Monday, May 24, 2010

Can a squirell eat a twinkie?

This may sound like a joke but I went up to the country and went for a picnic. We had twinkies that we left out on a picnic table in a box. When we came back there was an empty twinkie wrapper and one that had chew makrs. We looked over and the squierll was eating the twinkie. Im sure this sounds ridiculous but Im not used to dealing with animals, did it eat through the plastic or something? This very strange (but funny)
Answers:
It most likely tore through the plastic with its claws and then ate the twinlie after it dragged it out of the plastic. I sit and watch squirrels on the birdfeeders outside my kitchen window and the ways they can get onto the feeders and manuver around are amazing. One actually chews through the nylon cord that a feeder is hanging off of and made it fall to the ground and break.
no..
I've seen squirrels breaking into cars, so I guess they can manage a twinkie
it is funny.

poor thing OD on sugar that day.
Animals tear through garbage bags all the time to get to the leftovers inside, so I'm sure they can chew through a twinkie wrapper.
I would not think a squirrel would like twinkies but any thing is possible....now it has a sugar rush..lol....all that sugar in its little body.
Yes, they can, and they can easily tear through the plastic. May not be the best thing for them to eat though lol.
We have a few acres in a rural area, have a barn. My husband had some Round UP(weed killer) in a cabinet in the barn. We were walking down there the other night, and the bottle of Round Up was laying in the grass, and there was this trail of dead grass leading up to it...weird. Pick it up, bottle was completely empty(was full and unopened), and there was teeth marks in it. So, something went into the cabinet, pulled it out, and tried to eat it or whatever. I have seen some raccoons out there lately, but I cannot figure out why they'd want to eat weed killer..animals can be very strange.
No animal should eat twinkies, or other human food. Typically, it will make them sick.
Though not their typical diet of course, squirrels will eat junk food if given the opportunity and they are hungry!

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