Original Article: https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/squirrel-gets-drunk-eating-fermented-fruit/

“Drink, Drank, Drunk.” The appropriate motto to describe 2020, and perhaps the personal motto of the little squirrel in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, who was caught on camera getting his drink on by resident, Katy Morlok.

As Morlok shared with Fox 9, she had been cleaning out her fridge when she came across some old pears. She had no idea that they’d gone a little fermented.

Thinking that they were still safe to eat, Morlok left them out in a bowl in her yard for the neighborhood squirrels to enjoy. One of the furry visitors, whom she’s nicknamed Lil Red, came and snatched one of the fermented fruits.

Lil Red then disappeared up one of the trees with his treat and feasted away. An hour later, Lil Red returned. But Morlok noticed that there was something different about the squirrel. He was behaving a little out of sorts, swaying back and forth and being unsteady on his feet. Morlok shared with the media outlet, that was her tip-off that the pears she’d left out had actually gone fermented.

The little squirrel was drunk!

Morlok had left several pears in the bowl for Lil Red, and she soon understood why the little critter had come back for seconds. He was having a fun time getting buzzed. Morlok’s intention certainly wasn’t to enable a squirrel’s alcoholism, so she quickly went out to the backyard to gather the rest of the pears and toss them away.

While the video she captured was certainly hilarious, Lil Red seemed to have made a full recovery. She noted that the next morning, after enjoying a little hangover brunch, the squirrel seemed perfectly fine.

Watch the adorable footage of his bender below:

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Source: The Animal Rescue Site Blog