Mrs. Munchie's Cafe
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Mrs. Munchie was an Eastern Fox Squirrel living in Los Angeles. We made a place for her to eat the bird food she had a habit of getting into, and then all of her neighborhood friends found our place. Mrs. Munchie has since moved on, but we still remember.
"The monk said, 'What did I do?'" lol
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
"The monk said, 'What did I do?'" lol
They are basically real life fairies. We have three feeders in LA, and they swarm and joust with each other all day during winter and spring.
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 AM
They are basically real life fairies. We have three feeders in LA, and they swarm and joust with each other all day during winter and spring.
The strongest friendships are usually with the mother squirrels who need better food sources that the male squirrels to nurse their young. They remember and come back when they've a new litter to raise. But I've met a couple male squirrels who were delightfully cheeky, smart, and friendly guys.
February 3, 2026 at 5:03 AM
The strongest friendships are usually with the mother squirrels who need better food sources that the male squirrels to nurse their young. They remember and come back when they've a new litter to raise. But I've met a couple male squirrels who were delightfully cheeky, smart, and friendly guys.
That kind of intelligence is biological. It's purpose to ensure survival in a world that is always changing and throwing new obstacles at every generation of living things that are born into it. It requires flexibility, learning through "trial and error," and developing skills as needed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:28 AM
That kind of intelligence is biological. It's purpose to ensure survival in a world that is always changing and throwing new obstacles at every generation of living things that are born into it. It requires flexibility, learning through "trial and error," and developing skills as needed.
Then there is "natural" intelligence: The ability to deal with new problems never encountered before, create a set of rules to follow to replicate lessons learned, and to leverage memory and problem solving to create new ideas. We see this kind of intelligence even in animals like squirrels.
February 1, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Then there is "natural" intelligence: The ability to deal with new problems never encountered before, create a set of rules to follow to replicate lessons learned, and to leverage memory and problem solving to create new ideas. We see this kind of intelligence even in animals like squirrels.