Squirrel!

So this morning as I was coming back from the gym I parked my car and walked across the entryway to alley which is right next to my building, I looked down and the alley and shuddered for a moment when I saw what I thought was a rat. When I looked a little closer I realized it was just a squirrel and I was immediately relieved, but then I got to thinking "why am I so much more relieved that it was a squirrel"?
They are both furry, little rodents with gnawing teeth - why should I like one more than the other. The only two reasons I could come up with were that squirrels were a little cuter - they seem softer and fluffier. There is just something about that skinny rat tail that always seems so creepy and disgusting. My second reason was that squirrels seem cleaner but really I have absolutely no proof of that - they are both wild animals that forage in the city, I'm sure neither of them is all that clean.
So to quote my all time favorite show "squirrels are just rats with cuter outfits" - if this is the case then maybe you need to keep a more wary eye on the next squirrel you see or try not to freak out so much when you see a rat, I'll let it me your call.
(I'm keeping my eye on that squirrel.)