This is absolutely nuts.
The e-cigarette scourge is has become so virulent that even the squirrels are apparently getting hooked on vaping.
In a viral video circulating online, a gray squirrel is seen toting an automated smoking device while perched on a fence in Brixton, South London, the Telegraph reported.
The tobacco-toting treehopper was clutching the dMeanwhile, in October, TikTok user @tts_tiktok22 posted a video of a squirrel in Philadelphia gnawing on what looks like an Elfbar.evice between its paws while appearing to chew on it, evoking the automated version of NYC’s infamous cigarette-smoking cockroach.
Meanwhile, in October, TikTok user @tts_tiktok22 posted a video of a squirrel in Philadelphia gnawing on what looks like an Elfbar.
However, these squirrels were likely not attracted to the nicotine, but rather the fruity smells wafting up from it, experts said.
“In the old days, you’d see lots of discarded cigarette butts, but I don’t remember squirrels running around with them,” Craig Shuttleworth, a red squirrel expert at Bangor University in Wales, told the outlet. “It would be reasonable to assume that a vape would be more attractive than a normal tobacco product that’s not fruity.”
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