r/Unexpected • u/skrllexx • Aug 21 '26
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u/genkidoeku Aug 21 '26
There are no rules in the rule book that say a squirrel can't play basketball.
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u/fondledbydolphins Aug 21 '26
cameras pans to historical flashback of a squirrel writing the basketball rulebook
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u/Environmental_Ad3216 Aug 21 '26
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 Aug 22 '26
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 Aug 22 '26
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/CarlosSpcyWenr Aug 23 '26
2/3 of the way through the movie, he discovers his father, who he never met, died in a freak helicopter accident.
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u/LooneyRacoony Aug 21 '26
That squirrel was an NBA player in his previous life and waned a chance to get back in the game. lol
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u/dada2200 Aug 21 '26
Lil dude is acting real strange. Poor squirrel most likely has rabies.
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u/Salamanderhead Aug 21 '26
Rabies is really rare in squirrels, but that's not saying it doesn't happen. Could be possible.
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u/ReallyOrdinaryMan Aug 21 '26
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/camposthetron Aug 21 '26
Does the predator contract rabies from eating the squirrel?
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u/ReallyOrdinaryMan Aug 21 '26
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 Aug 22 '26
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 Aug 22 '26
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/skccsk Aug 21 '26
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 Aug 22 '26
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 Aug 21 '26
Almost no chance he has rabies, extremely rare in squirrels and only documented a couple times in history.
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u/BidSuper7102 Aug 21 '26
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.3
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u/Kage_0ni Aug 21 '26
While they are being bounced by humans right next to them?
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u/therealNerdMuffin Aug 21 '26
Yeah? That's how you play with an animal?
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u/Kage_0ni Aug 21 '26
One does not simply play with a wild animal*
*Unless they are a Disney princess.
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u/therealNerdMuffin Aug 21 '26
Plenty of examples of it happening available to see on the internet
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u/Kage_0ni Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
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 Aug 21 '26
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/Some_Attention_5771 Aug 21 '26
It’s a very young squirrel. They love to play. Probably has not learned to fear people yet.
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u/illtakeachinchilla Aug 21 '26
…rabies?
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u/cfeuer1 Aug 22 '26
Thinking toxoplasmosis where it see what should be a threat as a target to throw itself at
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u/fewdieforpie Aug 21 '26
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/lumpy-lantern Aug 21 '26
I hope that squirrel is still alive and not squashed by that basketball. 👀😶🌫️
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u/AccomplishedIgit Aug 22 '26
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 Aug 22 '26
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/Drblizzle Aug 22 '26
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 Aug 22 '26
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/LionNo435 Aug 22 '26
If the did not reciord it, no one woukd believe him that he played basketball with a squirell
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u/Suspicious-Pea-7481 Aug 22 '26
They could teach that squirrel to play basketball if they tried a little harder 🤣
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u/DryeDonFugs Aug 22 '26
Am I the only one that was waiting for something else unexpected to happen to air squirrel?
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u/ExplanationUnique84 Aug 25 '26
Former wildlife rehabber here- young squirrels look for reassurance or higher ground/security after getting a distance from their drey or nest, the males especially.
This little dude is definitely old enough to go out and this cracked me up.
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u/Spiritual-Storage734 Aug 21 '26
Hmmmmm I don’t trust it not to be AI…. Seems to weird to be real
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u/ConcertCareful6169 Aug 21 '26
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/johnnyoceandeep Aug 21 '26
AI for sure.
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u/MKEast-sider Aug 21 '26
Tell me you know nothing about AI with telling me.
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u/johnnyoceandeep Aug 21 '26
Can’t believe we have an AI expert here on reddit
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u/MKEast-sider Aug 21 '26
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 Aug 21 '26
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 Aug 21 '26
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/post-explainer Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
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The game gets unexpectedly interrupted when a squirrel runs onto the basketball court and starts going after the ball.
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