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'Pizza Squirrel' Scales Michigan Tree With a Full Slice
UPI ^ | April 4, 2016 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 04/04/2016 11:50:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A hungry squirrel in Michigan was caught on camera taking a cue from a famous New York subway rat by taking a slice of pizza and carrying it up a tree.

The video posted to YouTube by Chris Weeden shows the squirrel dragging a slice of pizza on the ground near a tree while the people filming from inside a nearby building provide commentary.

The people sound surprised as the squirrel is able to climb the tree while holding the slice of pizza and makes it to a high branch.

The squirrel evoked memories of New York's famous "Pizza Rat," which was recorded carrying a slice of pizza up a flight of stairs in a subway station.

"It's a bird, it's a plane. It's PIZZA SQUIRREL! Ann Arbor, MI's new Pizza Delivery service," the squirrel video's uploader joked.


TOPICS: Food; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: michigan
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1 posted on 04/04/2016 11:50:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Pretty squirrely if you ask me.


2 posted on 04/04/2016 11:51:54 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: nickcarraway

Go ahead and eat the crust and the sauce, but leave the cheese for the moose.


3 posted on 04/04/2016 11:54:11 AM PDT by thesharkboy (posting without reading the article since 1998)
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To: nickcarraway

some kinda nut....


4 posted on 04/04/2016 11:58:27 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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My sweetie used to put a cob of corn on a nail for the local squirrels to pick at. One day I did a double-take when I saw a full corn cob walking up a high tree limb, seemingly by itself. Those little beggars are strong.


5 posted on 04/04/2016 12:04:36 PM PDT by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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To: nickcarraway

I like how he went behind the tree to hide his trade secrets.


6 posted on 04/04/2016 12:05:20 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: headstamp 2

It depends on if he was eating it folded over, or with a fork and knife.


7 posted on 04/04/2016 12:06:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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We put full slices out - after my husband takes the cheese and pepperoni off (low carb) - and the squirrels will grab them and run off with them. I saw one going up a tree in the front yard with a slice that it had dragged all the way from the back yard. Made me laugh to see it.


8 posted on 04/04/2016 12:12:09 PM PDT by Ladysforest (Racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia and vulgarity - with just a smattering of threats and violence)
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'Squirrel-go-round':

Dog and squirrel merry-go-round

9 posted on 04/04/2016 12:13:10 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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My squirrels carry tomatoes up a tree to eat them. Pretty impressive since the tomatoes are up to half their weight. I can’t imagine carrying something that is half my weight up a tree using just my teeth.


10 posted on 04/04/2016 12:15:42 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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Big deal. I just got a new company car. Had it for just over a month when a headlight quit working. Took it to dealer who removed a few parts and found a cookie in the engine compartment underneath the washer water bottle. The rodent who managed to get a cookie into my engine also ate a bunch of wire.

I’m assuming this won’t be a one time problem since Toyota and many other car companies now make biodegradable wire insulation out of soy. (food)


11 posted on 04/04/2016 12:16:29 PM PDT by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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To: nickcarraway; beaversmom
That's the last time he'll steal my slice.


12 posted on 04/04/2016 12:16:42 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
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To: Ladysforest
I've seen your hubbie's facebook page :P....


13 posted on 04/04/2016 12:19:24 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
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That is really funny!


14 posted on 04/04/2016 12:20:57 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: nickcarraway

Squirrels. Are great fried with biscuits and gravy.


15 posted on 04/04/2016 12:34:42 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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Next thing you know squirrels will be taking over the pizza delivery jobs. They will work for a lot less than $15 an hour plus benefits.


16 posted on 04/04/2016 1:22:54 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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I used to put pea nuts on my fence for the squirrels. It got to the point that if I was out of peanuts, they would come and stare at me through the sliding glass door.


17 posted on 04/04/2016 1:25:01 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: nickcarraway

Neat! But someone should tell Rocky that the local pizza parlor offers home delivery


18 posted on 04/04/2016 1:51:49 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: Daffynition

Darn! I thought he had it set to “Private”.


19 posted on 04/04/2016 2:36:24 PM PDT by Ladysforest (Racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia and vulgarity - with just a smattering of threats and violence)
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To: Rusty0604

I guess squirrels have staff, too! LOL


20 posted on 04/04/2016 2:53:03 PM PDT by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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