16 Pics That Will Make Squirrels Your New Favorite Animal
Squirrels don't make good very pets — after all, they're wild animals — but dang it, they're so cute! Why would they be so cute if we weren't supposed to bring them inside and cuddle them? Truly one of nature's cruelest tricks!
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1. When you show up late to the bird feeder and all the best nuts are gone.
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2. "Earned enough trust from the momma squirrel on my roof, she brought her baby to see me today!"
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3. Fun fact: adult squirrels sleep for 15-20 hours a day.
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4. "Just moved to a new house. First visitors."
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5. This squirrel is doing its best quokka impression.
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6. Remmy, the rescue squirrel, cuddles up to an orphaned deer mouse at the wildlife rehab facility where she lives.
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7. If squirrels were Pokémon, this would be a shiny.
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8. "This is Charlie! Her favorite nut is the pecan. She enjoys early morning frolics and wrestling with her brothers."
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9. This is Ziggy — he's four years old, but doesn't look a day over two.
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10. Find a cuter animal. Go ahead, we'll wait.
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11. "Excuse me — where are all the seeds?"
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12. When people say "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed," this is what they mean, right?
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13. Add "squirrels playing in grass cuttings" to the list of things we didn't know we needed to see.
14. Knock knock?
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15. "We have a new friend!"
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16. University students built a monument to honor a squirrel that canceled classes by gnawing through the power lines.
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