A very mean squirrel is terrorizing a San Francisco neighborhood, has sent two to the ER 🐿

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San Rafael is not San Francisco.

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OMG

It’s SQUIRRELS = DEATH!

How did I totally missed that it's not in SF? I'm old.

Marin women are among the most annoying and entitled on the planet so, yeah, Team Squirrel.

Squirrels are supposed to be afraid of us. Without that, they are indeed little micro-pitbulls. They terrorize each other constantly.

[quote] so, yeah, Team Squirrel.

Squirrel team.

The squirrel needs to learn that is not how asking for things work.

Good thing they were women. Had they been men, the Mr Bad S Squirrel would have definitely gone for their nuts!

Humans are the Americans of the animal world, acting like we own the planet. We don't.

Yeah, this came up on my FB feed today and got a little giggle out of me, especially with the pic.

This is an example of a rare, un-centered Marin County Squirrel who has skipped its Bikram Yoga classes and therapy sessions; hence, the anger issues. Its mother kicked him out of the nest. Its father was absent. Are we surprised?

Perhaps someone needs to capture it and relocate it near Sol Food so it has a chance to partake in some Puerto Rican leftovers.

First there will be just one, then - - Squirrel Team 6.

I don't want to spread panic, but some squirrels test positive for bubonic plague -- don't they?

Wasn't there a post here a few months ago about squirrels in the bay area becoming carnivores?

How were they able to get a picture of the squirrel in mid flight?

I think that's just a stock photo.

However, it's still a good question.

Why does the squirrel have human fingers?

I saw a huge wild turkey in my backyard once. Huge claws. Talons

I kept my distance. From skunks too. And raccoons. And now coyotes. Don't let your pets out unless you want them to be tortured and eaten.

No more peanuts for city squirrels. I feed the little red ones in the country.

Maybe the squirrel has a nest nearby and is being overly protective.

Maybe it's just a bad squirrel. Maybe the other squirrels don't like her either.

Karen the Squirrel

If they form a gang like orcas we’re in trouble.

Those red squirrels are mean little shits. I used to have a cabin in Maine, which is the only place where I’ve seen red and gray squirrels living in the same vicinity. The red squirrels used to bully the gray squirrels, two or three reds would team up to chase a gray and jump at/on it until it scurried off their turf. I would not engage one of those red squirrels if I encountered one in Golden Gate Park or wherever, I suspect it would literally bit the hand that feeds it.

Wait 'til Bullwinkle turns up!

R19 - Raccoons do, too. They're known for grasping things, so they come in handy (no pun!).

Many, many years ago a roommate and I had a nice, large apartment with a balcony on a top (3rd floor) apartment in Andersonville in Chicago. The cats loved the big balcony and would nap in the sunshine and on its wide ledges until a family of squirrels moved in under the eaves. They'd harass the poor kitties, so we started keeping them indoors, but one squirrel was persistent and attached itself to a window screen and started to *violently* shake it so that it started to become detached at the bottom. The three cats would sit there transfixed by the creature.

We called the landlord, so he came by with a humane trap. Cool, I thought. Went about my business and less than a week later the problem was resolved. I can't remember if it was my roommate or the landlord who said they had gone "swimming." Eh? What do you mean? A plunge in the utility sink in the basement laundry room. I did feel bad because I'd have happily driven them to a forest preserve on the other side of the city.

r20 there is a family of four turkeys that live a few houses down the street and they are very docile. I see them often in the front or side yard under a fruit tree.

When I first moved in four months ago, the mother turkey hen and dad tom had a whole family of little turkettes (like maybe 8 or 9), but somehow over the last four months, several of them have either moved on or been dispatched in some way. It's hard to tell if these are potentially domesticated, "purposeful" turkeys or if they just decided they liked this person's house/yard and adopted it on their own. Several people on my street have backyard chickens/pigeons, so they could have been purchased.

Either way, they keep to themselves and it's nice to see them just hanging out on the side of the yard. I turkey call them sometimes and they definitely look interested when I do. I know that many times, wild turkeys can be real assholes and charge cars/delivery drivers. It happens around here often. They also parade around downtown in our little city. I enjoy living in a place that actually still has a bit of wildlife left around.

^^also I'm about 40 miles north of San Rafael.

[quote] This is an example of a rare, un-centered Marin County Squirrel who has skipped its Bikram Yoga classes and therapy sessions; hence, the anger issues. Its mother kicked him out of the nest. Its father was absent. Are we surprised?

R13 This is a classic Marin life experience. Except, I thought Marin squirrels dropped Bikram yoga after the whole sex pest scandal and switched to barre and pilates.

r26 Did your landlord put little cement shoes on those squirrels? Seems like a Chicago thing to do...

Does it wear a pilot's hat?

I couldn't say, r30/KittyDyke, but he was known to be a classic car afficionado.

At speed squirrel slams

With only cage to protect

From asphalt slumber

R31 for

OP - you should feel guilty, I glad you do. I have never fully trusted the "human trap" people. I little is so easy, so hard to relocate.

Being from Florida - wildlife is different here. In planned communities, [bold]gators live, nest and eat in the artificial lakes. [/bold]Little dogs and infants are especially at risk, as cats have better reflexes and manage to get away. They are, when fully grown, enormous. Easily 8ft nose to tail long, tall - about 2 1/2 feet. Getting rid of them is something the police do. They'll come over and call the fire department. Eventually, someone from some wildlife place shows up. I wish they would kill them. But, they get relocated to the wild.

[bold]Bears are becoming bolder.[/bold]It's hot and the lure of swimming pool is great. Of course, they get inside the house and go straight for fridge. Chocolate milk is favored. Again, you dial for help until someone from the wildlife place shows up and relocates it. The mothers with babies are sweet. They grow very fast; do NOT give them milk a bottle. Mom may NOT like and she will tear the door of the room you think you managed to lock her in. If you meet a bear at a 7/11 - leave without making any sounds - they usually go for milk, candy and the occasional healthy fruit treat.

[bold]Iguanas will leave alone if you leave them alone. [/bold]They eat bugs. They are GOOD.

[bold]Murders of crows blackening the sky are terrifying. [/bold]If you have done anything to them, even long ago, they will attack in a group pecking at you. I have seen them waiting next to your car for you to leave work and attack before you get inside the car. Steer clear; you may not know what you did.

Squirrels are harmless, what can they really do?

I didn't mention the snakes - below to 10ft gators fighting for dominance at a golf course.

Never cross a crow - it will remember your face

If only I had clairvoyantly taken out my murderous impulses on Florida fauna from 1,200 miles away, r34. The world would be a better place. Alas, one of my numerous failures.

This squirrel has her “chosen human” figured out!

I really miss birds. I live right next to pasture but we’ve lost the birds living in our trees and eaves. They put a new roof on last summer on the building and scared all the starlings into the palm trees. This spring right before hatching they trimmed all the leaves with nests and eggs and half formed babies on the ground. The cliff swallows still have a couple of mud nests next door but a sparrow chased them off and took over its nest. I loved listening to all those starling songs in the AM. Live in the country in So Cal and everything trimmed bald because of wildfire.

[Quote]Wasn't there a post here a few months ago about squirrels in the bay area becoming carnivores?

I once watched a squirrel in Brooklyn chase a rat up a tree and knock it onto the ground, run down to play with its paralyzed body, and then tear it to shreds for funsies.

Squirrels are tiny little demons. Carrie Bradshaw had the right idea to fear them.

R20 are you saying Winnie the Pooh and You're abd Tigger will kidnap AND torture my chihuahua? Oh the Humanity!

Look at it this way, r38. Starlings aren’t native and they have displaced and in some areas decimated native bird populations.

Likely raised by humans

According to Alison Hermance, director of communications at the San Rafael wildlife rescue center WildCare, the squirrel was almost certainly raised by humans as a baby.

"His problem is he doesn't know why some people feed him, and other people do not," Hermance told SFGATE. "And so he's desperate, he's scared, he's hungry. He's used to being fed by people, and so he is approaching people, and unfortunately, when they don't have food for him, and they react with fear, he reacts with desperation, and that is what has caused these injuries. It's actually a really sad situation."

"They might look cute, and I know that there's a lot of videos on TikTok out there of people raising baby wild animals," Hermance said. "And it looks like a really fun thing to do, but it is actually a really cruel thing to do."

The squirrel that attacked people in Lucas Valley has not been seen by neighbors recently and has likely died, Hermance said. Having been raised by humans, it's probable that the animal lacked the instincts needed to survive predation or avoid cars.

Even if the squirrel was found and captured, Hermance said, it likely would have needed to be euthanized. "Usually, when an animal is showing aggression like this, it means that he wasn't raised to be tamed," Hermance said. "He was raised to not be scared of people, and that is something that wouldn't be treatable."

Run it over with your car -- by accident, of course.

The Bay Area hasn't been this terrified and on-edge since the Zodiac Killer murdered 5 people.

i believe. i once witnessed a squirrel murder another squirrel in a horrific way and will never feel the same about those vicious little creatures.

Man Tries Feeding Squirrel…