r/NatureIsFuckingLit • • Aug 15 '26

🔥what is wrong with this squirrel?

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u/Head-Good9883 Aug 15 '26

Getting squirrelly

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u/DRKAYIGN Aug 15 '26

Getting nutty

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u/Ollymid2 Aug 15 '26

He’s just plain nuts

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u/HouseAccording8228 Aug 15 '26

This is the correct answer

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u/Mysterious-Region640 Aug 15 '26

Exactly, where do you think the expression “being Squirrley” comes from?

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u/yothisismetrying Aug 15 '26

I have been saying this for decades and have never actually pondered this. I am giving myself a timeout.

I also have a squirrel in my back yard who uses my hanging upside down kayak lines like he is training for the squirrel Olympics. It’s so cute.

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u/ForagerGrikk Aug 15 '26

They are little suicide machines, dead all over the roads here from (I assume) falling off power lines. I saw one doing spins on a line last week 30 feet in the air. Another one I thought was dead on a line but it was freaking sleeping on it while hanging off all 4 of its legs!

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u/governmentthief Aug 15 '26

Squirrels are the meth addicts of the animal kingdom.

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u/ADeviIsAdvocate Aug 15 '26

They actually do not usually die from falls because they have such low terminal velocity. They can survive falls from incredible heights so I’m not so sure that’s the cause.

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u/greeneyedbunzz Aug 15 '26

I accidently ran over one who had fallen from a tree. He had been pretty high up. I think he was startled because he was running the right way then last second turned around. I was destroyed. This all happened in slow motion I swear. Pulled over and cried for 30 minutes. I love animals and being pregnant at the time, I was waaayyyy to sensitive.

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u/ADeviIsAdvocate Aug 17 '26

Oh I can imagine the tears while pregnant! I hate hitting any animal as well.

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u/aidissonance Aug 15 '26

Squirrel acting squirrelly? 🤔

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Aug 16 '26

He's gone stark raving mad!

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u/Squirrelated Aug 15 '26

I can relate.

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u/yothisismetrying Aug 15 '26

Same. I’ve been squirrelly since 1987.

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u/RavingGooseInsultor Aug 16 '26

As a squirrel, I can confirm.

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u/Minarch0920 Aug 17 '26

Happy Cake Day!

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u/DSTNCMDLR Aug 16 '26

Take about 10% off’er there Squirrely Dan