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This was a period during the school year where I always carried around peanuts and one happy day after an exam or something, I wanted to go out and feed a squirrel and pet it. I found this one curiously, cute little guy who wanted my peanuts. After feeding it for a while by just placing the nuts on the ground, I built up enough faith and trust in my squirrel friend to hand-feed it. That's when things all went awry and the rascal duped me! He was so smart about biting me too. First, he grabbed my by the fleshy parts of my palm (so I can't escape), then he bit into my thumb and thrashed his head around (so he can make it as painful as possible) and lastly, he made me drop the nuts from my hand (so he can eat em).
In conclusion,...
I'm glad I had this experience. I have the privilege of saying I pet a squirrel and now also that I was bitten by one. I would even say it was a pretty good experience. It actually didn't hurt that much, though it looked like a dreadful, dreadul injury. I was dripping blood everywhere and it didn't stop bleeding until like an hour after.
And I also learned a lot:
- Squirrels are not tame
- Squirrels have very sharp claws. If they're sharp enough to hold onto trees, they're definitely sharp enough to break skin.
- Squirrels have very sharp teeth. If they're sharp enough to break through nuts, they're definitely sharp enough to break skin...and deeper.
- Squirrels like nuts. If you're stupid enough to feed it to them with your hands, they're definitely crazy enough to bite your hand along with it.
- Squirrels are still cute.
- I want to pet another squirrel
AND THE BIGGEST LESSON THAT I TAUGHT EVERYONE WHO KNEW ABOUT THE BITE... - Squirrels RARELY carry rabies. But they DO carry tetanus. Tetanus can kill you. I got a tetanus shot. Now I won't die. I love squirrels.
