Washingtonians Menanced By Crazed Nocturnal Flying Squirrels!

As if millions of people showing up for the inauguration isn't enough to drive the residents of the greater Washington DC area nuts - they now have to deal with squirrels driven mad by the total lack of acorns this year.

Below are the two 'nut' grafs:

Rachel Tolman, a naturalist at Long Branch, smeared a big glop of peanut butter on one of the nature center's trees. She grabbed handfuls of store-bought hazelnuts and placed them atop boxes to attract the tiny, nocturnal flying squirrels that tend to mass in the oaks every winter. Within seconds, the squirrels dive-bombed in from nearby trees, legs outstretched like fist-size silvery-gray sky divers. "They're so much more willing to be seen this year," Tolman said. "It's because they're so hungry."

Hazelnuts gone and peanut butter licked clean, the still-hungry flying squirrels scampered high into the tree canopy and chirped angrily for more.