SMU Wildlife

Ever since my freshman year here at SMU, I have always found one thing very strange about our campus--the unusual animals. 

1. The SQUIRRELS!!!--> What is up with the squirrels in Dallas? They are not afraid of people in the slightest and will come within a couple inches of someone before either slowly

 hopping away or sometimes having the AUDACITY to not even move! I do not know if I stand alone in this opinion, BUT, these little rodents scare the s#@! out of me. Last week, I was napping in my bed (which has a window right next to it), I woke up from a fabulous nap... only to turn to my side (the window side) and be FACE-TO-FACE WITH A SQUIRREL! The PSYCHO SQUIRREL was like watching me sleep! I thought they were supposed to be afraid of eye-contact and humans!

2. The Cats--> How are there so many stray cats on our campus? Most of them can be found on the northernly parts of campus (i.e. Cox, and sorority row). I have probably seen over a dozen who hang around SMU regularly. One cat in particular (an all black one), loves the sorority houses. In the mornings, I usually see him right outside the door of the Panhellenic House, and other DGs have told me he sometimes frequents their bedrooms at the Delta Gamma House ( I'm sure it has nothing to do with them leaving saucers of milk outside to lure him in). Do these felines belong to someone? Is there a small Highland Park child who is missing their pet? Who is that lady who feeds them around Cox? These are all questions I have always wondered about the stray cats roaming campus.

3. The Opossums?? --> Hands down, the most shocking, scary and repulsive of all SMU wildlife, I have seen opossums cruisin' the streets of SMU on numerous occasions, IN THE BROAD DAY LIGHT. I strongly dislike these creatures and even contemplated not posting a picture of one based on their sheer creepiness, however, I wanted all of 

you to experience just how frightening looking they are if you have not already witnessed one at SMU yet. I do not know why they are here, but I think they are probably the most dangerous of all SMU wildlife, so be careful out there!!!