Was talking about this with my partner while on a hike, they think they couldn’t take ni more than 8 While I said I thought i could take at least 30. No weapons, just you and the squirrels.

  • toomanypancakes
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    4 months ago

    I could probably take down two, but when the third enters the picture I’m toast

    I checked with hubs too and he thinks he could handle forty while wearing jeans and good boots

  • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    74 months ago

    While I’m pretty good with animals, I think I could only convince maybe two of them to come with me in a fight to the death. But I think that’d be enough of a surprise against the other guy.

  • @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    384 months ago

    Everyone who thinks they could take a huge number of squirrels should consider what the jaws of a squirrel look like, how they were made for cracking open hard nuts, and what they could do to you if even one had it in its head to really hurt you:

    I don’t think I could take more than a couple at a time, even if they weren’t coordinated in any way.

  • CrimeDadA
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    84 months ago

    Maybe two. They are fast and bite really hard.

  • @potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id
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    144 months ago

    Do infections count as a loss? If I get an infection from one and die, does that mean I couldn’t take them on? Also, is it one at a time or all of them coming at me.

  • There are details missing in this question that matter tremendously. Squirrels are faster and more agile than us. If they are well coordinated, and behave optimally to win (without concern to their individual survival, only the group’s success), I think it would take only a small number of squirrels to brutally murder most people, something like 5. I think their best strategy would be to go for the eyes first, then inflict bleeding injuries and escape again before the person can react. Without tools, and without backup, this approach wouldn’t take long to wear down most people.

    If the squirrels don’t care about their own survival, but make straightforward attacks, I’d think closer to 10-20. The person’s injuries will still compound quickly, but once thet have a grip of a squirrel, it wouldn’t be especially hard to lethally injure.

    If the squirrels still behave like squirrels, and are instead attacking because (for example), they are starving, then the number probably doesn’t matter much, as they’re more likely to go after each other, and the person would have the opportunity to plan and ambush small groups at a time.

    • @eezeebee@lemmy.ca
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      44 months ago

      The person’s injuries will still compound quickly, but once thet have a grip of a squirrel, it wouldn’t be especially hard to lethally injure.

      Personally I wouldn’t plan on gripping them at all. That’s asking for a bite. Unless you plan to just trade hits with them until you win? I’m thinking more of a stomping/kicking/striking strategy to do some crowd control and try to keep them off as much as possible.

    • Einar
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      94 months ago

      I am not sure whether I should be impressed or concerned by this amount of thought, detail and analysis.

      Anything you’re not telling us?