<p>In LA, the squirrels would always run away and are not friendly at all. But here, the squirrels would actually come up to you and ask for a cracker, while letting you pet them. Any ideas why there is such a big difference in their personalities? Maybe the attitudes of the students in each city influences the personalities of the squirrels, similar to a contact high.</p>
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<p>I got an egg salad sandwich the other day from this place by North gate and when I finally found a nice grassy spot by Tolman to sit down and eat it, this one squirrel literally charged at me (not ran or bounded-CHARGED) so then i quickly stood up and it ran away a few steps and then when i proceeded to slowly sit down it came running back and this went on for 5 mins or so.</p>
<p>mind games i tell ya, with these squirrels.</p>
<p>i always end up feeding them lol. they are so ****ing cute. i wish i could keep one as a pet :)</p>
<p>There’s students around all the time so they’re not as afraid. You’ve petted one?</p>
<p>i have high fived one. not petted though lol.</p>
<p>if you approach them slowly with a piece of food in your hand they will high five you.</p>
<p>They bite! And when they do bite, they bite HARD!</p>
<p>During my orientation, the chubbiest squirrel I have ever seen strolled up to our circle and planted itself pretty much in the middle it. It only grumpily walked away when it realized that it wasn’t getting fed…
Squirrels where I live seem anorexic/cowardly compared to Berkeley squirrels</p>
<p>Awww I wish I lived over there that’s so cuteeee</p>
<p>One of my GSIs told me once that the squirrels around Tolman all have micro-chips or something inside them and that their movements are being tracked. She didn’t say for what, but that seems likely.</p>
<p>Friendly? Lol, are you kidding me? The squirrels here are the laziest, most aggravatingly annoying, fat squirels that I’ve ever seen. Luckily I’m not on the Northside of campus too much, but the one time I did try to sit down and eat some food on the grass near the Tolman area, squirrels tracked me with some uber lasion sensory eyes, following me even when I changed spots. Even when I don’t have food, there are always squirrels lurking around me in that area. Go to Free Speech Movement Cafe, and have fun holding your breath while you hope that squirrel staring intently will not pounce on you or your food.</p>
<p>I saw the squirrel guy once. He comes everyweek on his bike and a huge costco size bag of peanuts and feeds the squirrels outside of Dwinelle. Crowds of 20+ squirrels have occurred. </p>
<p>I once got a squirrel to climb up my leg. I pretended my cellphone was a cracker and kept on tapping my hip. The squirrel noticed and started climbing my leg, though i kicked him off cuz dang… they have sharp nails.</p>
<p>Now I want to see one for myself :o!</p>
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i don’t think so…</p>
<p>i do know that there is an animal psych experiment going on. the “participating” squirrels have all been marked with black permanent marker (if you see those squirrels with weird black drawings/stripes on them, those are the ones. there are quite a lot that they caught, marked, and released…)</p>
<p>^^idk, its what my GSI said. She was probably mistaken.</p>
<p>i like the striped squirrels… :3</p>
<p>We should introduce a flying squirrel (Pteromyini) into their habitat and maybe it will reproduce. It would be fun to see squirrels flying from tree to tree.</p>
<p>^ oh man Sproul is already crazy enough as it is! Imagine the chaos</p>