That's not necessarily true. Ants, spiders, scorpions etc all take care and raise their young a bit. If by nurse you mean breast feed then that means you would be excluding birds which many people enjoy mroe then squirrels. The fact is an insect is just as much an animal as a squirrel and should not be exterminated. WHile no creature on this earth is neither good or bad there are creatures whose lives do conflict with ours. There may be different means to prevent them from bothering us. I'm ok with killing them. Just so you know before moving back to college I placed my plants in an area where the squirrels could not reach them. I have also never killed a squirrel in my life as I live in the suburbs and they don't cotton to shooting rifles. But if I were out in the woulds I would have no remorse towards squirrels and I would suffer no guilt from exterminating them. A pest is a pest.[b said:Quote[/b] (fyrespryte @ Oct. 06 2004,11:02)]Im sure you are aware of the fact that insects do NOT nurse their young, therefore, squirrel does not = large insect.
Hi Fyresprite and welcome to the forums. Looks like you picked a hot and passionate topic. Just so you know, if you would like to correct your spelling, you can click on the "edit" tab and the "submit modified post". I use it all the time, as I transpose letters and "fat-finger" others.[b said:Quote[/b] (fyrespryte @ Oct. 06 2004,9:58)]~Correction~ First sentence... mad is supposed to be made
and that gives you the right to kill them? ok, so a superior human has the right to kill you? (don't even try saying that there aren't more superior humans... and no... I'm not talking about race or anything... I'm talking about intelligence and virtues)[b said:Quote[/b] ] I am superior to the squirrels
killing them isn't preventing them from anything... you just like killing for the fun of it and because somehow you consider yourself superior to everything and think that gives you the right to kill innocent beings.[b said:Quote[/b] ]There may be different means to prevent them from bothering us. I'm ok with killing them
yep. and superior and inferior.[b said:Quote[/b] ]I dislike the human tendency(which I myself suffer from) to label animals like aphids and scale good and bad
Yep I as a human being am superior to a squirrel. Humans are superior. WE are more evolved. There may be people superior to me in intellect and skill but they are humans the same as you and me and thus on about the same playing field. The only way a squirrel could kill someone is through fleas infested with a plague. Other then that I am 110% superior to a squirrel. I could dominate one in a fist fight. To be perfectly honest you are taking this too seriously. Squirrels are pests. Just like rats, mice, many bugs, etc. Am I advocating the extinction of all squirrels? Of course not. That is called an exageration. It still doesn't change the fact that I am superior to squirrels. And there is nothing wrong with killing animals. Hell animals kill other animals all the time for pleasure. Again you must not be a cat/ferret owner...[b said:Quote[/b] (TheAlphaWolf @ Oct. 07 2004,12:30)]and that gives you the right to kill them? ok, so a superior human has the right to kill you? (don't even try saying that there aren't more superior humans... and no... I'm not talking about race or anything... I'm talking about intelligence and virtues)[b said:Quote[/b] ] I am superior to the squirrels
killing them isn't preventing them from anything... you just like killing for the fun of it and because somehow you consider yourself superior to everything and think that gives you the right to kill innocent beings.[b said:Quote[/b] ]There may be different means to prevent them from bothering us. I'm ok with killing them
that's wrong... organisms don't strive to be human. it's not the ultimate form of life.[b said:Quote[/b] ]WE are more evolved
the only way you could fall 100 feet and go unharmed is if you had something to soften the fall....[b said:Quote[/b] ]The only way a squirrel could kill someone is through fleas infested with a plague...
I could dominate one in a fist fight
it is if you don't have any reason. It's just like what hitler did. you could easily buy a squirrel repellent and all your problems would be solved.[b said:Quote[/b] ]And there is nothing wrong with killing animals
give me examples. cats play with their food so they can become better hunters in case of a shortage of food.[b said:Quote[/b] ]Hell animals kill other animals all the time for pleasure. Again you must not be a cat/ferret owner...
so a tiger is superior than you? a great white shark? malaria microbes? lyme disease? AIDS? they're all higher up than you are in the food chain.[b said:Quote[/b] ]I am superior to the squirrels. I am higher up on the food chain.
[b said:Quote[/b] ]a mother animal nurses her young with milk
[b said:Quote[/b] ]so a tiger is superior than you? a great white shark? malaria microbes? lyme disease? AIDS? they're all higher up than you are in the food chain.
just tell that to those people in india and other places that are eaten by crocs and tigers.[b said:Quote[/b] ]It's only stuff from the inside, like aids, that hurts us.