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<\/p>\nAbsolutely nuts<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Squirrels are apparently also getting hooked on vaping these days, as seen in a viral video that is circulating online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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In Brixton, South London, a squirrel is seen holding automated smoking device while perched on a fence, as reported by The Telegraph.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The grey squirrel is seen clutching the device between its paws while appearing to chew on it.<\/p>\n
A similar incident was reported in 2024, as TikTok user @carly.dane posted a video of a squirrel with a vaping device.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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And the experts have explained just why these squirrels were attracted to the device.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t due to the nicotine, contrary to what many may think. Rather, the fruity smells coming from it is what attracted them, experts said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Red squirrel expert at Bangor University in Wales, Craig Shuttleworth, told The Telegraph that \u201cin the old days, you\u2019d see lots of discarded cigarette butts, but I don\u2019t remember squirrels running around with them\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt would be reasonable to assume that a vape would be more attractive than a normal tobacco product that\u2019s not fruity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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However, they could ingest the nicotine nonetheless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Shuttleworth said that the animals could also ingest the nicotine, as they inadvertently consume microplastics by gnawing on the vaping devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThey don\u2019t encounter nicotine in the wild, so like many chemicals, it\u2019s something you don\u2019t want them exposed to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A spokesperson for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), meanwhile, said that this incident is a \u201cstark reminder of the danger discarded litter poses to our wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe would urge people to hold on to their litter until there\u2019s an opportunity to dispose of it safely and responsibly,\u201d they said, noting that five million single-use e-cigarettes were thrown out each week prior to a state ban on their sale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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RSPCA Scientific Officer Evie Button said that the Veterinary Poisons Information Service has received 680 calls about vape incidents involving pets since 2017, 96 percent of which concerned dogs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Absolutely nuts Squirrels are apparently also getting hooked on vaping these days, as seen in a viral video that is circulating online. In Brixton, South London, a squirrel is seen holding automated smoking device while perched on a fence, as reported by The Telegraph. The grey squirrel is seen clutching the device between its paws […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[313,1929,2947,4540,4541,1750,2129],"class_list":{"0":"post-4435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-london","9":"tag-park","10":"tag-spotted","11":"tag-squirrel","12":"tag-squirrels","13":"tag-tiktok","14":"tag-vaping"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}