3

"results helped inform a paper on the spread of the West Nile virus." yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2018 #6

BigmanPigman

(51,615 posts)

1. In NYC the poor things are often victims, like pigeons.

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Sat Oct 6, 2018, 06:26 PM

Oct 2018

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

4. How is that? Auto traffic killing them? nt

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 06:32 PM

Oct 2018

BigmanPigman

(51,615 posts)

5. Yep!

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 06:36 PM

Oct 2018

brooklynite

(94,657 posts)

2. Next Question: Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 06:28 PM

Oct 2018

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

3. How do you tell the difference between two squirrels?

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 06:31 PM

Oct 2018

One of them comes off as a little bit too squirrelly.

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

6. "results helped inform a paper on the spread of the West Nile virus."

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 08:22 PM

Oct 2018

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