Why do squirels "double" double back?

[Wag]

Darwinism?

You'd think that trait would have been bred out a long time ago...

 

[Bartino]

 

[sao123]

DONT EAT HONEY NUT CLUSTERS!!!


you'll be attacked by parachuting squirrels...

 

[FeuerFrei]

Evasion technique which sadly doesn't work with cars. Predators, but not cars.

 

[Insane3D]

I thinking it probably works well when the big thing coming at you is a predator...all those random movements make it harder to chase down...but when the car is also trying to avoid you, you end up running under the tire.

Short answer...they are squirrels..

Edit:

Beaten to it!

🙂

 

[Beige]

fear their squirelly wrath!

 

[drum]

for some reason, the 'squish' made me lol

 

[Minerva]

Coriolis effect. 😛

I saw a bumper sticker on a tractor that said "I BREAK FOR SMALL ANIMALS".

Indeed, this is NC afterall. 🙂

 

[Savij]

When you see one in your path, aim the closest tire 6" to the left if it's watching you and waiting and directly at it if it's trying to avoid you. You'll never hit another squirrel again.

 

[tweakmm]

I think it has to do with their perception of safety. They are crossing the street from a place they know to be safe to a place they don't. When something obviously unsafe comes in their path their small squirrell brains tell them to go back to more familar/safer territory.

As to why the trait hasn't been breed out yet, it's probably a good tactic with the exception of fast metal vehicles.