When we published Patriot Curtis' exposé of that decadent prairie dog ritual, In A Rut, we clearly demonstrated the not niceness of the bushytail horde.

The Rut described how two male p-dawgs wage brutal, bloody war during the annual Prairie Dog Rut. Why? To win the heart of a p-dawgette.

Patriot Curtis' photos accompanying the feature graphically showed the lacerating conflict, the loser's retreat, and the victor's triumph.

The Rut's message is clear: if the drooling skwerlballs will do this to each other, just think what fate awaits mankind should squirrel world domination come to pass (click p-dawg for hideous bark)

In a Rut received kudos from many, but one pathetic skwerlhugger complained in part...

Why would you publish such disgusting photos to show the suffering of a little animal? Isn't there enogh suffering in the world without you adding to it? No one wants to see a prairie dog die...

~ Skwerlhugger Anne

Well, we agree that photos of skwerls are inherently "disgusting." We also agree there's more than enough suffering on the planet. And, it may come as a surprise to Skwerlhugger Anne, the defeated p-dawg warrior didn't die. As you'll see in a moment, he survived, though a little worse for wear.

Be that as it may, we really don't want to offend Anne or anyone else who might find a photographic record of animal behavior disturbing. However, it's our duty to respond to the minions of squirrel world domination who claim that skwerls are "nice." And so, once again, we offer Patriot Curtis' complete In A Rut photo series below.

The series includes the original Rut set and three photos of the vanquished, but still alive p-dawg a few days later. It also includes a post-Rut phenomena: female p-dawgs in a horrific battle. However, they're not competing for mates. Female p-dawgs invade their neighbors' burrows to eat their babies. Nice!

- THE PRAIRIE DOG RUT (REVISITED) -
all photos courtesy of Patriot Curtis
click thumbnails for large versions

- DUELLING DIABLOS -
     

     
Male p-dawgs maul each other over winsome dawgette (top left)

- RAMBO RETURNS -
   
Wounds heal and chicks dig scars

- WHEN THE RUT'S OVER: P-DAWG MOMS MIX IT UP -
       
Eat my baby will you!?!

- THE NEXT GENERATION IN THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE -


When will it ever end?

There you have it Patriots. From start to finish, there's nothing nice about decadent p-dawg culture. As Patriot Curtis says, these drooling Sciuridae "have a hotbed of sex and violence going on. I think the Attorney General ought to get the morality police out there, do some domestic violence counseling with stiff cage-time sentences, put bras on the girls and make everyone register his or her teeth." Indeed!

ATTENTION SKWERLHUGGERS: Were you appalled by this degenerate display of prairie dog lust? Are you prepared to reject skwerlhuggery and the false promises of squirrel world domination but can't quite break away from your addiction? May we suggest joining Skwerlhuggers Anonymous - the easy 3-step program that will free you from the shackles of skwerlien oppression...

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