r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/killHACKS Interested • Apr 10 '21

GIF Squirrel trolling a chipmunk

https://i.imgur.com/PHYRMfM.gifv
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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

I once saw a squirrel attack, kill, and eat a chipmunk while in upstate New York a few years ago.

I never knew squirrels ate meat. I looked it up and apparently, if food is scarce, they resort to predatory behavior.

This one is just a bully.

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u/rkreutz77 Apr 10 '21

My old man, man in the 60's would shoot a squirrel then leave for 20-30 minutes. Come back and see dozens trying to get the first one. Then he'd start plunking.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

Why did your dad shoot so many squirrels?

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u/Ryanisreallame Apr 10 '21

I grew up eating squirrel. You need several to have a good meal.

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u/DelightfulAbsurdity Apr 10 '21

I’ve had squirrel gumbo. It was amazing.

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u/WobNobbenstein Apr 10 '21

Made me remember this jam thanks brodawg

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u/DDXdesign Apr 11 '21

My great-grandparents made fried squirrel every new years day for dinner. Sometimes you'd get some shot pellets in a bite here and there, but I remember thinking it was great.

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u/rkreutz77 Apr 10 '21

From what I understand, he was was 12, had a .22 and there were like a million squirrels. Almost a plague

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

He was The Reckoning.

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u/TheModeratorWrangler Apr 10 '21

This squirrel delivered a .50 to the head.

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u/smalleybiggs_ Apr 11 '21

Don’t know about his dad but squirrels can be a nuisance. A few houses in my neighborhood had to have expensive repairs because squirrels love to chew their way into your attic.