Squirrel Gets Drunk On Fermented Pear Because Acorns Can't Dull The Pain

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A Minnesota woman says she accidentally got the critter sloshed.

Katy Morlok said she fed a squirrel an old pear from her fridge ― but realized later that the fruit had fermented into a boozy snack for the critter.

Recent viral video shows the squirrel, which she named “Lil Red,” nearly keeling over after bellying up to the treat. Morlok thought she was leaving out a safe nibble for the squirrels, but Lil Red’s apparent stupor ― and repeat business ― indicated otherwise. “And then it kind of dawned on me … oh no, those pears were so old I bet they fermented,” Morlok of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota,Morlok said Lil Red recovered with a “little hangover breakfast.”While HuffPost could not verify that the pear fermented and the squirrel got soused, it does seem that fruit canthat “It’s OK to feed squirrels if you’d like, but do so from a feeder — never by hand.”

 

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