The selfie that drove this squirrel nuts: Hilarious moment camera-shy creature ATTACKED man who tried to pose with it for a photo

A photographer wound up viciously attacked by a squirrel after he tried to take a selfie with a furry animal.



The unnamed photographer posted pics of the encounter to Reddit, showing how he went from smiling with what he thought was a woodland friend to running away with the bushy-tailed clinging to his back.



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He was immediately attacked by the squirrel and ran away as it clung to his back and scurried under his shirt as his mother 'collapsed laughing'

The unidentified Redditor wrote that it happened while walking in Tampa, Florida.



In an interview with BuzzFeed, the photographer said that at first he was shocked at how friendly the squirrel was.



'I approached it making a clicking noise with my tongue; phone drawn,' he said. 'When I got close enough, the squirrel actually tried grabbing my phone. I shook it off, then snapped this photo.'

But the bond didn't last long.



'Next thing I knew, the squirrel was on my shoulder, then under my shirt, and then hanging off my back!' he said.'This photo is courtesy of my mom, who collapsed laughing shortly after.'

Though he titled his post, 'Went in for the selfie, got a rabies shot,' the photographer told Buzzfeed no rabies shot was actually necessary.





