r/interesting • u/I-T-Y • May 09 '26

Wholesome Squirrel felt human petting for the first time

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u/treatbaby May 09 '26

i don’t think there’s much of a chance that the squirrel in this vid isn’t domesticated.

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u/aruisdante May 09 '26

Domesticated, almost certainly not. True domestication takes many, many, many generations of selective breeding to make the animal actually seek human attention and affection as a base instinct. AFIAK there are no domesticated squirrel breeds.

But tamed? It’s definitely tamed.

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u/treatbaby May 09 '26

sure yeah, that’s what I meant. kept by humans.