Sciurophobia…what….?????
Sciurophobia. Fear of squirrels. I thought that was so weird when I first heard it, but the more I thought about it the less weird it seemed. People have fears of dogs, mice, snakes…all sorts of stuff, so I guess it’s not that strange at all. I have to admit, once in a while when I’m sitting on my deck and I start to realize how many squirrels are running around at the edge of the yard where the woods meet the grass, it can kind of freak me out.
When I was trapping the squirrels to try and get a handle on their presence in my yard I would look at them in the live trap and think they were really sort of rodent-looking. Their tails are fluffy, but when you look up close it looks like a rat tail with a bunch of hair stuck on in. Gave me the willies for a bit.
