2 NOVEMBER 1951, Page 18

Cannibalistic Grey Squirrels ?

On the wireless the other day a question was considered aato what was the implication of a grey Squirrel standing over its mate run over by a car and chittering apparently with distress. The answer given by the ondits was that its jaws were probably slavering at the prospect of an exceptional meal. In my view this was an outrageous answer, and n3 good evidence supported it. For it was based on a presumption that to regard animals as actuated by such emotions is human beings feel was an anthropomorphic delusion. Not that I hold any brief 'for the grey squirrel, a detestable little rodent.