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Who ate all the nuts? Squirrel squeezes into bird feeder for a feast - and ends up too fat to get out.
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The Daily Mail (London, England)
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August 12, 2005
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: JAMES MILLS
SUPPLE and svelte, the squirrel slipped into his favourite eaterie to enjoy a free lunch.
With remarkable agility, he managed to squeeze through the narrow metal mesh of a 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder and feast on the nuts inside.
However, even for a squirrel, gluttony can be a deadly sin. After eating much more than his fill, he tried to squeeze out again - but his once-slinky stomach was so swollen with nuts that it became wedged between the bars.
And it got worse. As the squirrel struggled, the spherical feeder toppled off its wooden pole in a suburban garden and fell 6ft to the ground and started rolling towards a stream. Luckily, it ...
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