Today, I found a baby squirrel on the pavement and thought I'd try and rescue it. While I googled what to do, it started running around. I tried to grab it, but it ran straight into the path of a car. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I ran to my car and zoomed to work to avoid being late. I was in such a hurry, I forgot to close all my windows. When I got back to my car, I found a dead squirrel inside. FML
Today, I accidentally ran over a squirrel on the road. I was late for work so I didn't stop. Later, someone keyed the word PETA into the side of my car. FML
Today, I ran over a squirrel. I saw it twitching, so I backed over it to end its suffering. It wasn't a squirrel; it was a kitten. The children it belonged to watched as I ran over their kitten. Twice. FML
Today, I found my cat downstairs with a squirrel dangling from his mouth. When I saw this, I yelled at my cat to put it down. He did. Turns out the squirrel was still alive and run. I had to spend the next three hours chasing it out of my house. FML
Today, while driving my new car, a squirrel ran in front of me so I slammed on my brakes. The person behind me didn't notice and rear-ended me. The squirrel got hit by a car going the opposite direction. FML
Today, I swerved out of the way to avoid hitting a squirrel, and in the process hit another squirrel. FML
Today, I was walking down a path in the woods behind my house when I saw a squirrel. It ran away, but little did I know it wasn't running from me, it was running from the dog that had forced Animal Control to sweep the area. I ended up with stitches in my leg. FML
Today, I saw a squirrel beside a tree. Thinking it was cute, I stepped closer, picked up a pine cone and tried to lure it to come closer. After about two minutes of silently squatting on someone's lawn holding a pine cone, I realized the squirrel was dead. FML
Today, I was on a drive with my uncle. We saw a dead deer on the side of the road and expressed our pity for it. Then a squirrel runs across the road and my uncle swerves toward the squirrel, laughing hysterically and yelling, "Run rodent run." FML
Today, for the first time ever, while I was driving I ran over a squirrel. It was in front of three little girls at their lemonade stand. FML
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pooldude 24
should have picked it up carefully and carried it to safety before using Google
HappyItalian 38
I would've at least tried to take care of it the best I could and bring it to a safe place first before googling what to do next. Animals won't wait for you forever, you know.
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Comments (51)
RinoaHeartilly 36
It was a squirrel. In nature. It belonged there and you didn't need to rescue it. This was totally your fault.
XDemetriX 3
Sooo "pavement" in your mind means "nature"?
EbyKat 16
I managed to save one last week if that makes you feel any better. :/
ApplePie1994 27
Ah, nuts!
ChadHelton 8
googling first was the right thing.. for your own safety, like any diseases they may carry.
jaywild90 1
Mother birds don't actually reject their babies because of smell. This is a myth. I work at a wildlife rescue, and we receive hundreds of 'orphan' birds that have been kidnapped. Birds are actually known to feed anything with a mouth in their nest, that's why parasitic nesters like the cowbird can lay their eggs in another bird's nest and split.
jaywild90 1
Mammals, on the other hand, have a great sense of smell and will sometimes reject their young if they smell like a predator. A great way to mask your smell on the baby is to rub an apple core or grass clippings on it, and only handle them with thick gloves such as gardening gloves to protect yourself from any bites or scratches.
toyhenoctus 16
My roommate and I found one last year in the rain. Poor thing was so weak it couldn't even open its eyes and his nose was bleeding. We just scooped him up in a grocery bag, carried him out of the rain to the animal hospital down the street but it was closed closed, so we took him home and called animal control. Little guy got picked up and made it out okay
Ferry043 8
I'd rather say F the squirrel's life
Alamo_Hero 0
this generation relies too much on technology, sometimes you need to just experience life, and save that squirrel without needing to google how to do it
Sansational_ 18
who can say where the road goes