Interesting Squirrel Fact no. 1

[mrs_overall]

Did you know that in the original French version of Cinderella, the glass slippers were actually made from squirrel fur?

[gness]

No, but I now know the opening lines to "Meet Me Half Way".

[tonyav]

No I didn't, mrs o. Very interesting !

[mrs_overall]

Gness, is there no end to our talents? lol

[gness]

Creep....

[gness]

Tony...not you!!!!!

[snags]

Interesting fact number 2: A squirrel's brain is almost the size of a walnut.

[mrs_overall]

Hang on snags, don't jump the gun.
I plan to have a whole series of squirrel related posts as they are such a fascinating subject ;-)

[rsvp]

Love these little snippets of info - thank you Mrs O, will try and drop this into a conversation today!

[snags]

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[mrs_overall]

rsvp - let me know if you get away with it lol

[Traci66]

MrsO, you are such a wealth of useless information, what would we do without you?

[gness]

I'll put on the kettle.

[Mick-Talbot]

Fact no 3

Squirrel with no nuts ........are called a doe's

[rsvp]

will do Mrs O

[nescio]

you could even tell them where the confusion arose:
mishearing "vair" - squirrel fur, as "verre" - glass, then translating from French

[mrs_overall]

Hellooo birthday girl. How are you and what are your plans for today?

My knowledge of useless facts is a talent I am cursed with lol

[gness]

Challenge for rsvp......I'll try too. See who does it first.

Gness now hunting for people passing by.

[Traci66]

Just emailed you MrsO.

[tonyav]

Mrs o, your interesting squirrel fact is so interesting I think I''ll put it on the works notice board, when I arrive in a while !

[rowanwitch]

Thrre are t365 species of squirrel one for every dy of the year There was a rare 366th one that lived in a small colony near tamworth but I believe the last one was eaten by a black cat...