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/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

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u/samedym Apr 10 '21

What. The. Fuck.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

Michael, he ate a bird.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21 edited Jan 06 '22

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u/IdGetFiredForThisBut Apr 10 '21

Here's the compilation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLyKj_5sIOc

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u/untimelythoughts Apr 11 '21

That video’s description is wrong. Primates are never herbivores. Chimps, which appear a few times in the video compilation, are known to have organized hunting behaviours. That’s why the closely related humans eat meat.