Odd that so many of these tricks involve animals eating something and swelling up, dying a horrible death.

That rat in a barrel trick is pretty brutal. It reminds me of a similar trap that pioneers supposedly used involving a rotating paddle atop a water-filled bucket with food on the outlying axis. When the critters walk out to the edge of the paddle, it flips them in the water.

Has anyone seen that squirrel/birdfeeder quicktime that gets sent around? A big spring-loaded arm flings the squirrel about 300 ft. when he nibbles on the feed.