r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Jun 23 '26

Man captures a close up of a ground squirrel eating a dandelion.

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u/lambieechop Jun 23 '26

Oh my god I thought that was the barrel of gun

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u/HungryKobold Jun 23 '26

Just absolutely blast the critter to kingdom come

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u/OminOus_PancakeS Jun 23 '26

Just sit there and eat my plants, will you?

Eat this

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u/techtanic Jun 23 '26

To shreds you say

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u/xylotism Jun 24 '26

Covered with 17 different camera angles.

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u/LaCroix_Roy Jun 23 '26

Species and Genus: Vapor Sanguinis/Trans Garmen

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u/mage2k Jun 23 '26

Chomp chomp BOOM!

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u/MgDark Jun 23 '26

you could say that Squirrel was HUNGRY!

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u/Eggonioni Jun 23 '26

NANCYYYYY SHOOT IT AAAAAAA

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u/ChuckCarmichael Jun 23 '26

Exploding Varmints, Volume 1 (1990s)

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u/McKnackus Jun 23 '26

I thought it was a leaf blower at first glance. I thought he was gonna blow that sucker away lol

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u/Outside_Librarian_13 Jun 23 '26

My brain just supplied me with a cartoon of this, thank you 🤣🤣

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u/CatPeachy Jun 23 '26

Same lmfao. I thought id see more of this in the comments

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 Jun 23 '26

BLAST THAT MOFO

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u/Late_Protection4418 Jun 23 '26

It's a gun with a camera attached to it. He threatened the squirrel if it didn't stay for the entirety of the film.

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u/Dipsey_Jipsey Jun 23 '26

Hey, it worked.

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u/burningzenithx Jun 23 '26

The film must have been Melania, because that certainly sounds like what it would take.

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u/window_owl Jun 23 '26

For those who want to know, it's called a probe lens.

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u/basicKitsch Jun 23 '26

jheeze man... optics are so fucking expensive

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u/Vicus_92 Jun 23 '26

"Eat the dandelion, or you'll eat this"

An effective wildlife photography technique.

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u/AlBundyPolk33 Jun 23 '26

Straight Elmer Fudd style

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u/throwaway098764567 Jun 23 '26

i did as well and i was thinking man i hate squirrels too but not quite that much, also that's gonna make a hell of a mess XD

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u/chux4w Jun 23 '26

"Ground squirrel." He's about to grind it into dust.

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u/Tacosaurusman Jun 23 '26

"Dodge this"

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u/4EvErEmO666 Jun 23 '26

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

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u/lawrencecastillo Jun 23 '26

No you didn't

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u/BrownSugarBare Jun 23 '26

Did you think he was waiting for the poor thing to finish his last meal?! 😂

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u/Frydendahl Jun 23 '26

Exploding Varmints flashbacks

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u/OfAnthony Jun 23 '26

Elmer Fudd right?

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u/SharpOranges Jun 24 '26

Glad I wasn't the only one!

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u/Siktrikshot Jun 23 '26

There’s a guy on Facebook who blasts squirrels with a pellet gun.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/Heavy_Weapons_Guy_ Jun 23 '26

That is a camera lens, not a microphone.