It was one of those peaceful evenings when I was lazing on a hamoc …snacking on chips and enjoying the place in general when something moving very swiftly in the lawns caught my eye…for a second it gave me a fright …I thought it to be a snake but soon spotted 2 little squirrels that were after each others tails…I was thrilled to see them …I ran a little closer with my camera to get a closeup…they ran further away…
Squirrels seemed to have caught my fancy offlate.
Clever little swift creatures….jumping from tables to trees… on the lawns..into the bushes and everywhere …but close to me…devil me, I wanted them to sin and junk on a few chips and other goodies I had but wondered if they would be game for it …after all it could have taken a toll on their tiny digestive systems.
Scooby does it for a Scooby snack….some humans would do anything for butter chicken and so on and so forth …
To make life easier I felt the need to feel/think like one?
So I made a lame but not entirely vain attempt to decode Squirrel psychology and in the end it worked J
I had virtually run out on stock of roasted nuts…just had a few fried chips and pomegranate pearls to entice their clever little minds.
But I had to unearth what motivates the squirrel… And I was pleasantly surprised to see how adventurous they can be [that ofcourse after loosing most of the goodies to the ever-hungry scavenger… “the CROW”].
Now the climax…
Pomegranate pearls is all that was left of the so called goodies on offer.
A very common but strange display of aggression was the agenda of the Show between the two….the squirrels were determined to not let go of the pomegranate pearls and it seemed like the crows were a tad bit lethargic than their usual agile, opportunistic self after gobbling down loads of calories 
…the squirrels were focused and lead closer to the heap of pomegranate by one squirrel who I assumed to be the leader and in their mindless chirping I suppose…I felt I heard them say “Its SHOWTIME!!! Time to fire all cylinders!!! Go get’em tiger!”…what strategy [it seemed like they would give Jack Trout a run for his lessons on Strategy] ….while half a dozen quickly grabbed some pomegranate and dashed into the bushes for cover within less than a second…we [me and the squirrels ofcourse sillies]worked like a gang. Clever little creatures and a little help in shooing away crows from my side did the trick….in the end, one of them actually cared to pose for a picture nibbling on a pomegranate pearl in her hands… for a few seconds…and finally I got that shot!!!! {chk orkut for the pic}
