Muddyboots
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Wind blowing 40-50 mph, tree branches swaying 3-4' or more. Squirrel leaf nests barely staying in trees from the swaying.
Do squirrels get seasickness?
Do squirrels get seasickness?
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DoneNOut
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I know they get lead poisoning! 
They get treesickness.
DoneNOut
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I saw a squirrel drop from 30ft when its twig broke. Tree leaning off a ridge. It impacted the valley floor and bounced about a foot. Flipped over and ran off up another tree. I was in stitches laughing!
The next time I see one on the Lake or out in the Pacific Ocean, I'll check and let you know.
epags
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I do not know if they get seasick but I bet they are holding on with all four paws.
Sea sickness or vertigo.....seems to me since I've had serious bouts with each.......that they both can screw you up really bad.......
Been a while since being on the Pacific out of Newport....but when the ocean starts doing swirlies and the 30ft boat twists with them.....
.....youre in a bad place....
If you are up a ladder with your neck cranked and looking out the distant section of your bifocals at electrical wiring in your hand....and you feel your eyes spinning round....
.....youre in a bad place....
Squirrel up on a flimsy twig of a limb holding on for dear life......
....it in a bad place......
Been a while since being on the Pacific out of Newport....but when the ocean starts doing swirlies and the 30ft boat twists with them.....
.....youre in a bad place....
If you are up a ladder with your neck cranked and looking out the distant section of your bifocals at electrical wiring in your hand....and you feel your eyes spinning round....
.....youre in a bad place....
Squirrel up on a flimsy twig of a limb holding on for dear life......
....it in a bad place......
Calvin45
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I've seen this too…not exactly but two were fighting on a branch and the one actually got flung from his footing and fell down about 20 feet. Hilarious. But you know, they're not so different from us…did the exact same thing I would have done had I survived such a tumble: I swear I saw the little guy panic and frantically look around in the hopes that nobody saw that!
I'm not coming with a philosophical answer here, but one thing about squirrels is their indecisiveness. Like when on the road and can't decide which side to run to when a car comes, they end up diving under the tire at the last second after dashing frantically several feet back-and-forth. Makes me think of the verse "how long halt ye between two opinions?" Funny but durable creatures they are.
