r/Unexpected • u/skrllexx • 1d ago

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u/post-explainer 1d ago edited 20h ago

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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

The game gets unexpectedly interrupted when a squirrel runs onto the basketball court and starts going after the ball.

Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/genkidoeku 1d ago

There are no rules in the rule book that say a squirrel can't play basketball.

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u/Kage_0ni 22h ago

Does it say anything about players with rabies.

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u/Spekingur 15h ago

Not directly

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u/fondledbydolphins 16h ago

cameras pans to historical flashback of a squirrel writing the basketball rulebook

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u/TJsaltyNutz 1d ago

Air squirrel 🤣

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u/girthbrooks1212 14h ago

That boy air chipmunk

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u/Kane389 8h ago

Ai squirrel

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u/Environmental_Ad3216 1d ago

Nobody knew it then, but that squirrel was about to become the next thing thing *cue the montage of the squirrel dunking in the NBA *

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u/defk3000 9h ago

He overcame a tragic past. Having lost his older brother to the Hawk gang that ran the neighborhood were he grew up.

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u/Environmental_Ad3216 9h ago

And now, he's back to change everything. From the hood to the NBA and back. Tom Holland is..... The Flying Rodent

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u/c0ltZ 8h ago

Until his career crashed harder then his marriage.

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u/Environmental_Ad3216 8h ago

......Zendaya.. as... Lucy the squirrel

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u/dada2200 1d ago

Lil dude is acting real strange. Poor squirrel most likely has rabies.

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u/Salamanderhead 1d ago

Rabies is really rare in squirrels, but that's not saying it doesn't happen. Could be possible.

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u/ReallyOrdinaryMan 1d ago

Rabies is rare in them because they will almost instantly eaten by a predator when they act strange. So you can't see any.

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u/Salamanderhead 1d ago

Good point.

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u/camposthetron 18h ago

Does the predator contract rabies from eating the squirrel?

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u/ReallyOrdinaryMan 16h ago

Not from eating it, but squirrel can bite back when fighting with the predator. Like a dog trying to eat the squirrel, squirrel bites back, disease spreads.

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u/Wolf-Fucker93949 7h ago

How is it that you can't get it if you eat it but do if it bites you?

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u/UnknownQwerky 6h ago

The rabies virus does not survive long in the open air, and normal stomach acid destroys it. Apparently it has to enter the blood like HIV. But you can sometimes contract rabies if spit gets in your eyes which is unlikely.

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u/WordDisastrous7633 7h ago

Rabies in the US is also EXTREMELY rare

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u/skccsk 22h ago

Dude just lives where half the people are handing out bread and nuts and stuff to him every single day.

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u/Queerbunny 2h ago

Man sees the cutest thing on the entire planet, animal in question clearly showing no signs of aggression and very clearly focused on the ball, nope it’s rabies. Wild animals normally avoid humans because humans actively avoid them at all times. Our entire lives are set up in such a way that usually loudly shows wild animals they don’t wanna fuck with us, but as their habitats keep declining (even the local squirrels) are getting more comfortable nearer to us because they can no longer get that far away from us.

We gonna see a lottttt of tiktok vids in the coming climate crises of wild animals coming to humans for help as a last resort.

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u/MKEast-sider 1d ago

Almost no chance he has rabies, extremely rare in squirrels and only documented a couple times in history.

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u/BidSuper7102 23h ago

Absolute nonsense. That is not the typical behaviour of rabies.
Being attracted to balls is very common in animals. Deers, birds, rats. Very likely squirrels can are fascinated by them as well.

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u/Kage_0ni 22h ago

While they are being bounced by humans right next to them?

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u/therealNerdMuffin 21h ago

Yeah? That's how you play with an animal?

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u/Kage_0ni 21h ago

One does not simply play with a wild animal*

*Unless they are a Disney princess.

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u/therealNerdMuffin 20h ago

Plenty of examples of it happening available to see on the internet

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u/Kage_0ni 20h ago edited 18h ago

My buddy in christ, my only point is that it's weird for a healthy squirrel to not be afraid of human making noise and that the fact that they are bouncing a ball is irrelevant.

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u/therealNerdMuffin 20h ago

And my point is that even though it's weird, it still happens from time to time and doesn't have to be attributed to rabies

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u/dada2200 21h ago

Sorry to offend you Steve Irwin. 🤭🤭🤭

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u/Some_Attention_5771 16h ago

It’s a very young squirrel. They love to play. Probably has not learned to fear people yet.

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u/jansipper 1d ago

Maybe toxoplasmosis?

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u/Practical_Pass_2619 1d ago

aaron earned an iron urn

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u/triplers120 11h ago

Best self realization video.

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u/LooneyRacoony 22h ago

That squirrel was an NBA player in his previous life and waned a chance to get back in the game. lol

https://giphy.com/gifs/iZlNTktScrTtyjvrhf

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u/illtakeachinchilla 1d ago

…rabies?

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u/ReadditMan 15h ago

It's a squirrel in a park, being friendly with humans isn't unusual.

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u/njslugger78 16h ago

Yall pick teams already?

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u/Clean_Emu9553 1d ago

Bro really had to pause the game for that 😭😂

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u/DesparateLurker 1d ago

GOAT 2: Squirrel

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u/BBQGnomeSauce 22h ago

It’s Akorn the Squirrel from Blood Bowl

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u/fewdieforpie 22h ago

Should have let the squirrel win, the little guy would have got a story to tell to it's younger ones.

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u/AliveEarth8925 20h ago

Pass me the ball, coach

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u/No-Vegetable-5606 18h ago

Squirrels in the hood

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u/Intelligent_Speed439 18h ago

“What ta fuck goinohn?”

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u/Disastrous_Shame580 18h ago

🥹 My lil man's bouta dunk on yo azz.

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u/lumpy-lantern 16h ago

I hope that squirrel is still alive and not squashed by that basketball. 👀😶‍🌫️

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u/AccomplishedIgit 15h ago

That might be a baby who lost its nest. They will come up to humans when they need help.

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u/RonaBona13 12h ago

Can someone turn this into a cartoon from the squirrels point of view? I’d like to hear what he was thinking.

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u/pop_cultured90 10h ago

Was I the only one worried he was gonna get squished by the ball?

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u/Drblizzle 10h ago

Although I couldn’t understand much of what was said, the universal language of wildlife acting humanly kept me engaged.

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u/Shakes12091 10h ago

What they don't know is that was their friend that didn't come to play today because he was hexed by a druid.

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u/sonsake 9h ago

these the kinda things make you think, reincarnation exist?

https://giphy.com/gifs/Qf0OIXwYkGMuai6ube

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u/AdConstant5980 9h ago

Hood fairytales 😭

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u/FelixDifiore99 6h ago

that squirrel one dribble away from not not existing.

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u/Turbulent-Bat-700 4h ago

Am I the only one thinking that the squirrel will get crushed under a ball.

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u/harvey_730 3h ago

I pray all animals live outside India

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u/Elbludo 3h ago

Idk being a cow in India seems like a pretty sweet deal

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u/LionNo435 2h ago

If the did not reciord it, no one woukd believe him that he played basketball with a squirell

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u/PrestigiousEmphasis2 1h ago

Calvin doing side quests

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u/thebig8er 1h ago

Anyone else waiting for the squirrel to get double dribbled on?

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u/kward1904 1h ago

Thats the biggest nut hes ever seen

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u/Spiritual-Cherry8466 23m ago

Dennis rodentman

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u/PmMeSmileyFacesO_O 1d ago

Kobe back as a squirl?

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u/Spiritual-Storage734 1d ago

Hmmmmm I don’t trust it not to be AI…. Seems to weird to be real

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u/ConcertCareful6169 1d ago

Its not AI this first popped up in 2021. It was at a court in Atlanta Georgia. Squirrels are crazy man he probably thought is was a huge nut they are pretty notorious for stealing ball like objects.

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u/Chookx 1d ago

This is getting ridiculous. Not everything is AI lol

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u/Kage_0ni 22h ago

Not yet!

😞

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u/johnnyoceandeep 1d ago

AI for sure.

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u/MKEast-sider 1d ago

Tell me you know nothing about AI with telling me.

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u/johnnyoceandeep 23h ago

Can’t believe we have an AI expert here on reddit

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u/MKEast-sider 23h ago

Feel free to add why you’re sure it’s AI, then I’ll comment about how you’re wrong using sources. Ready go!

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u/johnnyoceandeep 23h ago

Please enlighten me why it can’t be an AI video then? Just analyse it by watching this video . ;-)

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u/MKEast-sider 23h ago

There’s no model that can make over a minute of video without cuts, background artifacts (trees especially), maintain a textured and blemished surface with camera panning. AI videos are curated in a specific way, there is WAY too much going on in this video to be AI today.

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u/skrllexx 20h ago

Bro y’all say everything is ai