In article >,
Damaeus > wrote:

> > Squirrels eat acorns too and the tanins are toxic. They have to be water
> > processed before eating them. Get a field guide to local edible plants.
> > It'd be safer!
>
> Squirrels evolved eating lots of acorns. If we had eaten them for a time,
> they wouldn't be poisonous, but might still taste like crap.

They are bitter as hell. I've tasted them as a child.

> I've heard
> that we can eat onions, but onions are toxic to cats. I dropped a piece
> of white onion on the floor. One of the cats walked up to it, sniffed it,
> then squinted her eyes and backed away, even doing her head side to side
> like she was saying "No way!"
>
> Damaeus

Smart cat. <g>
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