September 25, 2025 • 5 mins
Squirrels are attacking in California! Find out why, and also, are they getting bigger?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We got a wayback machine coming up in four at
(00:03):
four o'clock here in about fifteen minutes. What happened back
in the day when ABC decided to show bare Ass.
We'll get into that. We have Colt tickets to give away.
You're gonna need the iHeart apt for that. But right
now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Welcome the wild Life Blues.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
The wild Life.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
News, not local news. This is ABC National News, ABC
World News doing a report on a squirrel in California.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Warning of an attack squirrel or up in parts of
San Rafel, California, that is north of San Francisco. They
were posted after at least five people were attacked. Victims
say the squirrel came out of nowhere. Look at those wounds,
and they say those wounds sent several people to the hospital.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
This clumped onto my leg and was just hanging on
his tail, was flying up here, you know, and I
was like, get off me, get off me, and I
kind of didn't want to touch it.
Speaker 5 (00:58):
The squirrel went to the floor. I'm from the floor,
try to jump to my face.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Squirrels are unlikely.
Speaker 6 (01:04):
To carry squirrel What accent was that, doctor Ruth, I
thought you had switched to an Ai du.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Yeah, get off me, and I kind of didn't want
to touch it.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
The squirrel went to the floor. I'm from the floor.
Try to jump to my face.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Squirrels are unlikely to carry squirrels.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
World newsguy, World News anchor, You cannot laugh at that.
That sounds like that sounds like an Eastern European immigrant
from sixty years ago. Girl, that voice is crazy.
Speaker 5 (01:37):
The squirrel went to the floor. I'm from the floor.
Try to jump to my face.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Squirrels are unlikely to carry Squirrels are unlikely to carry rabies.
Experts say the aggressive behavior is likely the result of
a squirrel being fed and cared for.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Okay, so I'm stopping it here to prepare you. Is
this good a good way? Is this good energy to
in this conversation from World newsable.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
By humans when it was young. So you have somebody
thinking they're doing something good for the squirrel. Don't feed
the squirrel, and later on in life, the squirrels like
attacking flying hang it on your arm.
Speaker 6 (02:10):
You can't get it off, no.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Terrifying, shake it off or anything.
Speaker 7 (02:13):
All right, don't feed the squirrel.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
No, okay, it's weird, real quick.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
It did.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Peter up. What do you guys think about squirrels? What
I'm assuming these are flying squirrels.
Speaker 6 (02:28):
No, no, they don't fly squirrel There are flying squirrels.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, this was not a flying squirrel.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
You don't know that.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
They would have said it's a flying squirrel.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
No, no, we weren't doing a good job reporting any
of that. And then that one lady said it tried
to jump from the floor to her face. That sounds
like a flight.
Speaker 8 (02:44):
I I you know, I you you stumble across comedians
talking about squirrels every once in a while, and it's
it's true. The idea that squirrels like uh oh, and
I guess it was an inglorious bastards to this idea
that the difference between a rat and a squirrel, Right, Like,
rats have this horrible, horrible, horrible reputation and you're you
(03:07):
just want to murder them on site. But squirrels, just
because they have a fluffy tail, they get the benefit
of the doubt. It's like it's a more attractive rodent,
so we give it favorable treatment.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
You're right, rats have bottom five tails. Yeah, Like that
thing is hairless, it's slimy, it ends at a point,
it's too long. That is the biggest drawback to rat ownership.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
But what've been saying?
Speaker 6 (03:32):
We do that with people. Yes, yeah, because she's hot,
she gets preferential treatment.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
You bet your ash, Yeah, which I'm fine with. Come on, dude,
have you all knowed squirrels are getting a little bigger?
Speaker 6 (03:43):
Oh huh?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Have you all noticed them getting bigger?
Speaker 1 (03:47):
I haven't even give them the floor.
Speaker 8 (03:50):
I've been here.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
I've been noticing the squirrels and the birds, like the crows,
the blackbirds are larger than they were growing up. And
you think would be different because when you're little, things
are bigger, and then when you're big, things are smaller.
I've noticed lately like they're putting on weight. Maybe they're
eating like some processed you know, roadkill and process pecans.
Speaker 7 (04:12):
And okay, the crows are bigger, But also so I
go to a I walk in a park nearby, and
the ducks are huge. And people don't need to feed
those ducks or geese either because they will start attacking
you as well.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
And it's terrifying. People are just feeding.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
Stop feeding animals.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I haven't. I haven't noticed any change in any of
the creatures you guys mentioned in the last minute. Have
I haven't even noticed those creatures?
Speaker 7 (04:35):
When's the last time you saw one? Do you walk
around outside? No?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
I do in the morning, are you guys?
Speaker 8 (04:43):
Is this a parody of the frogs things?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Maybe a little bit.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
They are huge, though, I can tell Christina was inspired
by Kevin's words. This was not planned out.
Speaker 7 (04:54):
When I heard the squirrel attacking because people were feeding,
I thought immediately back to the geese in the park,
because they'll honk get you, and it's terrifying because they
want food.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
From you, don't.
Speaker 8 (05:03):
I just want the same edit energy brought to this
as to what I've endured for many years.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Oh let's talk about that ass on ABC?
Speaker 8 (05:14):
Shall we?
Speaker 5 (05:14):
All right?
Speaker 8 (05:15):
Coming up next, we crank up the wayback machine. What
about that time they showed bear buttocks on network television?
We'll discuss next
We got a wayback machine coming up in four at
(00:03):
four o'clock here in about fifteen minutes. What happened back
in the day when ABC decided to show bare Ass.
We'll get into that. We have Colt tickets to give away.
You're gonna need the iHeart apt for that. But right
now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Welcome the wild Life Blues.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
The wild Life.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
News, not local news. This is ABC National News, ABC
World News doing a report on a squirrel in California.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Warning of an attack squirrel or up in parts of
San Rafel, California, that is north of San Francisco. They
were posted after at least five people were attacked. Victims
say the squirrel came out of nowhere. Look at those wounds,
and they say those wounds sent several people to the hospital.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
This clumped onto my leg and was just hanging on
his tail, was flying up here, you know, and I
was like, get off me, get off me, and I
kind of didn't want to touch it.
Speaker 5 (00:58):
The squirrel went to the floor. I'm from the floor,
try to jump to my face.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Squirrels are unlikely.
Speaker 6 (01:04):
To carry squirrel What accent was that, doctor Ruth, I
thought you had switched to an Ai du.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Yeah, get off me, and I kind of didn't want
to touch it.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
The squirrel went to the floor. I'm from the floor.
Try to jump to my face.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Squirrels are unlikely to carry squirrels.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
World newsguy, World News anchor, You cannot laugh at that.
That sounds like that sounds like an Eastern European immigrant
from sixty years ago. Girl, that voice is crazy.
Speaker 5 (01:37):
The squirrel went to the floor. I'm from the floor.
Try to jump to my face.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Squirrels are unlikely to carry Squirrels are unlikely to carry rabies.
Experts say the aggressive behavior is likely the result of
a squirrel being fed and cared for.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Okay, so I'm stopping it here to prepare you. Is
this good a good way? Is this good energy to
in this conversation from World newsable.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
By humans when it was young. So you have somebody
thinking they're doing something good for the squirrel. Don't feed
the squirrel, and later on in life, the squirrels like
attacking flying hang it on your arm.
Speaker 6 (02:10):
You can't get it off, no.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Terrifying, shake it off or anything.
Speaker 7 (02:13):
All right, don't feed the squirrel.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
No, okay, it's weird, real quick.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
It did.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Peter up. What do you guys think about squirrels? What
I'm assuming these are flying squirrels.
Speaker 6 (02:28):
No, no, they don't fly squirrel There are flying squirrels.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, this was not a flying squirrel.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
You don't know that.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
They would have said it's a flying squirrel.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
No, no, we weren't doing a good job reporting any
of that. And then that one lady said it tried
to jump from the floor to her face. That sounds
like a flight.
Speaker 8 (02:44):
I I you know, I you you stumble across comedians
talking about squirrels every once in a while, and it's
it's true. The idea that squirrels like uh oh, and
I guess it was an inglorious bastards to this idea
that the difference between a rat and a squirrel, Right, Like,
rats have this horrible, horrible, horrible reputation and you're you
(03:07):
just want to murder them on site. But squirrels, just
because they have a fluffy tail, they get the benefit
of the doubt. It's like it's a more attractive rodent,
so we give it favorable treatment.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
You're right, rats have bottom five tails. Yeah, Like that
thing is hairless, it's slimy, it ends at a point,
it's too long. That is the biggest drawback to rat ownership.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
But what've been saying?
Speaker 6 (03:32):
We do that with people. Yes, yeah, because she's hot,
she gets preferential treatment.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
You bet your ash, Yeah, which I'm fine with. Come on, dude,
have you all knowed squirrels are getting a little bigger?
Speaker 6 (03:43):
Oh huh?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Have you all noticed them getting bigger?
Speaker 1 (03:47):
I haven't even give them the floor.
Speaker 8 (03:50):
I've been here.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
I've been noticing the squirrels and the birds, like the crows,
the blackbirds are larger than they were growing up. And
you think would be different because when you're little, things
are bigger, and then when you're big, things are smaller.
I've noticed lately like they're putting on weight. Maybe they're
eating like some processed you know, roadkill and process pecans.
Speaker 7 (04:12):
And okay, the crows are bigger, But also so I
go to a I walk in a park nearby, and
the ducks are huge. And people don't need to feed
those ducks or geese either because they will start attacking
you as well.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
And it's terrifying. People are just feeding.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
Stop feeding animals.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I haven't. I haven't noticed any change in any of
the creatures you guys mentioned in the last minute. Have
I haven't even noticed those creatures?
Speaker 7 (04:35):
When's the last time you saw one? Do you walk
around outside? No?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
I do in the morning, are you guys?
Speaker 8 (04:43):
Is this a parody of the frogs things?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Maybe a little bit.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
They are huge, though, I can tell Christina was inspired
by Kevin's words. This was not planned out.
Speaker 7 (04:54):
When I heard the squirrel attacking because people were feeding,
I thought immediately back to the geese in the park,
because they'll honk get you, and it's terrifying because they
want food.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
From you, don't.
Speaker 8 (05:03):
I just want the same edit energy brought to this
as to what I've endured for many years.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Oh let's talk about that ass on ABC?
Speaker 8 (05:14):
Shall we?
Speaker 5 (05:14):
All right?
Speaker 8 (05:15):
Coming up next, we crank up the wayback machine. What
about that time they showed bear buttocks on network television?
We'll discuss next
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