At U-M club, squirrels get peanuts for pay
Just when you thought University of Michigan students couldn’t get any quirkier, meet the members of the Michigan Squirrel Club. This new student-run organization focuses on the rodents that rule the Diag.Excerpt:What they do: The main purpose is to “spread a bit of squirrely cheer to everyone,” says club president Peter Feng. To put it simply, members spend their Sunday afternoons feeding peanuts to the hundreds of fat squirrels that roam U of M’s campus. “Salted peanuts are unhealthy, so we just give them roasted or raw,” Feng says. “I don’t think the squirrels mind what they get.”Read the rest of the story here.
Just when you thought University of Michigan students couldn’t get any quirkier, meet the members of the Michigan Squirrel Club. This new student-run organization focuses on the rodents that rule the Diag.
Excerpt:
What they do: The main purpose is to “spread a bit of squirrely cheer to everyone,” says club president Peter Feng. To put it simply, members spend their Sunday afternoons feeding peanuts to the hundreds of fat squirrels that roam U of M’s campus. “Salted peanuts are unhealthy, so we just give them roasted or raw,” Feng says. “I don’t think the squirrels mind what they get.”
Read the rest of the story here.
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