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Hurst: Happy Squirrel Awareness month Carol! Are you aware of squirrels?

Carol: Of course I am aware of squirrels, in fact we have an interesting story about a flying squirrel this week. Or maybe I should say a squirrel that tried to fly. On an airplane that is.

Hurst: Hmmm I’m intrigued.  That makes me wonder; do squirrels get frequent flyer points?

Carol: That reminds me of a squirrel joke.  What did the tree squirrel say to the ground squirrel?

Hurst: I’m afraid to ask.

Carol: You can see the farthest from the trees.  What’s a squirrel’s favorite movie?

Hurst: I don’t want to know.

Carol: Saturday Nut Fever

Hurst: I have to go now.  

In two months, Ikea sold 1 million of its new veggie hot dogs by Fast Company

In a Colombian sanctuary, once-trafficked birds fly again by Mongabay

This 3-year-old golden doodle named Professor Bunsen Honeydew has a 9 to 5 job at Mount Sinai’s children’s hospital where he has his very own business cards — here’s what his day is like by Business Insider

It’s déjà vu for orangutans, devastated by climate change and hunting once before by Mongabay

Beginning Next Year, Pets Will Be Treated More Like Children Than Possessions During Divorce Proceedings In California by World Animal News

Mouse pups with same-sex parents born in China using stem cells and gene editing by Science Daily

US woman removed from plane after boarding with ’emotional support’ squirrel by The Guardian

How tiny fish ear bones can reveal criminal activity by National Geographic

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