rather incredibly, i JUST got a lesson in exactly what you all are talking about! i had just left the computer and was thinking, "hmm, sounds like i'll have to be pretty careful about food storage," as i took a pan of brownies out of the oven and placed it on my (screened) windowsill. i went back in the kitchen five minutes later, and lo and behold there was a little squirrel face poking through the little squirrel hole he had chewed through the screen to get at the brownies! even after i shut the window he stayed around, maybe only a foot away from me, seemingly so hung up on the idea of chocolate that he didn't care about the danger of a big ol' human. luckily i got back in before he ate all my brownies, but still, point taken. hang the food if you're not physically looking at it, at that moment.
did you guys hire that squirrel? it's just too much of a coincidence!
