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72. I had a baby squirrel

Sun Jul 28, 2024, 01:52 AM

Jul 2024

Climb up my leg in the garden and I put it back down by the tree stump in the garden where I figured it's nest was and walked away only to have the little one follow me and climb my leg again. Over and over this happened. It's mom finally came back and yelled at the baby to get back to its nest. I was beginning to wonder how to get the little baby to go home so I could go in the house and eat the tomatoes I'd just picked. I was worried it was abandoned and I'd have to adopt it or something.

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Excepting dogs, what animals have you been chased by? [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2024 OP

A rooster. He treed me. PikaBlue Jul 2024 #1

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Me too SARose Jul 2024 #61

I forgot about the bantam rooster!! He was one mean sumbitch nt yellowdogintexas Jul 2024 #124

I had to use an 6ft by 5 in board to ward off the Rooster from Hell bobalew Jul 2024 #69

Cockroach. Terrifying! unblock Jul 2024 #3

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A five point buck leftieNanner Jul 2024 #4

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A squirrel. grumpyduck Jul 2024 #5

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Wasps and a cow when I was a kid. Dave Bowman Jul 2024 #6

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A swan. Lunabell Jul 2024 #8

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Cats, but in a friendly way; they wanted petting. Ocelot II Jul 2024 #9

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Quarter horse. nt DURHAM D Jul 2024 #10

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Guinea hen...i was about 5... ret5hd Jul 2024 #17

lol Yes they can be mean. DURHAM D Jul 2024 #18

man, that story brings things back... ret5hd Jul 2024 #23

Oh my... DURHAM D Jul 2024 #32

A documentary was once made... ret5hd Jul 2024 #36

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Guineas are fierce! catrose Jul 2024 #155

a barrel of monkeys unblock Jul 2024 #19

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A big goose...as a kid. brush Jul 2024 #20

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Me too rogerashton Jul 2024 #77

Bull, goat, a mean-ass alpaca, but the worst was Virgil Caine happybird Jul 2024 #21

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I've been chased by both a cat and men! Niagara Jul 2024 #22

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A buffalo, a bull, and a rooster. sinkingfeeling Jul 2024 #24

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Wasps Bayard Jul 2024 #25

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None. No matter how wild, every animal I have ever encountered wanted niyad Jul 2024 #26

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Mosquitoes central scrutinizer Jul 2024 #27

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Blackbird wildflowergardener Jul 2024 #28

Me too - damn thing chased me for about 5 miles dive bombing me all the way rurallib Jul 2024 #48

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Young stallion, cow, rooster, hog, black bear, goose, burro, yellow jackets Yonnie3 Jul 2024 #29

Yikes! Dear_Prudence Jul 2024 #65

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Hold on a second! True Dough Jul 2024 #30

It pays to advertise! 😁 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2024 #110

Trackdown, my daddy's really mean roping / cutting horse, rockbluff botanist Jul 2024 #31

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A momma javelina and her kids QED Jul 2024 #33

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chickens,,,, KarenS Jul 2024 #34

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Not me, but my best friend in home health Jilly_in_VA Jul 2024 #35

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A moose hot2na Jul 2024 #37

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Geese. A swan. captain queeg Jul 2024 #38

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Goats! ColinC Jul 2024 #39

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my mom was chased and bitten by a goose once gopiscrap Jul 2024 #40

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My aunt's bull, geese Luciferous Jul 2024 #41

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chickens, a goat, and a snake. wyldwolf Jul 2024 #45

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Elk, marmot... BluesRunTheGame Jul 2024 #46

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A goose. Elessar Zappa Jul 2024 #47

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A Bull on my Dads farm in Arkansas in the late 70s BOSSHOG Jul 2024 #49

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Geese and wasps(although wasps are not animals, they are vicious!) Hikerchick57 Jul 2024 #50

I do believe wasps are animals! 😬 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2024 #136

Wild turkey blm Jul 2024 #51

The bird or the booze? 😁 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2024 #137

The bird blm Jul 2024 #139

a rattlesnake..i ran into the house and LOCKED the door samnsara Jul 2024 #52

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A howler monkey. Demobrat Jul 2024 #53

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Our neighbor's goose, when I was a kid. badhair77 Jul 2024 #54

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An angry territorial bull. lpbk2713 Jul 2024 #55

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Canada goose and she wasn't f-ing around either! I was wondering why I didn't spook this goose near the edge of this brewens Jul 2024 #56

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When I was in like 5th grade sdfernando Jul 2024 #57

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Yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets. WheelWalker Jul 2024 #58

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Once, I saw this guy running down the street screaming "What did I do? I didn't do anything!" ... Intractable Jul 2024 #59

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Holstein cow... yourout Jul 2024 #60

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A goose when I was 4 CanonRay Jul 2024 #62

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A red tail hawk who had a baby up in a tree on my land womanofthehills Jul 2024 #63

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Geese, turkeys, chickens. A milk cow. GPV Jul 2024 #64

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Roosters, and a menacing herd of cows Marthe48 Jul 2024 #66

😬Yes! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2024 #161

Both of these are unlikely culprits: Laffy Kat Jul 2024 #67

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Rooster, duck, mockingbird... LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #68

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A 6' blacksnake Chipper Chat Jul 2024 #70

I have been there!!! No snakes but it was hot and humid since it was Kentucky and near the river nt yellowdogintexas Jul 2024 #125

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Swans! Starry Messenger Jul 2024 #71

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I had a baby squirrel Figarosmom Jul 2024 #72

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Geese, bull, cow, hog (sow), rooster, turkey (tom) Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #73

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Flying Monkeys MrWowWow Jul 2024 #78

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I broke up a cat fight between my cat and a neighbours. applegrove Jul 2024 #79

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A male seal. NT FeelingBlue Jul 2024 #80

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Cottonmouth down a riverbank while fishing. Nasty Snakes Lochloosa Jul 2024 #81

Me too, when I was a teenager. Paladin Jul 2024 #83

Yeah, thats never a good idea with a cottonmouth. Lochloosa Jul 2024 #84

I should have referred to that snake as "it" rather than "him" in my earlier post. Paladin Jul 2024 #90

The big ones are male. But they all look big coming at you. 😆 Lochloosa Jul 2024 #94

This one was full-size. Paladin Jul 2024 #96

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BINGO! OldBaldy1701E Jul 2024 #182

Its the only snake i saw Steve Irwin use a stick on. Lochloosa Jul 2024 #187

goose ShepKat Jul 2024 #82

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3-toed rooster & sow pig KC Shell Jul 2024 #91

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Mute swan WestMichRad Jul 2024 #92

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Water moccasin when I was in a kayak on a river birdographer Jul 2024 #95

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A beefalo bull. CCExile Jul 2024 #97

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Geese and bees n/t sarge43 Jul 2024 #98

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Big ram and mamma pig, both at 2 of my cousins' houses in Texas. lark Jul 2024 #99

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My sister and I were chased by geese once Mad_Dem_X Jul 2024 #100

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A lizard. Ring necks (collared), have a lot of attitude. 58Sunliner Jul 2024 #101

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Yellowjackets. Mr. Scorpio Jul 2024 #102

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Excepting dogs, what animals have you been chased by? soul kitchen Jul 2024 #103

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A bunny! Never a dog! emulatorloo Jul 2024 #104

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Respectfully, the police are not (generally) animals PJMcK Jul 2024 #105

In actuality, all humans are animals! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2024 #195

I was a zoo keeper MuseRider Jul 2024 #106

That sounds like the coolest job ever XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #107

It was. MuseRider Jul 2024 #112

I'll be "wary" lol XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #114

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Hummingbirds oregonjen Jul 2024 #108

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Each time I turned to see, it vanished. But I swear I was being followed by a Moon Shadow. GreenWave Jul 2024 #109

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Insects love attacking me. I been chased by Bluejays Emile Jul 2024 #113

Blue Jays can be mean 'ol birds duckworth969 Jul 2024 #158

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run? oh hai! pansypoo53219 Jul 2024 #115

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A herd of whitefaced red cows. My mom and I had gone fishing at the pond in that field yellowdogintexas Jul 2024 #123

Ahh yes... the Herefords. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2024 #191

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An Italian girl from Cleveland Botany Jul 2024 #126

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A momma moose! 😳 May 2005 Sedona Jul 2024 #127

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Blue Jays. When I walked too close to their nest on the way home from School. Actually pecked me on the head, SWBTATTReg Jul 2024 #128

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Moose, a grizzly bear and a fur seal beachmaster. coprolite Jul 2024 #129

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My cat viva la Jul 2024 #130

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Amoung others Prairie_Seagull Jul 2024 #148

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A bear ThreeNoSeep Jul 2024 #151

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you mean like this?... Think. Again. Jul 2024 #152

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Technically, insects. A swarm of hundreds of bees Joinfortmill Jul 2024 #153

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Red Wing Blackbird Cirsium Jul 2024 #154

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Snakes, snapping turtle, bill collectors bucolic_frolic Jul 2024 #156

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Birds guarding their nests duckworth969 Jul 2024 #157

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Canadian Geese duckworth969 Jul 2024 #159

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Black bear in Yellowstone Park.. Permanut Jul 2024 #176

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when I was a kid yesphan Jul 2024 #177

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Crows flying so close their wings flicked my hair. Also watch donkeys people use in rural areas like dogs or geese. Ran cbabe Jul 2024 #178

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cow, hog, moose, frogmarch Jul 2024 #179

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a rabbit onethatcares Jul 2024 #180

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A Swan ProfessorGAC Jul 2024 #181

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farm life nealr Jul 2024 #186

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A bear, a goat, a goose and some angry bees PlanetBev Jul 2024 #188

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None, BUT I had to Stay Statue Still while a yellow jacket, or wasp parked it self on my sweaty nose for like 10+ mins.. electric_blue68 Jul 2024 #198

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Swan in Stratford-on-Avon Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #201

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You name it :-D FirefighterJo Aug 2024 #204

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A Mama Bird who was guarding her babies dai13sy Aug 2024 #213

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I was going to say something but thought better of it. NNadir Aug 2024 #214

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I was chased by an *exceptional* dog when I was a kid. nt sl8 Aug 2024 #227

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Canada goose woodsprite Aug 2024 #228

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Adult Male Black Bear in Yosemite MrWowWow Aug 2024 #229

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Canada goose, rooster, ram, yellow jackets and wasps. doc03 Aug 2024 #230

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Chasers vishnura Aug 2024 #233

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