Chubby Squirrel Spotted Enjoying McDonald's Cheeseburger

A chubby squirrel has been spotted chowing down on a McDonald's cheeseburger.

The hungry creature was caught on camera munching on the Maccies meal near a restaurant in Venice, Florida.

Jamie Walton captured the moment and posted it online.

Speaking about the encounter, the 36-year-old said: "I pulled into a parking space and it was a few feet from my door. There is a McDonald's adjacent to the parking lot.

"I thought it was funny and people have found it amusing."

Since Jamie posted the clip to Reddit, it has been upvoted thousands of times, with hundreds of users piling into the comments.

On viewer said: "I love the way it's sat like it's having a picnic."

While another added: "I think I've found my spirit animal."

Many of those who chimed in were just shocked that a squirrel would be enticed by a hunk of beef.

The top comment on the post read: "I didn't know that squirrels ate meat."

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But Jamie said she wasn't surprised at all, adding: "We have many squirrels in Florida. They eat anything available."

A squirrel's diet would typically be herbivorous, but some squirrels will eat meat if they're hungry.

They have also been known to eat small birds, young snakes and smaller rodents, plus bird eggs and insects.

In fact, some tropical species have shifted almost entirely to a diet of insects.

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This isn't the first time animals have been spotted tucking into a pile of fast food.

Back in May, a lizard that binged on pizza grease was found in Cocoa Beach, Florida, horrifically bloated after digesting some sand that had got into its food.

By the time it was found, faeces was found to make up around 80 percent of its body mass.

Speaking at the time, herpetologist Natalie Claunch said: "To our knowledge, this represents the largest faeces-to-body-mass ratio recorded in a living animal."

And that's not all. In 2015, footage began doing the rounds on social media of a rat dragging a huge slice of pizza in New York.

Known as 'Pizza Rat', the rodent has picked up 11 million views on YouTube.

Topics: Food, Funny, McDonald's

Dominic Smithers

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