Can California's carnivorous squirrels be stopped? It is too soon to know.

Scientists are studying a disturbing development in the whole squirrels-are-up-to-no-good thing. In California, newly found to be carnivorous squirrels are decapitating and tearing voles limb from limb while devouring their flesh.

When Smith, who is also an associate professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, first received reports o…