Squirrel Tricks
By Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
United States
May 3, 2016 2:14pm CST
I used to play with the squirrels at Penn State University and feed them. I would assemble large quantities of squirrels with food and they would crowd together beneath me. One day, a confused squirrel mistook my leg for a leg trunk and jumped up on it to get away from the other squirrels. It was terrified when it realized what it did and looked up at me petrified. I offered it a peanut but it jumped away.
In time I got the squirrels to do it on command by patting my leg. One would jump up, I would give it a nut, and it would be on its way. I did this around people that didn't know and it would always surprise them. One girl screamed because she thought the squirrel was attacking me.
It was a lot of fun.
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@sathviksouvik (17994)
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6 May 16
Dear Morgan, I used to stay in the Campus of National Law University, Jodhpur, India. There were lot of trees and lot of squirrels. They ran very fast during mating season.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
6 May 16
I'm sure they did! It was a busy time for the little guys. :D
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
6 May 16
@sathviksouvik At my college the squirrels would get mad over good food. They wanted chocolate pudding and french fries! 
@sathviksouvik (17994)
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6 May 16
@OneOfMany Thanks Morgan, sometimes for fun I used to keep some food in the open. The squirrel ate small vegetables.
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@pinkCardigangirl (587)
• United States
4 May 16
Aw how fun! How long did it take you to get the squirrels to know you?
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 May 16
A few months. They didn't get the tricks right away, but they were used to working over the crowds already!
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 May 16
@pinkCardigangirl College squirrels are a different kind of breed. At my college the squirrels were amazing, but they didn't become friends. They were far more feral!
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@pinkCardigangirl (587)
• United States
4 May 16
@OneOfMany lol that is too cute!
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
7 May 16
our previous dog was like that. when i pat my legs, he would stand and put his paws on my leg. it was cute because he has short legs.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
8 May 16
@OneOfMany he seemed to be a mix of mongrel and something. he wasn't as small as toy dogs. to me it was the perfect height for a dog in a residential part of the city.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
8 May 16
@hereandthere That's good. Toy dogs are the ones I was referring to! You don't want to keep a big dog in the city though I know many do. They are breeds that need to run in the open.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
8 May 16
Short-legged dogs... I sometimes wonder if they are really dogs! :P j/k
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
3 May 16
Squirrel attacks are not fun either, I have been scratched before and those claws get deep!
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
4 May 16
I never touch a squirrel eversince. You're having fun with the squirrels. That's nice.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 May 16
Squirrels are silly rodents. It's difficult to not enjoy playing with them!
@LindaCPearson (2241)
• United States
4 May 16
There's a lot more to animals than most people give them credit for. That's amazing what you were able to do with those squirrels.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 May 16
They were smart little critters. Fast learning as well. Except when it came to squirrel fishing, which I did from my apartment balcony!
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
3 May 16
How sweet! I would love for this to happen to me. I love wildlife so much, and would enjoy this activity.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
3 May 16
They are cute critters, but they have really sharp claws. I never got near them when I wasn't wearing jeans to avoid becoming a scratching post! Most of the times they were very nice though. The really gentle ones would come up and rest their soft hands on my arm or hand when I held out food. The renegades... well, let's just say it hurt.
