I always joke about there being suicidal squirrels at my apartment community. Since it doesn't matter how fast you are driving, they have a tendency to just sit in the road and wait for you to get really close with your car... like a game of "chicken"... but with squirrels.
I just want to start by saying that I am not making this up... this actually happened. I woke up and took Chloe for an early walk. While we were walking through our parking lot, I heard a thump. When I turned around to see what it was, I saw a squirrel running up a tree (not a huge tree, it was one of the ones in front of the apartment buildings where I live). Now, I was tired, so I wasn't sure of what I was seeing the FIRST time. I saw a squirrel fall out of a tree and thump right onto the ground. He then got up and ran back up the tree. (I swear to God that I am not making this up!!) There was some squirrel commotion in the tree and then two squirrels fell out of the tree, and it looked like they were holding hands. They ran back up and both of them fell out again. More squirrel commotion, and then one squirrel thumped back onto the ground. Then the show was over. This happened in what I believe was about a 30 second period of time. You haven't laughed your ass off until you see squirrels throwing themselves out of trees and thumping their bodies onto the ground and then running back up the tree to do it again. Was this an attempt at a squirrel suicide pact?? I am not sure and I don't know if anyone has ever seen a squirrel do this before, but it was a first for me.
It was by-far one of the strangest things that I have ever seen.
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This is pretty hilarious. I wish I could have been there to see it.
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