California ground squirrels engage in 'shocking' carnivorous activity

 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/18/california-ground-squirrel-carnivore-video/77074585007/

This seems like its almost from a Sci-Fi story.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/squirrels-are-displaying-widespread-carnivorous-behavior-for-the-first-time-in-a-california-park-new-study-finds-180985707/

Hopefully, they will never get as big as cars and as ferocious as tigers.

https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/carnivorous-feeding-squirrels-documented-california

They just seem to be interested in eating smaller rodents, just like rats will occasionally eat mice.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/science/california-squirrels-carnivorous-eating-voles/index.html

Are people next? Not likely, but that is part of a Sci-Fi story.

https://people.com/new-evidence-reveals-california-squirrels-are-carnivorous-8763694