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Subject: The next horror movie craze, Carnivorous Squirrels.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241218132149.htm

QUOTE:
A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains, is a 
common sight. But a new study provides the first evidence that 
California ground squirrels also hunt, kill and eat voles. The study, 
led by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and University of 
California, Davis, is the first to chronicle widespread carnivorous 
behavior among squirrels.
END QUOTE:

These ground squirrels are not much bigger than a vole.  Voles might be 
larger compared to a ground squirrel than than a rabbit compared to lynx.

It probably should be noted that carnivora is derived from hooved 
animals.  I recall a science article noting that cattle in India were 
opportunistic carnivores even though they were ruminants (some were 
hunting birds at night when the birds couldn't see them).

Ron Okimoto