Snakeses attempting to dungeonize you and furry marmots building dams and gnawing sticks can do that to you. I hear if you try to pet them, they go berserk and get all over you.
Part of my strategy to get them into the water...........
Only squirrels go berserk when you pet them. I’m a lot more afraid of a cute li’l squirrel than I am a shark. :P