Maybe they are just obsessed with TikTok or Instagram photos
I would say they are uncommon in cities except in North America and the UK. And the ones you see in London are American immigrants.
we eat them in Louisiana, USA
They are uncommon in southern Europe, especially in cities are non-existent.
As a tourist who was excited about the squirrels: I’m equally excited when I see one at home but since they are pretty much wild animals you rarely get to see one. You definitely don’t get to see one up close or for more than a flash of a second as they run up the tree out of view.
(Home is the Netherlands (not Amsterdam, so no massive parks near me).
Edited to add: I was excited to see them, the photography/whatever in this picture idk, maybe they want to show their family at home? Maybe they also get excited about squirrels (mine would).
Not very/at all common in the tropics.
The ones in St James’s Park are particularly used to people so you can get pretty close to them, which in the age of documenting everything provides good photo ops.
Because they are cheeky friendly sweet little buggers. Any more questions? (And please let’s stay off the “they killed off all the red squirrels” thing).
In all fairness I get excited about them when they’re being bold and brave and I’m local haha
No
Black, grey, and red squirrels are very common here in Canada.
Because they’re cute? Even I like seeing squirrels and I’m dead inside.
They are very common in Colombia, where I am from but they’re nowhere near as friendly as here.
The squirrels you have are massive as compared to what i have seen in india.
I’m from here and obsessed with them.
Hmm they’re not uncommon in South Asia even in cities but our squirrels are tiny and shy and these ones are huge and friendly so we get excited hehe
The bloody squirrels themselves are tourists, unless you’re in Wales or Scotland.
I get excited every time I see a squirrel and fox in London tbh. I’ve lived here for over 4 years.
I use to love seeing squirrels until I got my dachshund, who turns feral when she sees one
I live in London and I love seeing squirrels. The other day I was cycling and a squirrel ran across the road using the zebra crossing (yes, I know it doesn’t know what a zebra crossing is) but it was still so cute
I’ve only ever seen red squirrels where I’m from so the ones in the UK fascinate me
Because tourists (and terminally online reddit neckbeards, as you can see on this thread) tend to be infantile…
At least here in my country (Argentina) they’re not common. In fact, first time I saw a squirrel for real was in London, right next to St. Paul Cathedral.
There was some kind of memorial, I don’t remember. I was walking by and I saw a little squirrel. Cute AF.
Apparently they have hamsters in Vienna, perhaps it’s time for us to introduce them
I live in The Netherlands, pretty close to the German border. Red squirrels are common here but you don’t see grey squirrels. Tourists who come here from the South-West coastal area of this country are surprised by the number of squirrels here because they hardly ever see them at home.
They are not so friendly, you know. And not so obsessed with ordinary peanuts 🙂🙂❤️
Some of them in central London are really overfed. Squirrels aren’t great at regulating their appetite and naturally lose weight in winter but with all the tourists around they never have any lean periods and so get quite, um, cuddly.
The same reason brits holidaying in Australia would take pictures of a kangaroo, I guess.
You’re walking from point A to B, nothing else to do.
Hey what’s that thing you’re not familiar with.
Why not take a photo?
It’s unusual for them as any other local flora and fauna is for us when we’re in the tropics.
So maybe just leave them be?
They’re cute. I also get super excited whenever I see foxes. I come from Rome and am only used to seeing wild boars roaming freely.
As an American who lives in London half the year I’m obsessed because they’re a different color than I’m used to.
And they’re friendly. For some reason the Squirrels at Hyde Park are both nutty (pun intended) and friendly. Meaning they’re climb on you, and eat from your hand. American Squirrels don’t play that shit. They’re professional side eye-ers. They don’t trust anyone and will snatch, grab, and go. British squirrels thug it out and go with the flow.
There are funny innit ? These little tree-rats.
Don’t have em in NZ
They don’t exist in NZ.
Probably not as friendly. These literally come up to you and eat nuts out of your hand.
As a tourist, yes they’re not as common. Plus they’re cute and friendly and get so happy when you feed them.
As an Italian I’d never seen one before coming to London
Been in London for 7 years or so, still love feeding them, white bellies
My cat is very common in my home, but that does not stop me from taking 500 pictures of him every day.
Because we are and no they’re not. 🥹🥹
0 squirrels where I came from and I was so excited about them when I got to the U.K. My housemates training a squirrel to come in the window, sit on their lap and eat from their hands was a high point of my life.
Red squirrels are shy creatures of forrest that avoid contact with humans. Grey squirrels especially in the cities and parks are more like a pests that co-exist with people and take advantage. So it may be surprise for most of the tourists to get very close to the squirrel for a first time.
Because they’re cute little rats with better PR.
It’s no different in Central Park, NYC.
We only have red squirrels here and they run away when they see you
Not common in Italy (in fact I’ve never seen one before I went to London) so everyone gets excited when they see one.
Yeah my partner’s from Latvia, they have squirrels but only red ones and they’re nowhere near as common, she gets very excited when she sees them.
I used to think it was bit silly when they’re so common but I’ve come around. They jump so gracefully from tree to tree and your life will improve massively if you get excited about squirrels too!
Rats with bushy tails
Where I’m from there’s pretty much no wildlife at all. Plus squirrels in St James’s Park are kind of trained to like people, one even climbed onto my leg.
Because it’s the only wild life this cold country seems to have
Well they do, but other countries’ squirrels do NOT have those rad Brit accents, sadly..
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Maybe they are just obsessed with TikTok or Instagram photos
I would say they are uncommon in cities except in North America and the UK. And the ones you see in London are American immigrants.
we eat them in Louisiana, USA
They are uncommon in southern Europe, especially in cities are non-existent.
As a tourist who was excited about the squirrels: I’m equally excited when I see one at home but since they are pretty much wild animals you rarely get to see one. You definitely don’t get to see one up close or for more than a flash of a second as they run up the tree out of view.
(Home is the Netherlands (not Amsterdam, so no massive parks near me).
Edited to add: I was excited to see them, the photography/whatever in this picture idk, maybe they want to show their family at home? Maybe they also get excited about squirrels (mine would).
Not very/at all common in the tropics.
The ones in St James’s Park are particularly used to people so you can get pretty close to them, which in the age of documenting everything provides good photo ops.
Because they are cheeky friendly sweet little buggers. Any more questions? (And please let’s stay off the “they killed off all the red squirrels” thing).
In all fairness I get excited about them when they’re being bold and brave and I’m local haha
No
Black, grey, and red squirrels are very common here in Canada.
Because they’re cute? Even I like seeing squirrels and I’m dead inside.
They are very common in Colombia, where I am from but they’re nowhere near as friendly as here.
The squirrels you have are massive as compared to what i have seen in india.
I’m from here and obsessed with them.
Hmm they’re not uncommon in South Asia even in cities but our squirrels are tiny and shy and these ones are huge and friendly so we get excited hehe
The bloody squirrels themselves are tourists, unless you’re in Wales or Scotland.
I get excited every time I see a squirrel and fox in London tbh. I’ve lived here for over 4 years.
I use to love seeing squirrels until I got my dachshund, who turns feral when she sees one
I live in London and I love seeing squirrels. The other day I was cycling and a squirrel ran across the road using the zebra crossing (yes, I know it doesn’t know what a zebra crossing is) but it was still so cute
I’ve only ever seen red squirrels where I’m from so the ones in the UK fascinate me
Because tourists (and terminally online reddit neckbeards, as you can see on this thread) tend to be infantile…
At least here in my country (Argentina) they’re not common. In fact, first time I saw a squirrel for real was in London, right next to St. Paul Cathedral.
There was some kind of memorial, I don’t remember. I was walking by and I saw a little squirrel. Cute AF.
Apparently they have hamsters in Vienna, perhaps it’s time for us to introduce them
I live in The Netherlands, pretty close to the German border. Red squirrels are common here but you don’t see grey squirrels. Tourists who come here from the South-West coastal area of this country are surprised by the number of squirrels here because they hardly ever see them at home.
They are not so friendly, you know. And not so obsessed with ordinary peanuts 🙂🙂❤️
Some of them in central London are really overfed. Squirrels aren’t great at regulating their appetite and naturally lose weight in winter but with all the tourists around they never have any lean periods and so get quite, um, cuddly.
The same reason brits holidaying in Australia would take pictures of a kangaroo, I guess.
You’re walking from point A to B, nothing else to do.
Hey what’s that thing you’re not familiar with.
Why not take a photo?
It’s unusual for them as any other local flora and fauna is for us when we’re in the tropics.
So maybe just leave them be?
They’re cute. I also get super excited whenever I see foxes. I come from Rome and am only used to seeing wild boars roaming freely.
As an American who lives in London half the year I’m obsessed because they’re a different color than I’m used to.
And they’re friendly. For some reason the Squirrels at Hyde Park are both nutty (pun intended) and friendly. Meaning they’re climb on you, and eat from your hand. American Squirrels don’t play that shit. They’re professional side eye-ers. They don’t trust anyone and will snatch, grab, and go. British squirrels thug it out and go with the flow.
There are funny innit ? These little tree-rats.
Don’t have em in NZ
They don’t exist in NZ.
Probably not as friendly. These literally come up to you and eat nuts out of your hand.
As a tourist, yes they’re not as common. Plus they’re cute and friendly and get so happy when you feed them.
As an Italian I’d never seen one before coming to London
Been in London for 7 years or so, still love feeding them, white bellies
My cat is very common in my home, but that does not stop me from taking 500 pictures of him every day.
Because we are and no they’re not. 🥹🥹
0 squirrels where I came from and I was so excited about them when I got to the U.K. My housemates training a squirrel to come in the window, sit on their lap and eat from their hands was a high point of my life.
Grey squirrels are invasive spiecies from America. They pushed population of [red squirrels](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/11fihbi/red_and_gray_squirrel_distributions_in_europe/) near to extinction in the UK.
Red squirrels are shy creatures of forrest that avoid contact with humans. Grey squirrels especially in the cities and parks are more like a pests that co-exist with people and take advantage. So it may be surprise for most of the tourists to get very close to the squirrel for a first time.
Because they’re cute little rats with better PR.
It’s no different in Central Park, NYC.
We only have red squirrels here and they run away when they see you
Not common in Italy (in fact I’ve never seen one before I went to London) so everyone gets excited when they see one.
Yeah my partner’s from Latvia, they have squirrels but only red ones and they’re nowhere near as common, she gets very excited when she sees them.
I used to think it was bit silly when they’re so common but I’ve come around. They jump so gracefully from tree to tree and your life will improve massively if you get excited about squirrels too!
Rats with bushy tails
Where I’m from there’s pretty much no wildlife at all. Plus squirrels in St James’s Park are kind of trained to like people, one even climbed onto my leg.
Because it’s the only wild life this cold country seems to have
Well they do, but other countries’ squirrels do NOT have those rad Brit accents, sadly..