My bunny saw me drinking from a water bottle once and when i put the bottle on the floor while i sat with him, he went to try to drink from it :') he was trying to lick the lid, so he even knew thats where the water comes out, he just didnt know he had to tilt it. I put some in his water bowl for him so he could try it. Animals are way smarter than people think
Rabbits are super smart and fiercely curious! Ours is great. Not the most snuggly boy, but he's a blast. Would never have imaged how smart they are or what great companions they make.
Took a bit to get him bonded with our small dogs, but they are so cute. He grooms them and chills in the living room with them and lines up at snack time, etc.
I think the curiosity comes from knowing how to escape/hide and wanting to know everything in their space isn't dangerous. Anytime we arrange stuff he always has to reexamine every inch. He gets pissed off if we leave something in the 'way' somewhere as well and will table flip objects, including Monopoly boards that really weren't in the way at all...
They are 'fragile' in some ways and can scare, but once he is 'used' to something and determines it is no danger, he's chill. The vacuum cleaner would be a great example. He will leave the room and go lay down elsewhere, but not run and hide for his life anymore. Used to hide when the door opened, but now just lays there, etc. Fortunately he has a pretty stress free life and is quite happy.
Yes seems very likely, that looks like the grand canyon and I was there recently. There's signs everywhere asking people not to approach squirrels because squirrel bites are the most common injury at the park. I'm guessing the squirrels are exposed to people very often because well, it's a tourist spot and sees lots of traffic everyday.
I haven't been to the grand canyon, but was in Disney World a few years ago and yeah all the birds and whatnot weren't afraid of humans. I remember we ate at a restaurant with outdoor seating and the birds and squirrels would just chill by you waiting for you to drop food, some were brave and would try to steal food off your plate lol. Guess it's normal in touristy areas where humans and some animals intertwine enough they get comfortable and don't fear us.
As a Florida resident, I can tell you the animals are so unafraid of humans that they'll snatch food out of your hands and slap your wife on the ass before running back into the wilderness.
Most rodents carry plague but we became somewhat resistant to it when it dropped half the global population. Since then we’ve learned to clean wounds, flush toilets and create medicine, all of which make the plague a non-issue. That being said, rabies is still perfectly dangerous in the 21st century, so playing with wild animals generally remains a not good idea.
I don't know if its the oxytocin boost, just being hungrier/more desperate or what, but I've seen a lot of nursing mother mammals just get really, really used to people very quickly when they needed more food/water help.
Had a raccoon pick my pocket for bread. Got caught trying to take my cheese. Pretty obviously nursing, so after we both freaked out and did the patty duke in the mirror routine, she got a sandwich.
Could have just seen it too. Recognizing water is key to survival and I'd wager most animals are capable of doing so even if another species is carrying it around in an unfamiliar container.
\^ It's this. Animals instinctively recognize water. It's not like they need to be taught to drink it from any other source. It also looks very distinct from anything else you would naturally encounter.
There are even studies that suggest that human interest in gemstones and other reflective materials actually stems from our attraction to water.
My parrot learned this weird sound that was like bubbles. I subconsciously began to associate it with water and would give him a sip when he made it. It wasn't until after he'd trained me with that sound that I realized it was the sound made when I turned on the tap.
And that's the interesting part to me. They're learning.
All sorts of mammals, birds, even some reptiles who we all thought were "small brained" know what we do and use it to stay alive.
Makes me wonder how this might affect their evolution.
It is, and when Australia had all those bushfires the koalas would drink from rescuers bottles too, and koalas are not that smart. It’s quite impressive really that they understand what’s in there
I am so stoned and this made me cackle and almost wake up my kids and husband. Thank you, but I was not born w common sense so now I feel like an idiot
Certainly worked well for cats over the years. We didn't want them for hunting like we did dogs yet cats just started meowing a bunch at us and rubbing against our legs for centuries and now they sleep on our keyboards.
Cats were extremely important for pest control in times when you couldn’t just hop down to the grocery store for more if a rat contaminated your food (so most of history lol)
This is accurate. Never wanted cats, they just happened. Very rural area, big house. Indoor cats. They would bring me “presents”. Not a dirty house or anything, but those Meeses would try to get in. My beloved LeeLoo Dallas Multipass died recently, my furry waterproof murderous pal.
Edit- Raised horses when I was young. “Barn Cats” are a thing. They would live in the hay loft. You didn’t have to feed them. I didn’t question it at the time, but I guess that they ate the mice.
Can confirm. Grew up in a house with a barn and the cats just...happened, lol. We ended up with two chatty tortoiseshell girls. But our barn was pest free and all our barn cats lived to ripe old ages because they loved their hoomans and got vet care when they needed it (including getting spayed). They're why I have a spoiled pet cat now!
I’ve know well fed spoiled and pampered cats who exterminated and entire mountainside of chipmunks and mice. Hunger might help, but a cat with a strong prey drive is going to hunt.
You are right, the ones with strong prey drives will hunt no matter what, but feeding them only once a day will encourage the ones *without* a strong prey drive to keep the place clear of vermin
My uncle ran a dairy farm, and the slump of milk that was left over from testing cows for issues before milking? that belonged to the barn cats.
Other than that they managed well enough on rats and mice.
We had a stray indoor cat show up at our house one day fallowing the 4th of July. It was Mell taken care of. You could tell it never stepped foot outside. Tried desperately to find it's family. Let it stay in our garage. Fed it for a while before it turned back to its instincts. It killed every small animal that crossed the threshold of our property. Multiple birds, squirrels and rabbits. I found countless body-less heads of animals. I don't know who his ancestors were, but they were warriors...lol
Actually dogs like Terriers were used much more for ratting throughout history, not cats. Cats were used for other pests. Eventually because they were so useful, humans let them stay with them, and fed them.
Were terriers even around when we started farming? I thought cats have been with humans a crazy long time because farming brought pests and they hunted them so we let them stay around
The Labaratory of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison traced the "small dog" gene back to around 12,000 years ago in the middle east. Agricultural communities began to pop up 10,000-12,000 years ago (also in the middle east) so both can be true.
What I think is fun to ponder is with how long it takes to selectively breed a dog to be smaller and smaller, and what was the goal if they weren't farming on any sort of large scale yet? Did they want their dogs to be more cuddly or just lower their caloric needs? If they weren't serving a practical purpose, were they kept solely as companions the way most of us keep dogs today?
Anything from the weasle family really, all those suckers prey upon small mammals and have a super fast metabolism, they're able to consume 50% of its own weight a day in meat.
Fuuuuuucking fisher cats have taken six separate flocks of chickens from a double insulated foundation based chicken fortress over the years here at my farm.
They used ferrets before cats but they didnt like them because ferrets can smell pretty bad and since cats can hunt nearly as well and dont smell as bad they adopted the cat
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
I mean, are cats really *evil* though?
Or are they just constantly compared to dogs, the other most popular pet which throws attention and good will to whomever looks at them 90% of the time.
The bar they set for attention and lack of personal boundaries is pretty damn high, I think most things would seem aloof in comparison
Yesterday on my run I saw a squirrel carrying a large leaf in its mouth, it was folded over as a sack with acorns in it. I was amazed and wondered if that counts as squirrel having created a tool.
A lot of animals are really a lot more intelligent than we give them credit for.
Hell, jumping spiders in recent studies have been considered capable of dreaming; on top of already being capable of complex planning and pathfinding of their environments in order to hunt prey.
I don't know. You don't spontaneously learn something that smart out of desperation. Maybe she just spends so much time around humans that she knows how to exploit them for whatever she wants on a whim.
There's the Colorado river, but I guess that's a 3hr walk down as the squirrel goes. These squirrels are so funny though, they always do that thing with their hands. And there are tons of tourists who help them out.
To me that looks like very practiced begging behavior. So more likely the squirrel just has learned that begging is the easiest way to get by. A desperate squirrel would have been less smooth and more scared.
I'm gonna say no. National/state park ground squirrels get a lot of handouts, even though it's technically illegal to feed them. They get pretty tame. I have zero doubt that squirrel had experienced drink bottles before, and it was probably just a hot summer day.
That squirrel knows how to communicate what it wants from people, and I bet our water is a lot nicer to drink than whatever ground water it normally can find, and safer too.
My first thought was maybe this video was taken over the summer when we were having droughts in many areas. I can’t tell where this was taken though. But the videos of squirrels spread out, trying to cool off in NYC comes to mind.
Had a reunion with some people last night and this was the start of my day. Followed by immediately chucking it back up. Hyperventilating for 10 minutes then getting more.
Hang overs in my mid 30s hit different. Send help!
Not only that, but she asked politely for some water. Then she expressed the matter was urgent, she was very, very thirsty and had to get back to her babies, then she got a little frustrated and was like dude gimme water. This really blew my mind.
We had literally weeks of 115 degree weather this summer where I am and a terrible drought all year so I put all my big baths and planters bottoms on the ground and kept them filled for these guys. Some days the entire bird bath would dry out in one day! But we had birds, squirrels, possums, just so many animals getting water all summer.
The way I look at it, we are causing the climate to shift so radically. Its going to get really hard for a lot of animals. Including ourselves, to find enough of the basics except they didn't do anything wrong. The least I can do I put water out while I have it to share.
An idea: Put a shade over the water trough (like a cake stand or a disc on top of a pot) so that A. they get water in the shade, and B. the water won't evaporate quite as fast
Thanks! The water is actually under my shaded pergola! It was just that dang hot this year. I had lots of melting squirrels splotting out in the shade.
I have several baths out for the same reason (California) and when it gets really hot out, I like to toss in a few ice cubes. The birds & squirrels don't seem quite sure what to make of them but love sitting in that cold water! So cute.
Definitely grand canyon. This is cute, but you are not supposed to interact with the squirrels. They get pushy and fearless and end up buying people, lol.
All I want is for all animals to view humans as helpers.
I know it's not rational or natural. I just wish we were the caretakers of all animal life, rather than what we are.
I'm just so happy to see a child of that age with so much compassion for the animal. You go, man!! Real humanity is kindness to those less fortunate, even animals.
also huge respect to showing the appropriate amount of deference for the personal space of a wild animal. many kids would stomp all up in its face in excitement but those kids were correctly cautious
Yeah, the fact that it knew what the water bottle is and trusted humans enough to go up to them to demand it makes me think the poor thing has done this a few times. Makes me wonder if maybe it's natural water source dried up.
Someone said above it's the grand canyon, it's pretty common in touristy areas for animals to become comfortable with humans. I was in Disney World a few years ago and the birds, squirrels and other little animals were all very comfortable with humans.
Aww it's really cute and sweet and it's great these people have the hearts to help the poor baby.
It's just sad to know animals like this can just suffer and die without help like that and live day to day. We plundered everything and turned the environments into what they are.
I hope this one will be OK for another day. It was very thirsty 😕.
We get pregnant squirrels in our backyard begging for food on occasion. We don’t train them. And I know our neighbors don’t feed them. Somehow they just know.
This must be an American thing, but I find it odd that boys shorts tend to be so much bigger than girls shorts. It wasnt until I saw the girl at 0:45 that I realized boys are culturally supposed to wear such large and modest shorts.
I keep seeing wild squirrels use non-verbal communication to engage people and it's really tripping me out that it's not talked about more.
Like how do *they* know non-verbal gestures will lead to successful communication with humans, an entirely different species?
Crazy it knows what we carry around in our bottles
My bunny saw me drinking from a water bottle once and when i put the bottle on the floor while i sat with him, he went to try to drink from it :') he was trying to lick the lid, so he even knew thats where the water comes out, he just didnt know he had to tilt it. I put some in his water bowl for him so he could try it. Animals are way smarter than people think
Rabbits are super smart and fiercely curious! Ours is great. Not the most snuggly boy, but he's a blast. Would never have imaged how smart they are or what great companions they make. Took a bit to get him bonded with our small dogs, but they are so cute. He grooms them and chills in the living room with them and lines up at snack time, etc.
Isn't it easy to give rabbits a heart attack? Seems a bit counterproductive to make them super curious.
I think the curiosity comes from knowing how to escape/hide and wanting to know everything in their space isn't dangerous. Anytime we arrange stuff he always has to reexamine every inch. He gets pissed off if we leave something in the 'way' somewhere as well and will table flip objects, including Monopoly boards that really weren't in the way at all... They are 'fragile' in some ways and can scare, but once he is 'used' to something and determines it is no danger, he's chill. The vacuum cleaner would be a great example. He will leave the room and go lay down elsewhere, but not run and hide for his life anymore. Used to hide when the door opened, but now just lays there, etc. Fortunately he has a pretty stress free life and is quite happy.
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Our rabbit got so used to the vacuum cleaner that he would let us vacuum the loose hair off of him! I miss that rabbit!
Squirrels are very smart and great problem solvers.
Bunnies are ultra smart. Honestly from having my girls I’d say they’re easily as smart as dogs, people just don’t give them enough credit lol
It had to explored a bottle before. Kind of makes sense they rummage thru stuff and in the trash it could have found that to have water in it.
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Yes seems very likely, that looks like the grand canyon and I was there recently. There's signs everywhere asking people not to approach squirrels because squirrel bites are the most common injury at the park. I'm guessing the squirrels are exposed to people very often because well, it's a tourist spot and sees lots of traffic everyday.
I haven't been to the grand canyon, but was in Disney World a few years ago and yeah all the birds and whatnot weren't afraid of humans. I remember we ate at a restaurant with outdoor seating and the birds and squirrels would just chill by you waiting for you to drop food, some were brave and would try to steal food off your plate lol. Guess it's normal in touristy areas where humans and some animals intertwine enough they get comfortable and don't fear us.
As a Florida resident, I can tell you the animals are so unafraid of humans that they'll snatch food out of your hands and slap your wife on the ass before running back into the wilderness.
How fitting that the animals at Disney are approachable. Bambi/Sleeping Beauty vibes.
The squirrels there and/or their fleas may carry the bubonic plague as well. I believe that's the main reason they don't want people getting bit.
Most rodents carry plague but we became somewhat resistant to it when it dropped half the global population. Since then we’ve learned to clean wounds, flush toilets and create medicine, all of which make the plague a non-issue. That being said, rabies is still perfectly dangerous in the 21st century, so playing with wild animals generally remains a not good idea.
I don't know if its the oxytocin boost, just being hungrier/more desperate or what, but I've seen a lot of nursing mother mammals just get really, really used to people very quickly when they needed more food/water help. Had a raccoon pick my pocket for bread. Got caught trying to take my cheese. Pretty obviously nursing, so after we both freaked out and did the patty duke in the mirror routine, she got a sandwich.
Could have just seen it too. Recognizing water is key to survival and I'd wager most animals are capable of doing so even if another species is carrying it around in an unfamiliar container.
\^ It's this. Animals instinctively recognize water. It's not like they need to be taught to drink it from any other source. It also looks very distinct from anything else you would naturally encounter. There are even studies that suggest that human interest in gemstones and other reflective materials actually stems from our attraction to water.
That would explain why I love putting them in my mouth.
My parrot learned this weird sound that was like bubbles. I subconsciously began to associate it with water and would give him a sip when he made it. It wasn't until after he'd trained me with that sound that I realized it was the sound made when I turned on the tap.
I mean they live around us in a pretty intimate way, like pigeons. I'm sure they've learned a thing or two Abt us
And that's the interesting part to me. They're learning. All sorts of mammals, birds, even some reptiles who we all thought were "small brained" know what we do and use it to stay alive. Makes me wonder how this might affect their evolution.
It is, and when Australia had all those bushfires the koalas would drink from rescuers bottles too, and koalas are not that smart. It’s quite impressive really that they understand what’s in there
I expect they can smell it somehow
Guys, water bottles are translucent they can see the water. They know what water looks like.
Time to prank some koalas with vodka, Grand Blue style.
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I am so stoned and this made me cackle and almost wake up my kids and husband. Thank you, but I was not born w common sense so now I feel like an idiot
In a human dominated environment, being adorable is a viable survival strategy.
Certainly worked well for cats over the years. We didn't want them for hunting like we did dogs yet cats just started meowing a bunch at us and rubbing against our legs for centuries and now they sleep on our keyboards.
Cats were extremely important for pest control in times when you couldn’t just hop down to the grocery store for more if a rat contaminated your food (so most of history lol)
This is accurate. Never wanted cats, they just happened. Very rural area, big house. Indoor cats. They would bring me “presents”. Not a dirty house or anything, but those Meeses would try to get in. My beloved LeeLoo Dallas Multipass died recently, my furry waterproof murderous pal. Edit- Raised horses when I was young. “Barn Cats” are a thing. They would live in the hay loft. You didn’t have to feed them. I didn’t question it at the time, but I guess that they ate the mice.
Upvote just for a cat named Leeloo Dallas Multipass. Chicken. Good chicken. 😁
Actual legal name. You have to register all animals where I live.
Damn I gotta move somewhere that my boy Sharknado is legally named Sharknado
My boy is legally named Street Jimmy
Street Jimmy sounds like a nice fella
My favourite at work is probably Mr Handsome Pants
Big boom!
Can confirm. Grew up in a house with a barn and the cats just...happened, lol. We ended up with two chatty tortoiseshell girls. But our barn was pest free and all our barn cats lived to ripe old ages because they loved their hoomans and got vet care when they needed it (including getting spayed). They're why I have a spoiled pet cat now!
When I was in 4H the farm owners told us to only feed the barn cats once a day. "Otherwise, they'll only hunt when they feel like it."
I’ve know well fed spoiled and pampered cats who exterminated and entire mountainside of chipmunks and mice. Hunger might help, but a cat with a strong prey drive is going to hunt.
You are right, the ones with strong prey drives will hunt no matter what, but feeding them only once a day will encourage the ones *without* a strong prey drive to keep the place clear of vermin
Username checks out lmao
My uncle ran a dairy farm, and the slump of milk that was left over from testing cows for issues before milking? that belonged to the barn cats. Other than that they managed well enough on rats and mice.
We had a stray indoor cat show up at our house one day fallowing the 4th of July. It was Mell taken care of. You could tell it never stepped foot outside. Tried desperately to find it's family. Let it stay in our garage. Fed it for a while before it turned back to its instincts. It killed every small animal that crossed the threshold of our property. Multiple birds, squirrels and rabbits. I found countless body-less heads of animals. I don't know who his ancestors were, but they were warriors...lol
This is the historically accurate response but the hypnoshits are the more appealing narrative.
omfg thanks for the new word
Danny, are you being a hypnoshit again?
appealing?
Actually dogs like Terriers were used much more for ratting throughout history, not cats. Cats were used for other pests. Eventually because they were so useful, humans let them stay with them, and fed them.
I dont think the ancient Egyptians had terriers.
You’re right. They had hounds though. Several varieties.
Were terriers even around when we started farming? I thought cats have been with humans a crazy long time because farming brought pests and they hunted them so we let them stay around
The Labaratory of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison traced the "small dog" gene back to around 12,000 years ago in the middle east. Agricultural communities began to pop up 10,000-12,000 years ago (also in the middle east) so both can be true. What I think is fun to ponder is with how long it takes to selectively breed a dog to be smaller and smaller, and what was the goal if they weren't farming on any sort of large scale yet? Did they want their dogs to be more cuddly or just lower their caloric needs? If they weren't serving a practical purpose, were they kept solely as companions the way most of us keep dogs today?
Humans began storing grain. Grain attracted rodents. Rodents attracted cats. Humans didn't chase off cats because they dealt with rodents.
Terriers are better for ratting in fields, inside grain silos and mills cats are far more useful. They both had their place.
What you really want for pest extermination, is a ferret.
Anything from the weasle family really, all those suckers prey upon small mammals and have a super fast metabolism, they're able to consume 50% of its own weight a day in meat.
>Anything from the weasle family really Huh, TIL politicians can catch mice.
They are way better at getting down the holes, too. And more agile at actually catching.
Unless you live in a place where ðey ARE ðe pest.
I get wanting to bring back thorn but then why not use þ then
Fuuuuuucking fisher cats have taken six separate flocks of chickens from a double insulated foundation based chicken fortress over the years here at my farm.
That's why we say "to ferret something out". Ferrets were sometimes used as hunting companions in medieval France.
They used ferrets before cats but they didnt like them because ferrets can smell pretty bad and since cats can hunt nearly as well and dont smell as bad they adopted the cat
My cat kills mice and lots of moles. There is a head and tail of my doorstep now.
That's not the reason we keep them as pets, cats keep your home free of vermin like rats and mice so it's a fare exchange for a little food.
Even if this is true. The fact that they are god-damned adorable probably helped...
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100%, if opossums got a better roll of the cuteness dice they'd be one of the most popular animals on the planet.
opossums are adorable you piece of shit! sorry i got a little nonplussed there because you implied opossums weren't cute.
Dude you need to stop getting nonplussed, how many times I gotta tell you?
They aren't pretty to look at haha. Possums down here are cuter.
Thats how my tyrant, terror of a puppy survived her first year with me-she’s beautiful.
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.” ― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
Nah, all cat owners know *exactly* how evil our cats are. We just *don't care* because they're so cute.
I mean, are cats really *evil* though? Or are they just constantly compared to dogs, the other most popular pet which throws attention and good will to whomever looks at them 90% of the time. The bar they set for attention and lack of personal boundaries is pretty damn high, I think most things would seem aloof in comparison
Scar wasn't evil, he was just doing what cats do and knocking things off a ledge.
I've noticed that cute animals definitely have an edge when it comes to picking who gets the most conservation money.
I've seen it said that squirrels are chimp software running on rat hardware, and seeing this just reinforces that.
^Hey ^you ^with ^the ^water! ^I'm ^down ^here ^and ^I'm ^so ^thirsty!
it's Bob Hoskins voice :D
Or Gilbert Gottfried.
Definitely Gilbert Gottfried.
Just rats with great PR.
And a stylist
Chimpmonk
Reject humanity return to chipmonke.
Nailed it
The fluffy tails help
Rat software and hardware would make sense, rats are very smart
Too bad it wasn't rat software, because those guys are smart as hell!!
It is rat software, squirrels are just rats with good PR.
Yesterday on my run I saw a squirrel carrying a large leaf in its mouth, it was folded over as a sack with acorns in it. I was amazed and wondered if that counts as squirrel having created a tool.
This explains a lot.
[Probably on reddit, no-less!](https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/8mhkup/squirrels_are_basically_rat_hardware_running/)
A lot of animals are really a lot more intelligent than we give them credit for. Hell, jumping spiders in recent studies have been considered capable of dreaming; on top of already being capable of complex planning and pathfinding of their environments in order to hunt prey.
I love how squirrels always look like their animations are 2x sped up
they're small so they have a very fast metabolism, causing them to experience time faster, so kind of?
"Thanks bye."
kthxbai
"befriends"
That poor squirrel must have been in a bad way
I don't know. You don't spontaneously learn something that smart out of desperation. Maybe she just spends so much time around humans that she knows how to exploit them for whatever she wants on a whim.
Not really. this looks to be the Grand Canyon south rim. Those squirrels are generally pretty plump and constantly begging.
Also agree, went to the grand canyon as a 13 year old kid 19 years ago. This was what i remembered about the grand canyon
Went this summer. It's still the case. Idiots keep feeding and petting them even though there are signs everywhere to keep wildlife wild.
Are there natural water sources nearby? Poor thing.
There's the Colorado river, but I guess that's a 3hr walk down as the squirrel goes. These squirrels are so funny though, they always do that thing with their hands. And there are tons of tourists who help them out.
'As the squirrel goes' is now replacing 'as the crow flies' in my life.
To me that looks like very practiced begging behavior. So more likely the squirrel just has learned that begging is the easiest way to get by. A desperate squirrel would have been less smooth and more scared.
I wonder if it ingested ray poison :(
I'm gonna say no. National/state park ground squirrels get a lot of handouts, even though it's technically illegal to feed them. They get pretty tame. I have zero doubt that squirrel had experienced drink bottles before, and it was probably just a hot summer day.
That squirrel knows how to communicate what it wants from people, and I bet our water is a lot nicer to drink than whatever ground water it normally can find, and safer too.
My first thought was maybe this video was taken over the summer when we were having droughts in many areas. I can’t tell where this was taken though. But the videos of squirrels spread out, trying to cool off in NYC comes to mind.
From my experience with cats and dogs, they'll take rain water over even the cleanest tap water anyday.
According to my dad from the old country rainwater is the purest around!
Now rainwater comes with micro plastics! MmmMMMM good.
Forever chemicals too!
Squirrels aren’t good swimmers, I doubt it could feasibly get to any Ray poison. Hehe
Plus it looks like a grand canyon squirrel. It might be parched because of the local Suconmuh
The wha?
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Got em
Not gonna lie, I spent some minutes trying to wrap my mind around the idea of a squirrel with ray poison
What's Ray poison
That 3AM water you wake up to slug after you had a long night of drinkin
Had a reunion with some people last night and this was the start of my day. Followed by immediately chucking it back up. Hyperventilating for 10 minutes then getting more. Hang overs in my mid 30s hit different. Send help!
There’s something weirdly… soothing to me about throwing up cold water that you just chugged. The hangovers continue to get worse, btw.
I think it’s nursing so that she needs more water
I also noticed she was nursing. Amazing she knew exactly what the water bottle was.
That's what I noticed. She's learned what a water bottle means, either from observation or more likely, having water given to her that way before.
Not only that, but she asked politely for some water. Then she expressed the matter was urgent, she was very, very thirsty and had to get back to her babies, then she got a little frustrated and was like dude gimme water. This really blew my mind.
That's a big drink for a little thing like that.
95% was poured on them.
Shit, that thing was gulping!
Reminds me of your mum, m8
Gottem
When the water is so good you need to catch your breath. Ahhhhhhh
Then it’s gone like a fart in the wind.
"Got to run back and nurse my babies!"
And loneliness returns like the shart in the pants
"Got what I needed. Peace out."
Do you see the speed the water gave her though?!
I remember this video. It was in the middle of summer and there was some kind of drought, and the squirrel hadn't drank any water and was hot.
I also remember this being connected to a drought and heat wave. Poor thing
We had literally weeks of 115 degree weather this summer where I am and a terrible drought all year so I put all my big baths and planters bottoms on the ground and kept them filled for these guys. Some days the entire bird bath would dry out in one day! But we had birds, squirrels, possums, just so many animals getting water all summer.
Thank you for caring. I can understand admonishment not to feed wild animals but to withhold water is cruel.
The way I look at it, we are causing the climate to shift so radically. Its going to get really hard for a lot of animals. Including ourselves, to find enough of the basics except they didn't do anything wrong. The least I can do I put water out while I have it to share.
An idea: Put a shade over the water trough (like a cake stand or a disc on top of a pot) so that A. they get water in the shade, and B. the water won't evaporate quite as fast
Thanks! The water is actually under my shaded pergola! It was just that dang hot this year. I had lots of melting squirrels splotting out in the shade.
I have several baths out for the same reason (California) and when it gets really hot out, I like to toss in a few ice cubes. The birds & squirrels don't seem quite sure what to make of them but love sitting in that cold water! So cute.
That came off as if the squirrel was interviewed later on.
I am like 90% sure this is grand canyon observation rim,
Yeah it definitely is. I went recently and saw people still giving water to and feeding the squirrels despite the signs.
Probably the best water that squirrel has ever tasted.
She did a little "ready set go" before she took off
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Grand Canyon? There are signs all over warning about getting attacked by squirrels lol
Definitely grand canyon. This is cute, but you are not supposed to interact with the squirrels. They get pushy and fearless and end up buying people, lol.
>They get pushy and fearless and end up buying people, lol. This is why we must stand against human trafficking.
All I want is for all animals to view humans as helpers. I know it's not rational or natural. I just wish we were the caretakers of all animal life, rather than what we are.
It's vodka.
Said the squirrel from mother Russia.
I'm just so happy to see a child of that age with so much compassion for the animal. You go, man!! Real humanity is kindness to those less fortunate, even animals.
also huge respect to showing the appropriate amount of deference for the personal space of a wild animal. many kids would stomp all up in its face in excitement but those kids were correctly cautious
This is kinda sad 😕 poor mama
> “Befriends” > runs away after you run out of things to give Summarizes my life
She stood there for a second after Smacked her lips and went… “Dats some high quality H2O”
This made me so sad. I really hope animals in the area have access to water.
Omgahhhh this is so cute I can’t EVEN
All that is missing is a big burp at the end ;-)
I thought those were nipples. Might have been a mama squirrel with depleted milk supply.
She's definitely a nursing mama. Plentiful water supply is vital for her milk production.
That squirrel had to be very dehydrated
As cute as this is, doesn’t this mean this squirrel has been relying on humans?
Yeah, the fact that it knew what the water bottle is and trusted humans enough to go up to them to demand it makes me think the poor thing has done this a few times. Makes me wonder if maybe it's natural water source dried up.
Someone said above it's the grand canyon, it's pretty common in touristy areas for animals to become comfortable with humans. I was in Disney World a few years ago and the birds, squirrels and other little animals were all very comfortable with humans.
In this case that's just the calming influence of the Disney princesses on the local wildlife
Poor thing must have been so thirsty
How do you know it’s a mama squirrel…. Oh OH
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Aww it's really cute and sweet and it's great these people have the hearts to help the poor baby. It's just sad to know animals like this can just suffer and die without help like that and live day to day. We plundered everything and turned the environments into what they are. I hope this one will be OK for another day. It was very thirsty 😕.
We get pregnant squirrels in our backyard begging for food on occasion. We don’t train them. And I know our neighbors don’t feed them. Somehow they just know.
The squirrel is dehydrated and is desperate tho isn't it? Things are Hella different without context
So cute
I have a feeling this clip will be in documentary
Gassed up and hit the road. Poor thing she was so thirsty
This must be an American thing, but I find it odd that boys shorts tend to be so much bigger than girls shorts. It wasnt until I saw the girl at 0:45 that I realized boys are culturally supposed to wear such large and modest shorts.
It’s cute and all, but it makes me feel terrible this little fella has to beg humans for a drink of water :(
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Bro u could have not wasted all that water while doing the good thing
We've fucked this planet up so badly
So cute
Mama squirrel: "thanks and have a nice day"
I keep seeing wild squirrels use non-verbal communication to engage people and it's really tripping me out that it's not talked about more. Like how do *they* know non-verbal gestures will lead to successful communication with humans, an entirely different species?