Getting a squirrel to come up to you
I was hanging out on campus in-between my classes today and I saw a squirrel just chillin' near me on the paved walkway. I have heard squirrels make that clicking noise to each other when they communicate about who knows what, so I thought I'd make my best version of that clicking noise and see what the squirrel did. I knew that this had never worked for me before, but hey, it was worth a shot.
I clicked at the squirrel and immediately got his attention. There weren't too many people around so he jumped down from his low perch on the tree trunk he had been clingin' to and made short but swift movements towards me. I kept walking slowly to see what he would do, and he followed me as I continued to make that sound. Finally, I stopped to see if he would come up to me. He came within a couple feet of me and looked at me, he would have came a bit closer, but he saw the other people coming and decided to high-tail it off the main path and off to the side.
After the people passed, I decided to go back and see if I could get the squirrel to come to me again, this time, I had some bread that I wanted to see if he would eat. I sat down on a cement bench near where he was and clicked at him again, after a minute or two, he was close to me once again, and I tossed a small piece of bread at him, which he seemed to like immensely. After he finished it, I held out another piece for him and tried to get him to come and get it out of my hand. Again, after some patience, he did come over and take it cautiously from my extended fingertips. :)
This moment made my day :) It was AWESOME
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