Yikes, Tahoe chipmunks are very friendly. They’ll come sit on your knee and take peanuts out of your hand. I’ve fed them that way myself, about 30 years ago. Then I heard about a bubonic plague scare in the Tahoe area that was going around back then. Never again!
“ Tahoe chipmunks are very friendly.”
Try not giving them your peanuts. You’ll see how friendly they are.
Begging has always been an act. When it doesn’t work, the mask drops.