"Former NASA Engineer Builds Mission Impossible-Style" Topic

….Obstacle Course to Protect His Nuts From Thieving Squirrels

"One of the most popular YouTube videos of 2020 was from former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer Mark Rober who attempted to build a squirrel-proof obstacle course. Spoiler alert: it wasn't, so a year later he's trying again, and this time taking inspiration from movies like Mission Impossible and Ocean's Eleven with laser rooms, trap doors, and rooftop mazes.

Last year's experiment was inspired by Rober's efforts to pursue bird watching as a way to endure long hours spent at home during the pandemic lockdowns, but he soon discovered that no matter how complicated a bird feeder he installed, the local squirrel population had no problem circumventing their supposed "squirrel-proof" countermeasures. And with a history of tackling problems like porch pirates using extreme engineering, Rober figured his background in designing components for Mars rovers would be more than enough to design obstacles that would prevent squirrels from stealing his nuts…"
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Clever animals…

Armand

These are fun videos. I remember watching last year's maze.

(smile)

Armand

He should sit there with a paintball gun and lure the little s in and then pick them off.

Wolfhag

My father was an engineer and he spent considerable time and effort making a squirrel-proof bird feeder. He too failed :)