Where Have All the Acorns Gone?
(Photo from Worth 1000.)
It's a mystery that has botanists spooked. This fall, in certain parts of the country, there's not a single acorn to be found. According to the Washington Post, starving squirrels are going nuts, attacking bird feeders and Halloween pumpkins.
No one knows why the oaks have stopped producing acorns. Some say it's a sign of ecological disaster--others claim its all part of a natural cycle. Whatever the reason, if you've always wanted to impersonate Snow White and have furry little creatures eating peanuts right out of your hands, now's your chance. (On second thought, scrap that idea. I wouldn't be surprised a famished squirrel decided to take a finger or two.)
So what's it like in your part of the country/world? Seen any acorns lately?
Read more about the mystery here.
posted by Kirsten Miller at 11:11 AM
21 Comments:
Where I live there are hundreds of acorns. Yet oddly enough, no squirrels.
The giant squirrels ate them...and soon, they'll eat US!
We have tons of acorns here because we have these two huge trees downtown and they always dump thousands of acorns on the streets.
Aw, poor hungry squirrels! I love squirrels, they're sooo cute! XD Strange about the acorns.
HE\SHE IS SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so odd, I'm not really a big fan of squirrelys
There a ton of these weird nuts around my school, but the hobos always take them before anything else can.
Speaking of hobos...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/HoboMarkingsCanalStFerry.jpg
Hobo code! I saw that in my history book and I think it's cool...
You know what, that's true! I totally didn't realize that there were no acorns until you pointed it out! That's crazy!
And I love the picture/Title combo! :)
I'll bet it's because of that Oak Disease my dad's always talking about... mabey some side effect no one knew about until now? If it can kill pretty much an entire species (or at least it killed almost an entire species up here in Northern CA) it may be out to get squirrels too! GASP!
Are there ever any acorns around here?
There are loads of acorns here in Missouri. It's about freezing though. I haven't seen many squirrels n a while. There's a black walnut tree in my back yard and I picked up one of the fruits, (this was 2 or 3 weeks ago) and it died my hands black and brown. They are STILL like that. The squirrels should eat more of those.
Cool picture!
No...I realy haven't seen any acorns around here....or any squirrels. Odd for New England. I may know why...some of my friends do love to chase squirrels with bb guns and shards of glass. x(
Weird. Lots of acorns where I live. But I haven't seen a squirrel for a while.
Oh, yeah, sorry about that, I'll give them back to the squirlleys.
Sorry for taking the acorns...lol
Aw poor squirrels! I've never seen one before. BUT I LOVE ANIMALS!
I think that all of the missing acorns are in my front yard. As well as a whole country's worth of leaves. :( Plus... that is the fattest squirrel I've ever seen. That should be what is spooking people.
In tucson, az there there are no acorns ( like there ever are) i'm sad to report.
Yes it was weird, we have no acorns here! Weird! Though all the squirells are gone to!!!!!!!
That is one OBESE squirrel in the picture...
Haha.... I saw a squirrel attacking my Latin teacher's bird feeder. It was hanging upside-down too... XD Now that you mentioned it, there used to be oodles and oodles of acorns here... But now, I don't see any...
I love hobo code! I put a circle with an X in it on this page. (Some of you seem to think this has an M on it...)
that is 1 fat squirrel! the squirrels around here aren't THAT fat!!!!!
man of many faces :D ;D :P ;P :O ;O
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