Bzzzzt. Wrong: http://thegazette.com/2009/08/11/iowa-city-police-issue-warning-after-rabid-squirrel-bites-person/ One of many stories I found quite easily...
Nice try, but the claim wasn’t that squirrels can’t be rabid. I said that squirrels have never been known to transmit rabies to humans.
Raccoons, dogs, coyotes and cats have all been known to transmit rabies to humans, but I still have never heard of a squirrel transmitting it.
Really? Could you share them? I searched and found several sites that said only two cases of rabies transmitted by squirrels have ever been recorded in the U.S. The CDC lists all diseases associated with squirrels and rabies isn't on it.
Thanks for that. I looked and also found info suggesting there had not been any cases. I would still call it rare, but I would always err on the side of caution since mammals can all carry it, and having lived in a country where it was common when I was a child, I am maybe overly cautious.