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Show Tamed Ground Squirrel a Good Mouser den movement which may startle him. "He Is as Jealous as he can be and will not allow me to feed another squirrel at all. He will chase them out of my band, then sit up there and chatter at them to lei them know their place." Kansas City Star's Sd ence Service. A golden-mantled ground squirrel, tamed by rangers at the Dunraven Pass station. In Yellowstone National park, not only made ai excellent pet, but also took upon himself the duties of mouser. At first considerable local comment was caused by the fact that that squirrel, known as Chippie, had caught a mouse, but Ernest Thompson Seton, well known naturalist, states that this species of squirrel, which Is really a rodent. Is In the habit of catching field mice Therefore Ihe step to catching a mouse Indoors was not such a long one for Chipi le. Chippie made s great hit wiih the Dunraven runners, "t'lilpple has proven prov-en quite a bit of company to me," said one of them, "lie will cmne when' I call him If he is within bear Ing distance, lie shows no fear of me at all unless 1 make a very sud |