They Might As Well Be House Pets

So I am strolling through campus today, and I notice something that has become more and more prevalent in my mind: Campus squirrels are borderline tame animals. They are halfway between the wild and humane. I was walking down the sidewalk this morning and one was practically walking down the sidewalk with me. Just strolling along as if we were old friends. Then, after my class, I was walking to the bus to get to my car and one meandered out in front of me about two steps quicker than a snail would. It was like I wasn't even there.

Is this a trend? Have squirrels on college campuses become part of a different environment? I know if I so much as open my back door at home the squirrels go running in all different directions. I seriously think I can pet these squirrels. The old myth was that animals were cool with humans for about a day or two and then we began to hunt and eat them and now they are affraid of us. Well, I don't think there are any college kids hunting squirrels, so if that myth is true, it has dissapeared in the squirrel population over the years at Mizzou.

I think if I applied myself to a little over half of my capabilities I could capture one of these squirrels and make him my house pet. I'd call him Samurai, because that would be a badass squirrel.