The survival rate for cats falling from 2 stories or higher is 90%. The peak death rate is actually at 2 stories, then goes down to about the 5th and flattens off because they're at terminal velocity and have achieved optimal landing position by that point.

Squirrels should do even better, as the smaller a creature is, the less momentum it has and the higher the drag-mass ratio (thus lowering the speed of terminal velocity). Pretty easy to believe it survived, whether it hit a tree or not on the way down.

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I wonder how flying squirrels evolved.

Squirrel Man, Squirrel Man, does whatever a... well he's dead.

Reboot time.

There is no way that is the same squirrel....

"My milkshake brings all the squirrels to the yard..."


...seriously, no one thought of this in 2 days??

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This. Chairs look really cool, but they are also terrifically expensive owing to being so incredibly inefficient in their construction method. If you just grew regular trees in the same plot of land for the same amount of time you could build way, way more traditional chairs. Additionally, birds, squirrels, bees and everything else would happily live in the trees in that space much more of the time because you would only have pesky humans tramping through the area once or twice a year.

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I know right. Silly rabbit..

It's like when a chipmunk or squirrel runs into the street.. only to double-back under your wheels.

Like.. WTF?! No, you're running the wrong way! WHYY!!

I lived adjacent to Regent's Park in London. The squirrels over there practically demanded food from you... they would tug on your pant leg to get your attention. We would have two or three of them at a time climbing us to get to the peanuts we had for them.

Squirrels would trust him more if he stopped AirSoft'ing every 3rd one.

This is more of an overly well mannered squirrel with low self esteem.

Really I should just take the peanut, oh golly, why don't I just. Oh nevermind I'll just. Hmmm, take the peanut? If only I were squirrel enough to take. Take the peanut? Oh my, oh Yes, I'll just. Take. The. PEANUT! ALLLL MIIINE.