Can wild squirrels be trained? (paging SpeedyE, I guess?)

Seriously?

 

Great thread, but you guys are beggin for the ban with the vids

 

OH F@CK!!!!! SORRY!!!!! I haven't been here in so long I forgot Sorry Mongo

 

So let's take what could otherwise be used for educational purposes and place it in the fray of the YT vid thread.

 

Gotta a question. I can see how young, impressionable animals can be held and tolerate humans, but what about when they reach sexual maturity? Isn't this when wild animals, especially males, become the most aggressive and unpredictable?

Ya know, just like with humans

I always hear stories of people raising wild animals from birth, only to be overwhelmed when they reach maturity.

 

In a word, yes.

It can vary by time of year, too... for example, when a buck deer's antlers are all smoothly covered in velvet, he's the nicest thing on four hooves. When that velvet starts coming off, though, he's a crazed asshole for three months.

Here's me & my masculine 13 year old self & the creatively named "Buck" at the zoo I worked at back in the day. Two more weeks & he'd've stomped me to death & shoved the camera where the sun don't shine.

 

Dude, you've got some serious St. Francis stuff going on.

Are badgers really all that dangerous? I'd be much more hesitant to approach a pissed-off coyote than a pissed-off badger. I get that the badger has claws 'n shit, but the coyote's jaws seem much more dangerous than the badger's.

 

Sub-sonic .22lr is quiet enough that most neighbors would never know its a real gun.