Smart Squirrel Spotted Smuggling Newspaper in Dupont

by Tim Regan February 9, 2016 at 1:15 pm 2 Comments

This squirrel was spotted lugging newsprint up the side of a Dupont Circle house

The squirrel struggled to keep its balance on a fire escape ladder

It swayed as it gripped the black bars with its tiny feet

The tree rodent eventually scurried up the ladder and disappeared from view

City squirrels have hard lives. Long hours spent outdoors. Nothing to eat but acorns and tree bark. Constant harassment from urban hawks.

It’s not surprising, then, that one might want to curl up with a good read and just chill out for once.

This tree rodent was spotted lugging a large wad of newsprint up the side of a house on P Street NW yesterday afternoon. While several onlookers held their breath, the squirrel perilously tugged its prize up a black metal fire escape and out of view.

I just watched a squirrel lug a wadded up piece of paper up the side of a house pic.twitter.com/llmFveE230

— Tim Regan (@MrTimRegan) February 8, 2016

Though it’s unclear what the squirrel was reading — and it declined repeated requests for comment — it probably planned to use the newspaper to build a nest. That is, once it was done reading.

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