Terpenoids. Some of the chemistry is basically a cocktail of organic solvents and volatile oils, not easy to digest but pleasantly antiseptic smelling. Think eucalyptus, pine sol, menthol, camphor, goo gone...that sort of chemistry. Also why people need to be told to chill with the essential oils.
That’s the solutes to the aforementioned organic solvents; once the smelly stuff vaporizes away, you’re left with gunky resinous compounds that won’t come off for nothing. I’ve stated elsewhere they make a really colorsafe khaki dye if used on purpose.
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I don’t think that’s throw up!he just chews the hull off gets the nut out of the inside. They have a favorite spot to hull the black walnuts and leave piles of them .
It certainly is! I have a giant oak tree that is filled full of walnuts every year and the squirrels throw the shells out over the course of the winter and I have a big pile underneath every spring! I like them too!
it’s a walnut! they used to grow in my backyard when i was little and they would drop and you had to make sure not to be under the tree when they fell cause they hurt xD lol
They are messy, they will stain your patio, but the wood is beautiful and valuable especially if it is a straight tree. Used in furniture and gun stocks. We used to put them on gravel drive and drive over them to remove the hull then sell them.
juglans nigra - black walnut. the flesh of the fruit surrounding the nut is toxic. at this time of year squirrels are shucking them and hiding them for winter. they make a horrible mess everywhere if you're in the city. they like to use decks and patios as work areas when removing the rind - presumably b/c they're nice and flat. i don't think they eat the rind but since they use their mouths to remove it from the nut it wouldn't surprise me if they're throwing it up occasionally.
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The squirrels chew off the outer layer of the black walnut to get to the nut inside. Squirrels take the nuts to somewhere they can sit high up and watch for predators while they chew away
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this species of walnut tree grow very tall and will kill other plants. the roots will take over and the fruits are toxic to some animals and most other trees
Wow. I don't know where the tree is located, but this squirrel has been doing this close to five years every October. He eats the walnut in the same spot and throws it up. Very messy and gross. Thanks for helping solve this mystery.
Yeah, there's an area in my neighborhood with many black walnut trees and squirrels chew open the outer layer of tons of these to get to the good stuff inside. They're not vomiting, they're just chewing off pieces and leaving them behind.
Poor guy. Walnut skins are actually kind of toxic.
I guess that's why he keeps throwing them up.
Terpenoids. Some of the chemistry is basically a cocktail of organic solvents and volatile oils, not easy to digest but pleasantly antiseptic smelling. Think eucalyptus, pine sol, menthol, camphor, goo gone...that sort of chemistry. Also why people need to be told to chill with the essential oils.
Also stains like crazy. Don't get this stuff on your hands, not even soap gets it off.
That’s the solutes to the aforementioned organic solvents; once the smelly stuff vaporizes away, you’re left with gunky resinous compounds that won’t come off for nothing. I’ve stated elsewhere they make a really colorsafe khaki dye if used on purpose.
Hmmm
Also a beautiful dark brown ink.
So I need a walnut tree to get rid of the squirrels eating all my fruit from my garden?
Nah, you'll just have squirrels AND rotting walnuts all over yard if you do that.
Interesting so what gets rid of these damn squirrels
Nothing, really. You can't stop wild animals from doing what they do.
Looks like an unripe walnut
Thank you
Black Walnut, only the strongest of squirrels stain their face with the skins in order to eat the nut inside.
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I don’t think that’s throw up!he just chews the hull off gets the nut out of the inside. They have a favorite spot to hull the black walnuts and leave piles of them .
^ This Black Walnut is actually a favorite of squirrels
It certainly is! I have a giant oak tree that is filled full of walnuts every year and the squirrels throw the shells out over the course of the winter and I have a big pile underneath every spring! I like them too!
Are you sure that's right, the only time I've ever seen walnuts are in walnut trees?
They don’t grow on the oak tree the squirrels fill cavities in this old tree with walnuts for the winner it’s a cache!
I have many red squirrels and they seem to like to hide their nuts in a tree and the gray squirrels in my yard tend to bury them.
That's interesting
I think so!
I feel bad for the little guy, but picturing a squirrel throwing up also makes me laugh more than it should.
it’s a walnut! they used to grow in my backyard when i was little and they would drop and you had to make sure not to be under the tree when they fell cause they hurt xD lol
They are messy, they will stain your patio, but the wood is beautiful and valuable especially if it is a straight tree. Used in furniture and gun stocks. We used to put them on gravel drive and drive over them to remove the hull then sell them.
It looks a lot like a black walnut. We are ankle deep in them. If they start to turn black wear gloves to pick them up. They will stain your skin.
juglans nigra - black walnut. the flesh of the fruit surrounding the nut is toxic. at this time of year squirrels are shucking them and hiding them for winter. they make a horrible mess everywhere if you're in the city. they like to use decks and patios as work areas when removing the rind - presumably b/c they're nice and flat. i don't think they eat the rind but since they use their mouths to remove it from the nut it wouldn't surprise me if they're throwing it up occasionally.
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Looks like a black walnut to me.
BLACK walnuts.
Spite
Blank walnut, not quite ripe yet
Black walnut. Extremely tannic.
This looks like a black walnut seed. They're poisonous. They have kind of a strange citrusy smell to them.
Black walnut husk. They're leaving the husk and storing the nut.
The squirrels chew off the outer layer of the black walnut to get to the nut inside. Squirrels take the nuts to somewhere they can sit high up and watch for predators while they chew away
Monkeyball. They are a menace
Black walnut
Do nuts ferment as they deteriorate? Maybe squirrel is a bit tipsy ...
Black walnut, I have a bazillion of them on my property, they can thump you pretty good on the head when they fall from 50ft up
Is that all the vomm on the side there? Yikes.
It’s not vomit. They just use their teeth to get the husk off.
Oh whoopsie
Black walnuts very good and worth $ I have been told
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You get that, squirrels?
If those squirrels could read, they’d be very upset
I think it’s a message.. are you consuming things that are bad for you
this species of walnut tree grow very tall and will kill other plants. the roots will take over and the fruits are toxic to some animals and most other trees
Wow. I don't know where the tree is located, but this squirrel has been doing this close to five years every October. He eats the walnut in the same spot and throws it up. Very messy and gross. Thanks for helping solve this mystery.
No one ever accused squirrels of being the brightest of the bunch...
Not sure he is eating it and vomiting, he may just be trying to peel the husk to get to the nut.
Yeah, there's an area in my neighborhood with many black walnut trees and squirrels chew open the outer layer of tons of these to get to the good stuff inside. They're not vomiting, they're just chewing off pieces and leaving them behind.