I find these stories rather funny - though acknowledge there is a serious side to the story.

Our morning paper tells of a mother, taking her children to see a squirrel up close as they were out walking early this week somewhere in England.

Usually a squirrel will pause and look, and then scamper away, and generally up a nearby tree. But this squirrel had obviously had enough - and instead of retreating "mauled" the young mother, after it jumped on her young son's head and she tried to scare it away.

Unfortunately she was badly scratched and cut by the wild animal as it attached her. She was repeatedly bitten on the hands and arms, and was quite bloodied by the experience.
So, I guess the punchline warning is to take care when approaching a little fluffy squirrel!