--- title: Photo Evidence Why You Shouldn't Take Selfies With Squirrels description: "Went in for the selfie, got a rabies shot." canonical: https://time.com/79206/selfie-squirrel-disaster/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-28T15:45:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:10.621Z og:title: Here's Why You Shouldn't Take a Selfie With a Squirrel og:description: In case you didn't know that already og:url: https://time.com/79206/selfie-squirrel-disaster/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Why You Shouldn't Take a Selfie With a Squirrel twitter:description: In case you didn't know that already twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # In Case You Needed A Reason Not To Take A Selfie With A Squirrel by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 28, 2014 3:45 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 28, 2014 3:45 PM UTC Humans [will spend $15k on reconstructive surgery to look better in selfies](http://www.cnet.com/news/woman-gets-15k-of-plastic-surgery-to-look-better-in-selfies/). Squirrels, on the other hand, believe selfies are basic and will attack anyone who thinks otherwise. [Photo evidence](http://imgur.com/m8kz7KR) below: According to the guy who documented this interaction on Imgur, he “went in for the selfie, got a rabies shot.” ([h/t: UpRoxx](http://uproxx.com/webculture/2014/04/this-is-why-you-should-never-try-to-take-selfies-with-squirrels/)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/79206/selfie-squirrel-disaster/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/79206/selfie-squirrel-disaster/"},"headline":"In Case You Needed A Reason Not To Take A Selfie With A Squirrel","datePublished":"2014-04-28T15:45:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:10.621Z","description":"\"Went in for the selfie, got a rabies shot\"","url":"https://time.com/79206/selfie-squirrel-disaster/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Internet","viral","selfie"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/79206/selfie-squirrel-disaster/","name":"In Case You Needed A Reason Not To Take A Selfie With A Squirrel"}}]}] ```