Letter: Could be the water
Posted on August 31, 2010Whereas I applaud the author of the Letter: Don't feed the wildlife and agree with the point she makes I would add that another explanation for the sick squirrel is ingestion of water from Waughop Lake. Waughop Lake is populated by various species of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that produce very potent nerve toxins that will upon ingestion cause the erratic behavior that the author of the letter observed being exhibited by the squirrel eating salted nuts. The toxin produced by the cyanobacteria in Waughop Lake will kill pets, squirrels, raccoon, opossum that drink the water from Waughop Lake. Unfortunately pets, squirrels, raccoon, and opossum can't read the toxic algae Warning signs that are posted all around the cyanotoxin laced lake.
Don Russell
Lakewood
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