I think these lil critters are cute. Thinking back to Chip & Dale, how much I liked the cartoon show. We don't have any in my area, but there were some at the rented cabin in Maggie Valley. My lil dog would chase them all the time and never figure out why they run into holes in the ground and not up a tree like a squirrel. The owner of the cabins hated them for having holes in the yard & munching on her flowers & tearing up her flower beds. Then the elk were jumping the fence to eat her flowers too. She had the fence made higher just to keep them out.