Anyone else watching this on a squirrel video binge?

Squirrels are my spirit animal.

They were part of life for me for years. Thinking it was merely a need to feed changed one day when I was working on a motorcycle in the garage. My best known one, a female, ran at me like a poodle when I walked out the door. Not wanting to interrupt my labor, I tossed a couple of nuts on the floor. She walked right by them and took her spot on my knee, made her usual eye contact and finger squeeze. Companionship was as important as food. To show off for a friend, I stuck a peanut in my mouth. She hopped up on my shoulder and gently took her prize while placing soft paws on my cheeks.

I have a squirrel that knocks on my door when he's hungry. When I hear it single rap on the door, I know who it is.

How could anyone not love the little cuties!?

i also love squirrels. they are the most animated little guys in nature.

I am not a “professional” in any official way, but sometimes I am amazed at how little the scientists and “experts” seem to know and understand in some documentaries.. I find myself almost yelling at the screen like a sporting event or bad horror film lol I am very glad that more and more people have started trying to understand and appreciate these magnificent creatures, though. I am always in awe at how incredibly smart squirrels are and how their personalities are all so unique.

I fricken love squirrels! 💕

My great grandma used to feed squirrels so often that they'd come right up & take seeds & peanuts out of her hand. They're curious critters & very mischievous.

Squirrels are so dang awesome! I love them!

I've named a squirrel in my local park Niles (Frasier's younger brother)...I've been feeding him for about 3 years and just love observing him (and his buddies in a different area of the park). It's a peaceful few minutes in an otherwise hectic day in London!!

We have a pet squirrel we found on the ground after a hurricane. He is damaged so we can never release him. His left legs don't work great so he falls over a lot when walking. He was about 3 weeks old when we found him.

I love squirrels, I feed them and all the other wild animals every day. 🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿

I wonder if the squirrel goes back and talks about being captured by tall aliens with small eyes?

Red squirrels are of superior cuteness.

Squirrels are super smart!! I live with them outside. They teach me!!

I found a teeny baby CA ground squirrel on my home from work about a year ago. No teeth, just hobbled because she was so little. I scooped in my helmet as she was using a busy asphalt road as cover and it worried me. Went back when she was safe in my house but no sign of momma. But today, I have a fiesty, funny, loving, cuddly, and sometimes lol destructive, ground squirrel that shares my room with me, and she brightens my world. Such wonderful animals.

We feed and love our backyard squirrels.

I have seven or eight homemade squirrel homes in my trees I love them!!!!

A few years ago when I was frequently in the woods or even squirrel hunting I learned to mimic squirrel chirps barks and growls and coupled with holding my arm up, forearm bent, and snapping my hand back and forth got a pretty good facsimile of the tail motions of squirrels- i could get a half dozen squirels riled up, hanging from tree trunks or branches, all barking and growling at me, while I kept up pissing them off more and more- they would completely ignore each other cause they would be so angry at me and on two occasions they scared the hell out of me by suddenly charging and jumping at me screaming-- as soon as I broke character and moved or maybe lowered my arm, they'd all freeze a second,cthen haul ass back up the nearest trunk or whatever-its like they realized that hand bobbing or waving or whatever was connected to me- and they'd been so intently focused on the motion and sounds they didn't even notice the human standing right there!! Same deal with anole lizards when they head bob- start bobbing your index finger in the same motion up and down and the males will start the head bob and red throat display. If you know what i mean cool but if you don't then you just don't.

When squirrels invade your attic to have babies, simple install safe and harmless Evictor Strobe Lights. Squirrels leave within 3 days and take their babies with them.

I just took part in a squirrel Census in NYC Central Park, I only did it because I wanted to share my experiences with squirrels, We know so little about these creatures, I've seen first hand how smart and fearless and thoughtful they are. I used to see them as pests when I was young and now I have a whole new sense of respect for these amazing creatures that share our parks and neighborhoods.

I love and care about squirrels so much and wish I could make others care about them as much as I do. The guy at the top of the documentary who didn't like squirrels was obnoxious.

I just love the way they eat❤

My backyard squirrels wait at the back door for peanuts 😊. They stay JUST out of arms reach and make me toss them each thier own nuts 😅.

Squirrels are great! :)

As a squirrel feeder of 10 years +, I see them as tiny people

Feeding squirrels 1 year started with unsalted peanuts & hazelnuts. Now i give them walnuts, almonds & the favorite of all pecan. Green grapes & apple pieces. It was neat in Winter seeing they all used they exact same track. They do use deception, spin drop or eat certain nuts where they pick them up. They're interesting to observe daily.

Squirrel nerds. 😂 I am only here because I found a dead squirrel outside of my door. No signs of attack, just dead. I think my roommate is poisoning them because we have so many acorn trees in the yard, and he’s trying to garden. I asked him about this because I have pets. I don’t want them running around in a yard full of poison. He never answered my question, which I sent by text. Moving out ASAP.

I’m an Aussie and love squirrels. I really want to go to somewhere in America and see them

Our hamster loves sunflower seeds like squirrels do.

Squirrels prefer hazelnuts over all other nuts...I've tested them and they always go for the hazelnuts first.

I have squirrels!!

we call all squirrels Petey, and we always make it a point to hand them a snack, no matter where we see them! in Busch Gardens they always say dont feed the birds, but we do feed the squirrels. they depend on the food the people drop, and the park does not feed them. it would be different if they had trees and plants for the squirrels to eat, but they dont. in my 56 years i have not seen a mean squirrels, though i have seen greedy ones. when i am at the theme parks, i get french fries and fruits with my meals, and i get water. i wash the salt and syrups off the food and feed the squirrels, and leave them pods of water on the plants or on the trees.

I absolutely love squirrels 💯🐿 I am from East Moline, Illinois... i am "King of the TreeRats" ... i make sure they are fed around here. Love them all ❤

Very tasty critters! Along with Rabbits & Bambi!

my definition of entertainment: 3 squirrels in a tree.

Great documentary and congratulations on all the details. It saddens me that they are killing the gray squirrels, even though I understand it’s to preserve the red ones It is us humans that have taken over every piece of real estate that we could sell, or move into, and in doing so, in advertently, or intentionally, forced the animal residence out. Then we become indignant about our right to be present ?! Glad to see that the gentleman changed his mind and decided to coexist with his gray squirrel friends and his garden and not blow them Up😢!

I’m a squirrel rehabber with a few unsuccessful releases. I really enjoyed this!

I love canadian squirrels. They are usually friendly in Michigan. I grew up there and fed them. I had a squirrel friend I named blackie and fed him tortillas. I know, that was probably bad, but i was 6, didn't know any better, and he was fine lol We had to quit feeding them because our other red squirrel friend tried to get in the house lol I will never stop loving squirrels. Today i still brake for them when driving and have never hit one yet, and i pray i never will. They're some of my favorite animals.

Plant trees that feed squirrels and woodpeckers and never log them. Hang squirrel houses until population stabilizes. We must give their forests back to them.

Squirrels are beautiful.

My cat BonBon says 8/10 on this video, would have given 10/10 if less humans.

love's all the lil fuzzy squizzles!!! 🐿😍

very sympatic animals!

I love my squirrels, birds and other wild critters bcse they live in the woods with me, I feed them all every single day with all sorts of good food for them. Even the opossums, raccoons and foxes know they have a safe haven in my areas that are always full of food. I plant specific edible plants for them and keep several feeders full and leave piles that are easily found for the bigger ones. I don't mind to share everythg bcse everyone needs to eat and just wants to live. Love all animals and please go vegan.

Такие разные белки, но повадки у всех одинаковые.

Just found this video - LOVE IT! Now for the TLDR part: I Love Love Love those "Rats with a better outfit". I have grown up, and spent almost my entire life in a semi-urban environment (in Louisville, Kentucky USA), with grey squirrels. However - we also have a species of flying squirrel here too, although they are ver small, and nocturnal... so most people don't even know they exist here, and few indeed have ever seen one. I love to garden, and squirrels can be a most trying adversary... but, like the man said - it's about co-existence. Once you realize that a squirrel is just being a squirrel, and you stop trying to change it - you will be so much better off. A squirrel is going to do squirrely things - period. So - especially with the internet - it is extremely easy to read up on, and get an understanding of their behavior/s. Adapt accordingly. --> The best way to survive a fight..... is to never get in one. Let them be squirrels... and your life will be so much easier and less stressful. There are also Possums (another AMAZINGLY GREAT and Beneficial to humans but severely misunderstood animal - and the only native marsupial in my area) / Raccoons / Red Tailed Foxes / Brown Tailed Hawks / Grey Rabbits / Mice / MANY species of Birds / Worms / Insects / Spiders / Beetles - one of the things that are truly a pest and worthy of warfare are the Japanese Beetles which can and do often devastate entire areas of my gardens (and the Emerald Ash Borers) / Wasps / Honey Bees / Carpenter Bees / Hornets / Cicadas (the years they emerge) / Butterflies / Moths - including Humming Bird Moths (another of my all time favorite visitors, I even grow Moon Flowers every year just to attract them) - all of these are in my yard throughout the year. Anyway - the point is - do a little research and know what is sharing your habitat with you - it will make your life so much Easier / Less Stressful / and honestly Much More Interesting and Entertaining. As a parting note - and imho one of the greatest things ever --> If you eat peanut butter - you need to (and should) clean those jars out before recycling them.... and even if you don't recycle - you shouldn't let that last stuck on bit go to waste in the trash bin... that's perfectly good food! ---> Do yourself a HUGE Favor - the next time you have an empty jar, with some stuck to the sides - instead of washing it down the drain, or throwing it out - Put it - without the lid) out in your yard.... a few yards away from the house (it will possibly attract ants, and you don't want them telling every other ant that close to the house is food - trust me on that)..... put that jar out in the yard where you can see it from a window inside, and sit back and enjoy the show. --->>> Squirrels are rodents, and like mice and other rodents - peanut butter is literally a mind-bindingly irresistible treat. They are coo-coo for it! There are very very few things more sidesplittingly hilariously entertaining than watching a full grown squirrel climb all the way inside a peanut butter jar licking the stuck on banquet off the sides, especially if two discover it and end up competing for it, watching a squirrel drag a peanut butter jar as big as itself across the yard in it's mouth, especially if it's a heavy glass jar, while trying to fend off other would be squirrely thieves is (at least for me) an adventure in breathless, doubled over, pain in the sides laughter.... plus if you are close enough to see it - how many people can say they have ever seen a squirrel's tongue?!?!?! It is HYSTERICAL!!!

I have a belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all sentient beings, and a squirrel just came to my window in response to this video. Is that holistic zoology?

Ok before work in the morning, durning my two breaks and sometimes at lunch I feed a few squirrels peanuts in the shell. I can call actually them. I oftened wondered if they recognized me. Great vid u answered so many of my questions. They do remember where they bury their nuts blows my mind. Really informative. Thanks

Squirrels are successful and absolutley cute.

Adorable little things.

“Wildlife in our backyards is just as natural as what you’ll find in a natural area.” *meanwhile squirrels eat leftover pizza and doritos*

@ 20:45, please place a dark towel over the trap as quickly as possible, and the squirrel will immediately settle down.. Thank you.

37:19 "What the heck is THAT? Scaaary..." That's like that scene in Toy Story when Woody was holding Buzz's arm in Sid's room window trying to convince the others that he and Buzz were friends. I'm convinced that squirrels are much smarter than what they think. They don't seem to understand that. 37:36

I live in NW Montana and I have never seen a black squirrel. I think they are gorgeous.

Me and my sister love squirrels....from a distance😂😂😂we still scared of them and start running when they come towards us

It’s all a bit squirrelly 🐿 to me. Am I 🥜nuts? Thank you for sharing this documentary.. intriguing research. No squirrels in the US, 50th state Hawaii. Love watching them, when I go to the continental US. They are truly acrobatic. What amazed me was the research on caches.

Ive 5 that stay in my backyard and are fed well. Only english walnuts and hazelnuts and almonds. They eat oranges as well. Very intelligent!

I have Professor McSquirrelbuddy's coffee mug.

Get a bunch of cat's, they eat them. I love 🐿️,where I live there aren't any. Thanks so very much for sharing this knowledge with us 🇨🇱❤️🙏

maybe that guy that hates em should have a cat

I LOVE SQUIRRELS!!!!!!!!!

love them!!

Squirrels are super intelligent. I have a few that I can shout their name (that I've given to them) and they respond or come running towards you. They also remember faces /voices /tones etc. I sometimes run into one of my squirrels ' Tina' almost a block away and can spot her and shout Tina and she'll still respond to me. I also have squirrels that enter my kitchen and recognise themselves in the mirror. That alone tells you how smart they are

Hahahahaha this guy riding his bike through Austin. If your a Chicagoan you know how funny that is. And yes the neighborhoods are different. 1 has about 10 murders a decade the other had 10 Saturday.

Very Cool!

Thank you for sharing this material. We with my girlfriend enjoyed this immensely. She is a naturalist.

I have my visiting squirrels and they are Are from different dreys , if they meet it’s all hell break loose but so much fun to watch.

I don't understand the squirrel-hating guy at the beginning. What is the point of making a garden if not to become part of the fascinating and miraculous backyard society?

Idk why I love feeding them at home. But at my hunting property I love to hunt them and bring them home for dinner.

Cheyenne Pepper is really great for preventing all types of rodents also really great for slugs.

This video is awesome 👌

A squirrel documentary with more humans on screen than actual squirrels.

Squirrels- the original geo-cachers!

Excellent.

The Nature doesn't have to adapt around us as much as we must learn to adapt to nature for healthy life on earth on big blue green ball of nature.

Crazy little fellers

All fun and games until they're in your attic. Incredible creatures but sometimes you have to thin the herd.

Red squirrels are smaller, but cuter. Pity North America dosn't have the better variety.

I love Squirrels!🙂

that character arc... I had a similar experience with bugs. particularly spiders and ants. ants still get killed on sight though.

He shit in his backyard and the squirrels said 🤷😆

that was AMAZING!

I started feeding them to keep them off my bird feeder. 1has scars all over her body and missing left front leg that hampers her climbing .I felt for her as a real trooper as she chases the other squirrels and eats out of my hand. Her name is Lucky. I also have chipmunks eating out of my hand andboth cometo my window andbang their bodies against it for my attention. my large cat knows they are friends and does not chase them but watches them the chipmunks and birds and they walk within a couple of feet with little fear .I have seen 15 species of birds . At the foot of a mountain i also have black bears and raccoons , skunks ,possums and deer that come on my back porch looking for leftovers. and my hippie cat sit and watches all of them come and go on HIS turf.Being part ferrel and possibly born in wild he is simply amazing especially when he stands his ground within 4 feet oh his throne.Only problem is coyotes and fisher cats.Feeder comes in at sunset to avoid bears. I couldnt omit these critters even tho were talkin bout squirrels when i feel all are intermingled .

It ends well 🐿🐿🐿☺️

Me too..I just got a baby squirrel!!

The chipmunks (which are actually a type of squirrel) and squirrels in my yard are always welcome for some food and company. 🐿

That guy in that garden whining about the squirrels there is exactly why I hate humans. The squirrels were there before his annoying butt and yet he feels he is king of the world and animals need to give way for him. I love all animals and thankfully when the human pest is gone animals will still be here long after.

So grey squirrels appears to be the strongest and fastest and most invasive. They are best model squirrels then. They can become perfect partners of collecting and planting walnuts.

We named our city squirrel “Herman” … “Herman Cheeks” ….. it’s a household name

Ever see one cover their bury spot with leaves?

If squirrels are bothering your garden then just set up a feeder on the outside of your gardens. Multiple. They really are wonderful little creatures you just need to learn how to co exist. If you always offer black sunflower seeds in bird feeders they will never touch your garden. And if they do eat some of your garden still, then offer them some food scrapes or damaged vegetables. It’s not just your home, they’ve lived in that area a lot longer then you have. Compromise

You're watching a full-on, TV length documentary on squirrels.

So in da Hood, the box squirrels are the bloods and the grays are the cripps

No squirrels in Australia. The zoo in Perth had Indian squirrels running around in and outside the zoo, but it seems that they got rid of them all. They worry about squirrels being pests to the agricultural/horticulture industries. btw I notice our pet guinea pigs won't go into open spaces and move under cover all the time when outside.

I just see us humans waging war thru squirrels out of sheer boredom yay boredom

How could you dislike them? That gardener is wrong. I want yo slap him.

You get me hungry enough and squirrels will make the dinner table.

3:25 hmmm homie needs help lol