Humiliating giant head squirrel feeder

If you've decided to surrender to the squirrels that raid your bird-feeder and just set out squirrel chow instead, why not use one of Archie McPhee's humiliating giant-head-squirrel-feeders, which allow you to chuckle at your pests even as you capitulate to them?

If you get a Big Head Squirrel Feeder, you'll be able to feed and humiliate squirrels at the same time. Hang this vinyl 5-1/2" x 8" Big Head Squirrel Feeder in front of a window or near a porch, fill it with something squirrels like to eat and when they stick their head up there, the squirrel looks like he has a hilariously huge head with a goofy smile. Keep a camera nearby, you'll want to post a picture on Facebook. Perfect for birdwatchers, dads or anyone else who thinks squirrels should be taken down a peg or two. Has holes in the ears for hanging with string (not included).

Big Head Squirrel Feeder (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

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Thanks, Cory and Fipi Lele!
I needed a chuckle.
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Squirrels do have a range of mental states, for example “nut nut nut nut nut” and “wait a minute what’s that!!!?” but as far as I know, “humiliation” is not one of them
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Squirrel logic.
- Neural Kernel
  
  I saw a squirrel completely miss the branch he was jumping to a while ago in my yard… he’d figured out humiliation pretty well based on the glare he gave me before running back up the tree :)
- Jake0748
  
  Don’t be a killjoy. They always seem to get the last laugh. I WANT to humiliate my backyard squirrels!
- retepslluerb
  
  For all we know having a big head is a source of pride for them.
  
  “Say, did you you seed the CHEEKS on this guy?”
t3kna2007

I wonder if this would let you get close enough to throttle the little bastard while he’s neck-deep in the chow.

Err, I mean to guide him gently but firmly into a squirrel-safe transporter-container for relocation to an undisclosed offsite location .. where he can begin his new life as an animal refugee in someone else’s yard.
- ImmutableMichael
  
  …and presumably with an orange jump suit.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y27XUSXK3ZVGFHKP5D3CXT7H2U Spam
  
  Squirrels have a nasty bite. Just ask my cat. Can you crack a nut with your front teeth? Gnaw holes in the fascia?
  
  Gently and firmly is the way to go. Do a wild release so that he can compete with the squirrels that are already there.
Piperbum

If you wanted to only make it LOOK like you’ve surrendered, a simple mini-guillotine mechanism installed in the base would make quick work of Marie Antoinsquirrel.
- penguinchris
  
  Relevant
Bashford Chromer

I want one that works like the mask Vincent Price used in the first Dr. Phibes movie.
elisd

Can I get one with a comical George W. Bush head instead? Pretty please?
millie fink

It looks great! I’m not ready, though, to give up on my Yankee Flipper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=5A-7g-fl3g8
http://profiles.google.com/joel.moore Joel Moore

Frankly I’d rather watch squirrels play in my yard than birds. They’re far more entertaining and will gladly attempt any obstacle courses you set up for them.
- graou
  
  In France we don’t care about squirrels, but we’d love to see this kind of stuff for British people. ^^
  I guess we just need to stuff giants queen’s heads with lamb and mint sauce !
http://www.kmoser.com kmoser

I would rig it up to a squirt gun to discourage them from revisiting.
- digi_owl
  
  Depending on the heat, they may take that as a invitation to stay.
  - austinhamman
    
    i once spared one’s life from my dog and he started acting like we were friends…or that he just beat me in combat and he is now my master…i dont know which. but he was annoying nevertheless (i prefer it when the squirrel runs away, this one would not and would in fact run up to me)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=605790351 Ryan Holmes

This has made my day! Everytime I look at it I laugh. Now, how to import squirrels to Australia…
- Jake0748
  
  Don’t even think about it Ryan. If you want to see squirrels, just come visit the US. :)
- ImmutableMichael
  
  You can have the possoms from my roof. Bastards.
M Alovert

I’m in a town where backyard fruit trees get decimated by the huge squirrel population. I’ve considered 2 alternative bird, er, squirrel feeders:
-put out a bird feeder. Stack some strawbales or sandbags behind them to catch your stray birdshot, so you don’t accidentally shoot the neighbors’ kids while doing squirrel population reduction
-put out a Have-A-Heart trap on the way to the birdfeeder. Then, once there’s a squirrel inside, don’t have a heart.
twianto

“Pests?” They are cute (and shy) little fur balls. Always cheers me up when I see one every couple of weeks/months.

(Yeah, yeah, so I don’t live in an area or country with a gray squirrel problem. I still think that 10 gray squirrels begging for food in an American park are cute and fuzzy though.)
retepslluerb

Why the hate against squirrels? They are at least mammals and not degenerated dinosaurs who vent their frustrations by throwing feces through the air.
- austinhamman
  
  because they are much better at getting under your siding than birds (its the hands) and then they tear open the siding, get in your house, leave it open for those same dinosaurs to set up nests in your house.
  - retepslluerb
    
    Ah yes. Probably much less a problem with red squirrels which are apparently more meek. Also, more brick houses over here, which are zombie-proof.
Shai_Hulud

Another method…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lunksapjAEI&feature=related
failquail

Never quite understood the hate squirrels get, they’re awesome little furballs :)

nevertheless, this squirrel catapult always amuses me :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv5RICL4gIs
- digi_owl
  
  And by the end of the week there is a line of them waiting to have a go.
jellyfibs

If you’re going for something ridiculous why not something that’s not a squirrel head instead? Like, why not put a bird head (for the revenge of the birds whose food they are stealing?) Or maybe a human head? A dog? The possibilities are endless for putting a “mask” on the squirrel without him even realizing it!
Robert Little

It would be funnier if the feeder was a predator’s head (cat, dog, large venomous snake) and the squirrel ate out of its “mouth”.
bolamig

So people who think squirrels should be taken down a notch can accomplish their mission by setting up a feeding station for squirrels? Methinks this was designed by a very clever, unashamed squirrel.
http://twitter.com/Fongoloid64 Chris

This also works as a way to block the vision of the squirrel so he doesn’t see you as you take aim…
http://twitter.com/uglyshyla uglyshyla

I’m sure the crafty little farts know what is going on and don’t mind us humans getting a laugh out of them.I have a squirrel Winkelhimer http://www.facebook.com/winkelthesquirrel that has not only taught itself to paint but also to open screw cap lids.
Bad Juju

Well, thanks to Archie McPhee, I’ve become acquainted with Bibo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsDRDoy8o3o
Sweet tapdancing christ, wtf.