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06/04/2020 at 12:21 • Filed to: None
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
06/04/2020 at 12:21 • Filed to: None | 2
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He sat on the couch wide-eyed and completely transfixed by the many squirrels crawling jumping and flying around in this demonstration.
UPDATE: Totally forgot to mention that I have a much simpler, actually-squirrel-proof bird feeder setup in my yard. This is what I get for posting between conference calls. Whoops! It’s a combo of off-the-shelf products that fixes all of the issues that were identified with off-the-shelf products in the video.
Like one of the feeders in the video, my !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is spring loaded where the weight of birds leaves the seed ports open but the weight of squirrels and other critters closes them.
Unlike the spring loaded feeder in the video, there’s no way for the squirrels to open the top. The green outer cage is one solid piece including the top, while the inner tube with the seeds is suspended by a hook from above. That hook hangs from a hook that’s part of a a totally separate baffle hanging from the main hook that’s stuck in the ground.
The only way to get at the seed is to first unhook the feeder hanger from the baffle, and then unhook the hanger from the feeder inner tube while supporting the tube from below. Then I just set aside the hanger and pull the cage up off the inner tube.
This process is suitably complex that squirrels are unable to complete it.
The squirrels can climb up the fence or trees and hang on the feeder, but their weight closes the ports. They can climb up the pole, but the baffle is big enough that they can’t make i t down to the feeder. Either way, no seeds for the squirrels.
Instead, they have to settle for the droppings of the seeds after the bajillions of birds that come around to the feeder crack them open and let them fall to the ground.
And I didn’t even need to work at NASA to figure it out.
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 10:27 |
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I really enjoyed this video as well. I ended up finding it because of the videos he made with the glitter stink bomb bait for messing with people who swipe packages.
Squirrels are smarter than I gave them credit for, they’re pretty interesting (and funny) animals.
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 10:31 |
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He’s just training them to navigate any obstacle course- creating a future race of super-intelligent squirrels
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/04/2020 at 10:33 |
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...that still just want some peanuts.
ttyymmnn
> KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/04/2020 at 10:36 |
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The ones in my yard that eat all of my bird seed need no specialized training.
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ttyymmnn
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 10:37 |
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I particularly liked the part where he dissected the aerial technique of the squirrel he catapulted into the net, how the thing could control its body in flight and spot the landing. Really quite amazing.
functionoverfashion
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 11:09 |
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I was completely enthralled by that video.
ClassicDatsunDebate
> functionoverfashion
06/04/2020 at 11:23 |
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that settles it. you’re a cat.
Future next gen S2000 owner
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 12:29 |
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My grandpa solved this as far back as I can remember. Solo metal pole, ~4inch in diameter. Middle of the yard away from trees. A big ass metal cone with the center cut out and regular bird feeder on top.
Metal cone was so big squirrels couldn’t reach the edge. If the jumped, it tipped and they fell. Couldn’t jump to it either.
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Future next gen S2000 owner
> KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/04/2020 at 12:29 |
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I feel like we are in the beginning of Planet of the Squirrels .
gettingoldercarguy
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 12:36 |
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Huh, my solution is more fun.
facw
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 12:42 |
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My parents used these at their old house:
Worked as advertised. The squirrels at their current house are dumber or less aggressive or something, because they can’t defeat more primitive anti-squirrel mechanisms that the ones at the old house had no trouble with. Or maybe there are just so many birds that there’s always a mess of uneaten seeds that have been knocked out by sloppy birds and cover the ground under the feeders.
DipodomysDeserti
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 12:48 |
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I planted quinoa in my garden years ago, and now it comes in naturally all over my yard every spring. The birds love it. Not sure a squirrel would know what to do with it.
UserNotFound
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 12:53 |
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And I didn’t even need to work at NASA to figure it out.
I feel like that phrase has lost some of its edge now that the set of applicable problems includes, “Getting astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil .”
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Textured Soy Protein
> gettingoldercarguy
06/04/2020 at 12:59 |
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Textured Soy Protein
> UserNotFound
06/04/2020 at 13:00 |
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I was only referring to the guy who made the video. He's a former NASA engineer.
McMike
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 13:00 |
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We have a cone on the pole. Haven’t seen a squirrel on it since we installed it.
dogisbadob
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 13:05 |
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you could just have your cat patrol it :p
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gettingoldercarguy
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 13:06 |
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UserNotFound
> Textured Soy Protein
06/04/2020 at 13:23 |
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I know, I just wanted to make a topical joke based on recent events.
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Textured Soy Protein
> McMike
06/04/2020 at 14:43 |
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My townhouse back yard is mostly a stone patio with a small amount of mulch around the edges inside the fence. A cone like that wouldn’t work for me because the only places I can stick the pole in the ground are close enough to the fence and/or trees where the squirrels could jump directly to the feeder.
Honestly it’s not really too big of a deal, the plentiful squirrels are happy to root around in all the seeds the birds leave on the ground. We’re in a wooded area right between a golf course & Rockville Pike so there’s a ton of birds and squirrels. They’ve achieved a symbiotic relationship with the feeder and each other. This lil guy’s been at it for a while as I’ve been typing this reply. Long enough for me to run and get my good camera to take these from inside without scaring the bugger off.
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Textured Soy Protein
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
06/04/2020 at 14:46 |
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The video clearly shows walnuts are their favorite.
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Textured Soy Protein
> Future next gen S2000 owner
06/04/2020 at 14:47 |
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“Middle of the yard” at my house is a stone patio. There’s only mulch around the edges, close to the fence. Townhouse living at its best.
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Textured Soy Protein
> dogisbadob
06/04/2020 at 14:48 |
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We keep our cats inside, this is too busy of an area to let them outside. I know it looks secluded but it’s actually in a small wooded area right between a main road and a golf course.