H once had TWO baby black squirrels nuzzling him in the park. He left them in the park where they belong (well he wanted to kept that because he really likes cute, little, furry animals but I wouldn't allow it).
ETA: He wouldn't have kept them even if I wasn't there to say know he just loves all the animals and wants to keep 2 of everything like a modern day Noah.
H swears a squirrel once tried to steal his homework in college. I'm not sure if I believe him, but campus squirrels were known to be brazen little fucks.
Did he go to college in MO? Or are there many campuses with that claim to fame.
I thought the OP photo was photoshopped and it was a joke. If a squirrel wanted to climb on me I'd assume it was rabid and run away.
Squirrels don't carry rabies. So no worries there.
Injured squirrels will often actually seek out people for help. I'm not kidding I'm good friends with a wildlife rehabber and she always gets stories of injured squirrels, adults and babies being brought to her from people who said the squirrel came up to them or followed them home. I think years of being around people has caused them to kind of evolve to where they do seek out humans. So if a squirrel is coming up to you, he's likely begging for food or needs help.
But bring it to a rehabber. You don't make it a pet. I have no words for the OP.
When we bought our first house the lady we bought from had been hand feeding a squirrel. She left his food and I continued to do it. It was cute for a while but then he went nuts and would climb up the screen and rattle it, try to sneak in the front door, and generally became a stalker asshole. He also got REALLY fat.
I talked to a dead squirrel on campus for a good 5 minutes. I thought it was sick until a dude walked up and was like "it's dead, the wind is just blowing it's tail"
I talked to a dead squirrel on campus for a good 5 minutes. I thought it was sick until a dude walked up and was like "it's dead, the wind is just blowing it's tail"
One time a squirrel and a diseased pigeon teamed up in a park to steal my food. The squirrel hopped onto the bench with me and put his paw on my leg. Then as I held the sandwich in my opposite hand to get it away from him (I was afraid if I lept up he'd scratch me with his germy nails) a one-winged pigeon with some gross growth where his other wing belonged hopped up on the other side and started pecking at my sandwich. I dropped it and ran away. Like a fool.
I was really hungry that afternoon. Damn wiley, diseased urban wildlife.
Would no one else have freaked the fuck out if a squirrel just crawled up your leg to your neck?
I'm 5 hours too late for this. But if you visit the Shake Shack at Madison Square Park, the squirrels will sit on your shoulders and lap and eat your fries.
Washington Sq, they do it too.
I love those squirrels.
I hated those effing squirrels in Washington Square. They'd climb into our stroller and diaper bags. They'd walk right up to dd while she toddled around in the playground and steal whatever snack she was toddling around with, right out of her hand.
YES. There have been numerous times I've wanted to come back to this thread but could not find it searching google and couldn't remember who the OP was.
We let the squirrel out in a graduated release with the help of a wildlife person, george is doing well, he is still very social with us (i assume it's him) and we are on a 4 acre wooded lot, so i think he is is thriving.
This reminds me of the old days when FB had groups that were extremely niche and area-specific and people cared about them.
At my college in DC, there were a ton of squirrels, including an albino one and a black one, and the rest were gray. There was one in particular that lived outside my dorm. I proudly joined the group titled "The Order of the Black Squirrel."
I talked to a dead squirrel on campus for a good 5 minutes. I thought it was sick until a dude walked up and was like "it's dead, the wind is just blowing it's tail"
This reminds me of the old days when FB had groups that were extremely niche and area-specific and people cared about them.
At my college in DC, there were a ton of squirrels, including an albino one and a black one, and the rest were gray. There was one in particular that lived outside my dorm. I proudly joined the group titled "The Order of the Black Squirrel."
That is all.
At my school there was a squirrel (probably more than one) near the lot I parked in that had a white tip at the end of its tail. Since the coloring of its body made it blend in with the grassy area, the only thing I could see was the white tip of its tail, and when it would run it looked like a cotton ball bouncing around.