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Remember the picture I posted 10 days ago?
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My nemesis, momma red squirrel… doing what I assumed was chilling on the grass near our kitchen landing?
As it turns out, she wasn’t chilling.
She was splooting.
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While I’ve always believed I have a well rounded vocabulary, splooting has been noticeably absent.
Until now.
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The fur on their bellies is thinner than the rest of their body so in essence, they’re performing a heat dump.
Splooting.
There’s nothing like the satisfaction of learning a new ludicrous word.
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River's world..... 
I just learned of splooting this year! My pup, Finley, sploots, too. Splooting is in!
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How did I never know this? It seems ridiculous enough to be right in my wheelhouse…
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Right?!? I probably would’ve bet someone that I had learned it from you originally! 😂
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Splooting is THE topic of late. I love knowing about it and on some hot days feel like I should do it, too. But what would the neighbors think!
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Just when did this word come into common usage? While I might agree such poses need a word to describe them, I would certainly not choose “splooting” to describe that action. It sounds demeaning to me. I can just see Ally lying spread-eagled on her tummy with a sign above and behind her reading “WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I’M JUST SPLOOTING!”
No, this is a natural position, and needs a regal label, such as “squirrel chilling”!
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Ha!
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I have yet to sploot in public. That’s a visual no one needs burned into their retinas.
🤣
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I’ve never heard of that term before, but I’ve seen plenty of splooting squirrels before. I remember one summer day in the park they were laying flat all over the walking trails. Just see to it Mama Red’s splooting doesn’t become splatting….
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Ha! No worries. As much as I dislike her destructive tendencies and will evict her attempts at homesteading…. she and hers will always be safe from harm.
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Everyone should sploot at least once! Ha! Unless you live somewhere that stays cold. Then you should do the opposite of whatever splooting is! 🙂 Mona
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Interesting , the opposite of splooting. Wonder what that would be?
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Snuggling, maybe?
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No, you can’t really do that alone.
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New word of the day from Casa River! And…..have you seen if she’s had her next squirrel mafia family yet?
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I haven’t found a nest yet, but she’s been darting in and out of the woodshed on a regular basis.
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I lay on the living room floor with my mutts cooling off after a hot day outside, but never knew of it as splooting. Sounds like a grody body function.
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So basically, you’ve always been a splooter. Good to know.
😉
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Momma red squirrel is at least teaching YOU things!!!
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My grand dog does this too! We call it being a frog-dog but I like the word splooting as well.😄
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I wake up each and every day looking to learn at least one piece of information I never knew before. Check.
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I’ve always been a font of useless knowledge…happy to help.
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He sploots, he scores! New catchphrase for the Miami HEAT?
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I don’t see why not.
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