July 20, 2007: Gull steals Doritos

[barefoot serpent]

and now the squirrels are making 5-fingered purchases

Thu Aug 2, 10:44 AM ET



A Finnish squirrel with a sweet tooth heads to a Finnish grocery shop at least twice a day to steal "Kinder Surprise" chocolate-shelled eggs.

"I named it the Kinder-squirrel, after the treats. It always goes after them, other sweets do not seem to interest it as much," the manager of the store in Jyvaskyla, central Finland, told Reuters.

The confectionary, which is intended for children, has a toy inside.

"It removes the foil carefully, eats the chocolate and leaves the store with the toy," Irene Lindroos said.

Unfortunately, the bushy-tailed thief does not clean up after itself, but leaves the wrappers behind, she added.

Squirrels have a well deserved reputation for being clever and adaptable animals. Many a home owner has seen the small rodents raiding their supposedly "squirrel-proof" bird feeders.

[xoxoxoBruce]

After it eats the chocolate egg, it leaves with the plastic yolk containing the toy? Well of course... it takes me ten minutes to open those things and I'm smarter than the average squirrel.

[Undertoad]

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[SPUCK]

We looked up from the kitchen table yesterday because of a noise. There was a coal black squirrel in our dining room hiding a walnut in a tennis shoe. So this animal wasn't stealing he was giving!

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

This story is verified by Snopes, accompanied by a nice anigif and video.

Ha! He sneaks in, looking all around to see if the coast is clear, then when he grabs them he just hauls ass!

Now all we need is for Brianna to analyze the look on his face.