until you hit one and total out your car, they're not so cute then. I totaled my car in Utah County hitting one and my son totaled his on I-80 in Nevada, traveling to Napa, CA for Thanksgiving. When we lived 7 1/2 years in West Virginia, I hit (or they hit me) 8 times. It kind of changes your appreciation of the stupid animal. In WV I tried everything I knew or could find out to try to keep them out of my garden, but they always managed to get in and destroy it.