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.
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.
Probably just one
Depends how well trained/organised they are, I suppose?
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
My God, I hope I never find out
I LOVE the amount of energy people put into their responses.
Zero. I call my husband the squirrel whisperer. He makes a sound that draws the squirrels to him. If we’re in a park and he sits down, i have to walk away - within a few minutes a dozen squirrels will start creeping him and it’s terrifying!
As someone with mobility problems, honestly. I think one could finish me.
All of them. I think that I could take all of them.
Lie on the ground, tuck head into arms protect face and vitals, aggressively log roll back and forth.
Takes away their extreme agility advantage and uses my mass as a weapon… I think 100 would probably be a pretty fair number.
2, but only if they’re thinking of divorcing each other.
You said no weapons, but no mention of armor.
Wrap me in some chain mail or kevlar or whatever, and set me loose. I will rain down an ungodly firestorm upon any number of squirrels. They’re gonna have to call the United Nations and get a binding resolution to keep me from destroying them. I will massacre them. I will fuck them up.
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If you got nuts, just one is enough to end your wild dreams prematurely.
