If you haven't already seen some of the wildlife running around campus, I highly recommend that you put your phone down for a second, stop playing Pokemon Go, and watch the mystical Lehigh squirrel at work!

For those who aren't aware, Lehigh squirrels are a really big deal here. We were ranked by Huffington Post as the third most squirrel obsessed college, and with good reason. We hold our squirrels as sacred here at Lehigh - they are a very particular breed and subspecies of squirrel, unlike any other. Our squirrels are so complex in their behavior that they cannot be understood by mere human logic. No, you're playing with a completely different ball game when you come into contact with these creatures. They may look cute on the outside, but behind that soft, fluffy exterior lies a calculating, brilliant mind that Asa Packer would have loved as a pupil.

I've observed some of these creatures and their behavior in a knowingly futile attempt to understand them. Here are some of the, uh, more interesting instances of squirrel behavior.

1. Playing "Whack a Mole" in Trash Cans

Where there's food, there's trash, and where there's trash, there's wildlife. Instead of going to church or doing housework, everyone's favorite species of rodent spends its weekend foraging from trash cans. It comes as no surprise, then, that some squirrels manage to get stuck in the cans and wait for unprepared first years to wander by. When they sense their victim approaching, they spring up, shocking the freshman with their wonder and awe.

2. Falling Out of Trees

You'd think that an animal that spends its entire life going back and forth between tree and earth would be able to know what branches will break if stepped on. Apparently, that's not the case for some of our squirrels here at Lehigh. I can recall twice that I've seen squirrels break branches and fall out of trees, and I can assure you that they weren't suffering from a hangover that day. Well, at least I hope they weren't...

3. Drinking

Why am I not surprised? For those who don't know (or aren't well-affiliated with Lehigh squirrel culture), Greek life and parties are huge at Lehigh (we were actually ranked as the fourth best party school in the nation). But hey, being a squirrel is hard work, and I can't say that I blame them. It's important to be able to relax every so often. It must be really stressful being chased by the younger brothers and sisters of potential students (not to mention the pets people bring with them).

4. Throwing Acorns at Students

Ready, aim, fire!!!

There was one day that I was walking to Rathbone with my roommate, and we were bombarded on our way out of our dorm with a barrage of acorns. We ran, trying to escape it, but there were too many of them. We just couldn't escape it. They wanted us, and they wanted us to trip, fall, and make fools of ourselves.

Apparently we're not the only ones to have this happen to us, as this has been doing on for at least four years now. They don't seem to show any signs of stopping. Perhaps it's territoriality, perhaps it's their way of showing dominance. Regardless, mere humans can never understand the true motivations of the Lehigh squirrel.

5. Tweeting

Yes, I'm not making this up. There's actually a Lehigh Squirrel twitter account, and although it's been inactive as of late, it's totally worth checking out!

Have you seen squirrels acting strangely at your college? What's the craziest thing you've seen them do? Leave your feedback in the comments below!