Monday, May 21, 2012

    Feeding squirrels in the Company Gardens

    You may not find it on all the tourism guides being printed about Cape Town, but one of the popular things to do for visitors to the Mother City is to go and feed the squirrels living the the Company Gardens.  Most of the vendors around the area sell bags of peanuts and you can easily spot the difference between visitors and locals by those carrying a bag of nuts.  The squirrels have become so accustomed to people that even though they are wild they will come and take the peanuts from your hands.
    On our visit you could easily see that it was peak holiday season and there were lots of visitors about feeding the squirrels.  Why?  Because they just didn't seem too interested in food.  The Kidz were a bit disappointed that the squirrels didn't want to come to them, but we did eventually find a couple willing to do so.

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