Posted on 09/19/2023 9:14:44 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
In a video that has gained steam on social media, a woman was seen at a San Antonio Walmart with a squirrel crawling out of the back of her blouse and nestling on her shoulder as she operated the self-checkout.
You heard that right. A squirrel.
The clip from Barstool UTSA was apparently filmed at the Walmart on De Zavala Road near the University of Texas at San Antonio campus. Another woman, in the background of the video, can be overheard saying slowly, “Oh, my God.”
“Never going to the Walmart off UTSA Blvd again,” Barstool UTSA wrote on X, the social media account formerly known as Twitter.
Walmart’s company policy says that although it welcomes service animals, it doesn’t allow pets. The San Antonio Current, the first to report on the video, quipped that the squirrel didn’t appear to have a service vest.
It's not uncommon for people to keep squirrels as pets. Founding father Ben Franklin actually brought one named Mungo to England. When a dog killed it, Franklin wrote Mungo’s eulogy.
And according to the George W. Bush White House archives, President Warren Harding had a pet squirrel named Pete. There’s a photo of Navy Secretary Edwin Denby bending down to feed him.
Just avoid birds of prey.
I think my father released all of his, too.
“As we already know by now... some people will do ‘anything’ to get attention...”
Exactly! “Look at me!”
“Exactly! “Look at me!””
It makes one wonder what their upbringing was like and what their parents were like. My neighbors in back have two daughters.. one about eight and the other probably ten or so. Their pattern being outside is always the same. First it’s laughter, squeals and playful chatter, all good. But invariably, it ends with one of them (the youngest, I think) screaming and wailing and crying and throwing a fit. Their parents are, I suspect, flaming liberals.
My conservative parents would not put up with that behavior. It was always “if you’re going to cry about nothing, I’m going to give you (a spanking) something to cry about”. Tough love works. Liberal stupidity does not.
Nearly 50 years ago, my father rescued a squirrel from the ash pit of our fireplace. He was only a few days old, and we knew that his parents would never take him back with human scent on him…so we raised him. Initially, we fed Fuzzy milk with a doll bottle, but he soon graduated to nuts, dry cereal and the occasional potato chip or French fry. We taught him how to climb trees (and get down), and he would climb all over us. He loved sitting on a shoulder and observing the world from a higher altitude. But we never brought Fuzzy to the store - his one trip out was to the vet for a rabies shot, and he was in a cage.
The old thing about animals abandoning their babies because of human scent is not correct. People used to tell us this in our workplace, when we had to move baby rabbits that were left by their moms in the tall grass (lawn mower coming) but we never saw it to be true.
Animals will abandon young occasionally, but not for that reason alone.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-birds-abandon-young-at-human-touch/
True. Kids are gonna do that until you teach them not to. We’re not even gonna talk about the way my oldest is raising her kids. I’ve been told to butt out...so I have.
Anyway, talking about “look at me”.... I like to use the term “selfie generation”, but it’s not really one generation, is it? It’s ALL generations. Just how many selfies can one person have on their phone?
“Anyway, talking about “look at me”.... I like to use the term “selfie generation”, but it’s not really one generation, is it? It’s ALL generations. Just how many selfies can one person have on their phone?”
Well, my generation pre-dates selfies... and I never liked having my pic taken anyway. Always wanted to stay under the radar in a crowd/school. The less attention attracted the better was my motto. I just can’t relate to any of it.
I would imagine so. They get to be a handful.
Mama had several houseplants out there on the screened in porch. That little guy dug up a lot of her plants. She was none too happy with him for that. We knew he was ready when he did that sort of thing.
There’s a cute book by a lady who kept a hummingbird over winter - if I recall, the bird hadn’t migrated for some reason.
That sounds cute. I do love hummingbirds. I’ve named the male Humberto and the female Harmony, but I know we have more than two that grace our feeders. Currently there are 5 visiting, and I know it won’t be for much longer. A sure sign that Fall is well under way, and that Winter is closer.
We’re in Maryland, and can usually expect to see them until about the middle of September, but sometimes we have them later (probably stopping off in migration from up North.)
They never get boring.
The absolute latest I’ve seen a hummingbird is the third week of October here. That was probably about 5 years ago. My mom loved “hummies” so those were some of the first bird feeders I ever bought as an adult. They are adorable little creatures.
Good for you! May God bless you for your help with his little feathered creatures.
I think she had to feed it quite often and couldn’t leave it at home when she had to run errands. It’s a good thing they grow up fast, unlike eagles. Fun to watch both species as they grow. Some of them are quite the character!
in my youth, we always hoped for a squirrel shot.
To bad it didn’t turn into a Mississippi squirrel revival.
It’s a “Service Squirrel”!
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