"The general rule among hamsters appears to be bite first and ask questions afterward."

"Hamsters have a reputation for biting, which we feel is a defamation of character."

"Shy as the squirrel that leaps among the pine-tops,"

"Then said Hiawatha to him, “O my little friend, the squirrel, Bravely have you toiled to help me; Take the thanks of …"

"’Spareth a squirrel that it nothing fears But steals the nut from underneath my thumb, And when I threat, bites stout…"

"Usually the red squirrel (Sciurus Hudsonius) waked me in the dawn, coursing over the roof and up and down the sides o…"

"The squirrel gloats on his accomplish’d hoard,"

"Up the oak-tree, close beside him, Sprang the squirrel, Adjidaumo, In and out among the branches, Coughed and chatter…"

"... One day my dog treed a in a tall hickory that stood in a meadow on the side of a steep hill. To see what the squi…"

"The squirrels in their silver fur will fall Like falling leaves, like fruit, before your shot."