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| Deadly French chipmunk invasion reaches Paris; UK could be next |
| 2009-07-22 |
| Thousands of chipmunks carrying potentially fatal diseases which have been spreading westwards across France have now reached Paris, raising the threat they could reach Britain. French officials have issued warnings about the creatures after swarms of the seemingly cuddly chipmunks were found living in woods around Paris. Sacre maroon! Ze killer chipmunks! Parisians, flee foir your wretched lives! Officials are concerned that if they get as far west as Calais, they could clamber aboard vehicles heading to Britain without drivers being aware. Carjacking chipmunks--I never thought Alvin and Theodore could be capable of such depravity. They also fear that misguided tourists, wrongly thinking the animals would make nice pets, will slip the chipmunks into rucksacks or car boots and take them back across the Channel undetected. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #8 A .17 HMR bolt gun ought to do the trick. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2009-07-22 20:33 |
| #7 I never thought Alvin and Theodore could be capable of such depravity. They're not; it's the smart one, Simon. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-07-22 19:24 |
| #6 This article gave me pause, enough to add "new flea collars" to this weeks grocery list for all three household pets. |
| Posted by: GirlThursday 2009-07-22 18:57 |
| #5 and no, the rabies isn't in fleas...bad sentence structure...damn |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-07-22 18:53 |
| #4 like ground squirrels, they can carry rabies (infrequently), lyme's (more frequently) and plague (even more frequently) in the wild, primarily in fleas |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-07-22 18:52 |
| #3 Al-vin! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-07-22 18:49 |
| #2 Lyme disease |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-07-22 18:34 |
| #1 A few days ago I was watching a video by a guy who said his backyard was infested with chipmunks, but then he noticed a drop in their number. He figured some local cats were poaching them, but when he set up a video cam, it turned out to be blue heron. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-07-22 17:20 |