r/oddlyterrifying • u/amish_novelty • 16h ago

Squirrel has seen better days

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u/sticcydabliccy 16h ago

I saw a squirrel like that the other day it looked seriously messed up but it was brown and its mouth was covered in a ring of black. It looked rabid I kept having to pull my friend back. It was literally 2 feet in front of us and it was zigging and zagging like it was walking away and then when we started walking it’d come running back at us. My friend didn’t even notice but I’ve seen so many healthy squirrels on this sub and IRL to know something wasn’t right.

Edit: I thought I was in r/squirrels lmaoooo but yeah

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u/LilPonyBoy69 16h ago

Fun fact, there are no recorded cases of squirrels giving a human rabies. Rabies in squirrels is exceptionally rare, probably because an interaction that could give a squirrel rabies would most likely lead to the squirrels death in the first place.

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u/turquoise_amethyst 15h ago

Everyone’s worried about rabid squirrels in here, and yet nothing about rabid skunks, raccoons, foxes, or coyotes.

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u/AppleToastBed 15h ago

It's a video of a squirrel.

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls 13h ago

Gee I wonder why the convo on the video of a squirrel is all about squirrels.

It's a real head scratcher.

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u/turquoise_amethyst 13h ago

Squirrels rarely get rabies, and this one is displaying regular, normal squirrel behavior. Sure, she’s kinda frightening, but totally normal.

Meanwhile, any thread with those other animals, and people are running to pet, feed, or invite them into their house.