43 thoughts on “Horsehead squirrel feeder”

  2. I think the widget would be a lot funnier (and appealing if it were the head of something ferocious, like a crocodile!

    I’m gonna’ check ’em out to see if they have one!

    1. They used to call this a parking angel. And that’s what i still call mine.

      -Florian

  5. Hmm .. now I’m thinking an ornate glass helmet to feed them from so that the squirrels resemble some creature from a hack-and-slash dragon game.

  7. I wonder if people who buy these horse head squirrel feeders also buy those plastic skulls & chests of treasure for their fish tanks.

    1. These are much less tacky than those treasure chests cum skulls! The horse heads, in fact, have a sort of je ne sais quoi…

    2. Naaaah. I use a real skull.
      (Actually, recognising the distinctive human mandible in the stuff crunching under my feet one New Years morning was one of my creepier experiences – accompanied by the internal debate of “Do I really want to explain this to the customs officer?” But if I had a fish tank, then I’d definitely use a real skull. Fox, or badger, until I got something more anthropoid.)

        1. A friend who used to work for the Canadian Opera Company told me a delightful story. Maybe 10 years ago there was a co-production with Houston Opera of Salome( which I saw – directed by the great movie director Atom Egoyan) In Toronto there were two singers, one black one white, alternating the role of John the Baptist. Thus they needed two realistic looking fake heads to be carried around on a platter at the end. One of the singers was travelling to Houston with both heads in his luggage- one which looked just like him and the other looked like his alternate’s head. You can imagine the conversation the poor singer had with the customs guy at Toronto’s Pearson Airport…

          1. Ha ha! That would be an interesting conversation. Funny, the head on a platter thing is one of the biblical translations I did in school. I didn’t know a lot of bible stories so when I translated it, I was all grossed out!

          2. Yeah, pretty gross!!

            Jerry- how do I get the c off the end of my name? My last name does not begin with c, and I doubt there’s a merileea and a merileeb???
            Thx:-)

          3. I would have quite liked to hear that conversation starting … in the queue behind me.
            Actually, “I’m a card-carrying actor,” [presents cards] “and these,” [drop-kick across the X-ray machine] “are props for my current show. Have a flier, starts in 3 days at X.” would probably have worked reasonably well.
            Real human remains … tend to attract paperwork. Either as archaeological relics, or as macabre finds. I’ve not yet had the joys of doing the paperwork associated with someone getting killed at work, but it really doesn’t appeal to me. Last time I was on a job when someone got killed, they didn’t even tell me until two days later.)
            A medic-trainer with a “Resusci-Anne” in his luggage … now there’s the makings of a nasty joke for a “select” audience.

      2. I think NEB may have meant the guy who designed this.

        Meanwhile, I (with a few spare min) was just about to post that the designer could instead have gone off and become a serial axe-murderer or something like that, so it may be an OK thing. It also helps keep the squirrels from scattering so much seed, which they then have to go down on the ground to gather up, where they’re at greater risk of being eaten by a hawk, too, so you gotta think of that. And what raptor’s gonna attack a squirrel with a plastic horse head? The squirrels get enhanced evolutionary fitness while nomming!

  10. Haha! I’ve been an Archie McPhee fan a long time, I used to live in Seattle. We got all our Secret Santa gifts there.

  11. I would like it if the squirrels were collecting the nuts from a jesus head. Good for the christian and the squirrel.

  12. I know I am going off topic, but I’d really like to hear Jerry’s take on the new episode of Cosmos. All I’ve seen so far, they pulled no punches regarding evolution and dismissing ID.
    You can see the episodes online here

    http://www.cosmosontv.com

    I don’t know how soon the new episodes are added, but with most of these networs, it is a least a day later.

  13. A search on youtube for ‘squirrel obstacle course’ will find some very amusing videos of elaborate squirrel agility tests.

    such as

    squirrel obstacle course

    As anyone who has tried to ‘squirrel proof’ a bird feeder will attest, the critters have amazing persistence and are quite the acrobats.

  14. Hey, I bought one of these for my brother for Christmas! Except, it’s a giant squirrel head.

    2. If your brother can give the squirlz a run for their nuts in the acrobatic steaks, then I take it we’ll be seeing him in the next Olympics?

      1. Acrobatic steaks. I must confess I have never considered that particular possibility before.

        Leaping from the frying pan into the fire comes to mind.

        1. Now I have the image of someone in a giant squirrel head leaping about trying to catch the acrobatic steaks.

          1. Ha ha! I never heard of the word anthropophagy but I immediately knew what it meant and now want to use versions of “phagos” for everything! BTW you know that sarcophagus means “flesh eater”?

          2. BTW you know that sarcophagus means “flesh eater”?

            Depressingly, yes.
            Hey, I’m a geologist – with a long-standing and occasionally active interest in archaeology. What would you expect?

  15. The squirrels should’ve given Johnny Fontaine that part in the war picture if they didn’t want the horse head treatment!

  18. The little Douglas’ Squirrels we have around here would be able to fit completely inside the feeder. Wouldn’t have quite the same visual impact, somehow.

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