Evolution is a theory that says stupid fixes itself, given enough time :-) Evolution works whether you believe in it or not.
How much more time does the duck billed platypus need? 
I just hope that squirrels don't evolve much more smarts during my lifetime. They've provided endless hours of mindless entertainment as long as I can remember...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Ya6z-NlDo&feature=related
My next project might be a squirrel cannon.
i ve spent hours on end getting them to eat from my hands ......as i like them ....and they have given me mindless hours of fun watching them be ...squirrely ...

honestly if i found a kid doing this i would ....bust him BIG TIME ....as in all realiity that creature is
exactly like you and me ....it is doing the best it can with what it has to work with to get by , there is no malice .
dont like them ...fine ,then kill them with a pellet rifle or .22 ....
but splattering them on trees for shi%s and grins

......not so much ....

i suppose if one can manage to wound the mom to where her bones are broken she wont be able to raise her babies ...you might get some for free .....?
Vic3 i mean nothing personal and i'm sure you don't mean it just kidding around ....but injuring wild animals for fun

?
those lives are painfull and tough enough without some dillweed trying to add more ....for a grin ...

BELIEVE ME when i say ////i've done my share and then some .............and i regret 90% of it .......but then i'm just a leaf eater now ....so there is that .
JMHO and i could be wrong ,....but i'm not , no i'm not

ok i'm off my soapbox ......make the thing umoungus and shoot your kids off a pier into the water ....that would be a hoot .
kids into the trees ......that might raise an eyebrow .
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