# Squirrel tries to bury nut into dog's thick coat. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017 "2014-02-11T00:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/1 "2014-02-11T00:13:48Z")
I love the “WTF are you doing?” expression on the dog’s face. That is one mixed up, crazy squirrel. > **[VIDEO: Pet squirrel tries to bury nut into bemused dog's coat ](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/video-squirrel-bury-nut-dog-coat-article-1.1608220)** > > Wally just wanted to keep his food warm and dry. But the cheeky pet squirrel mistakenly tried to hide his food inside a dog's fur. Adorable footage shows the scallywag desperately trying to stash an acorn in the tufts of Burmese mountain dog Jax's... ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/2 "2014-02-11T00:19:52Z")
I love the way the squirrel pats the fur back in place. I can hear him now: “There, that should take care of that one!” I thought he was going to try to store the other one “under the tail” so to speak. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/3 "2014-02-11T02:10:49Z")
At least he wasn’t trying to take a nut… ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/4 "2014-02-11T03:22:46Z")
You know what this reminds me of? Kids nowadays have forgotten to play most “Earth-based” games like marbles, topple-the-can, horse shoe tossing, etc. because there’s hardly any exposed earth left. ---
**Author:** ![mortal\_wombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mortal\_wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mortal_wombat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/5 "2014-02-11T03:38:06Z")
That squirrel is a true connoiseur. Dog flavoured nuts are the perfect afternoon snack. Followed by cat crisps and pickled hamster shit… ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/6 "2014-02-11T15:19:25Z")
I had a dog that was raised in the city, then moved out to the country. When he was a pup, he learned to bury his bones in the couch, tucked between the cushions. Even after he moved out to the country, with complete and unfettered access to fields, woods, etc etc, when he got a bone, he’d go inside and bury it in the couch. Silly, wonderful dog. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/7 "2014-02-11T16:48:42Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > You know what this reminds me of? Kids nowadays have forgotten to play most “Earth-based” games like marbles, topple-the-can, horse shoe tossing, etc. because there’s hardly any exposed earth left. Eh…what? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/8 "2014-02-11T18:42:49Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > You know what this reminds me of? Kids nowadays have forgotten to play most “Earth-based” games like marbles, topple-the-can, horse shoe tossing, etc. because there’s hardly any exposed earth left. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Eh…what? Perhaps he feels this sort of thing: [QUOTE=Gerard Manley Hopkins] Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/9 "2014-02-11T19:08:05Z")
Am I the only one who thinks the idea of a _pet squirrel_ is weird? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/10 "2014-02-11T21:47:43Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/11 "2014-02-12T16:09:13Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I thought he was going to try to store the other one “under the tail” so to speak. I thought exactly the same thing and wondered if I was the only one perverted enough to think that. Glad to know there are at least 2 of us. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/12 "2014-02-12T16:46:01Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks the idea of a _pet squirrel_ is weird? It wasn’t uncommon in the 18th century. Look at John Singleton Copley’s painting _Boy with a Squirrel_: [http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/boy-with-a-squirrel.html](http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/boy-with-a-squirrel.html) Or in the fifth painting/engraving of Hogarth’s series _Marriage a la Mode_, the painting-within-a-painting on the wall shows a courtesan with a pet squirrel (not really very visible here, I apologize): > **[File:William Hogarth 039.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Hogarth_039.jpg)** > > Original file (2,024 × 1,537 pixels, file size: 230 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) > Part of the Marriage à-la-mode series (1743): > This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. > Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. It’s more evident in the engraving: > **[File:William Hogarth - Marriage à la Mode, Plate 5, (The Death of the Earl) - Google Art Project.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Hogarth_-_Marriage_%C3%A0_la_Mode,_Plate_5,_(The_Death_of_the_Earl)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)** (I’m told that courtesans liked things like pet squirrels as points of interest, and to distract from their own fading beauty. ) ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-tries-to-bury-nut-into-dogs-thick-coat/681017/13 "2014-02-12T17:10:03Z")
Cute video, and here we have a fox trying to find somewhere to bury her food indoors. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/avSJaj9fc-Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Piškotová hra") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avSJaj9fc-Q) Must be frustrating enough, especially with some jerk with a video-camera following you around and watching where you hide it.