If you’ve ever been to Walt Disney Florida, you probably have noticed the squirrels. Those squirrels are practically an attraction by themselves and they are fearless!
If you leave food unattended, those brave relatives of Chip and Dale are going to do whatever it takes to get it. My reader Jennifer sent in a picture of a squirrel at Epcot going after a muffin in a parked stroller. He ripped through the mesh cover and treated himself to a mouthful of little Johnnie’s muffin!
So if you park your stroller, don’t leave food in it!
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A couple of trips ago we saw a squirrell take a peanut butter/jelly sandwich out of a stroller and eat it. One trip we were having nuggets and they took it right out of my husbands hand. Also the ducks would fly up on the table if you didn’t feed them! :) A fun place indeed!
We just got back from WDW on Saturday and saw this many times. DS21 was getting DGS2’s stroller and was like “should I make him get out of that stroller?” I told him no, there will just be more… we saw it many more times so he didn’t even ask after that!
Thanks for posting my pic! We had just come out of the Mexico pavilion and didn’t know what every one was staring at. I immediately got the camera out and snapped some pics. This is not our stroller. We couldn’t believe that someone didn’t think of wrapping the snack and hiding it! We always have a zippered bag of some sort and if we have snacks, always have them in a container. Mostly to keep the mess down in the bag. I sure hope the squirrel didn’t do any more damage. We let shortly after taking the pic. It’s kind of funny, when it’s not you…lol
I work in Disney, EPCOT now, but when I was in Animal Kingdom we had a squirrel who every night would walk into the store about 5 minutes before close, grab a snickers bar (even if we switched them on the rack to confuse him) and would head out. If fact, they told me about him when I trained in the area so I wouldn’t freak out over it.
I would love to see that! Nice way to end yalls night with some entertainment
That is so funny!
haha, my sister got bit by a duck 2 years ago… her fault for trying to pet it. he was a tiny sweet looking baby though :) I bet they are very well fed living there! It doesn’t stop my family from going every year- 3 more weeks! We like to go during the hottest month of the year/hurricane season lol
It was not Disney, but i saw a squirrel at Busch Gardens that was the fattest I had ever seen! He came up and was eating cheetos from my hand! Smart squirrels to live at the amusement park! I would never leave if i was them!
I once saw one take an entire unopened package of crackers off of a stroller once… I would have loved to see how he opened it.
weve seent these crazy guys too. when eating chicken tenders at one of the outside stops near the elevator ride/drop they were eating a kids droppings right under his feet i thought i hope he doesnt decide a toe is a french fry and dig right in…..
Those squirrels are awesome I’ve watched them many times!
I held out coconut in my hand for a little bird in Epcot, and it jumped right into my palm to eat it. It was my Disney Princess moment. ;)
I’ve gotten used to “brave” squirrels. We had them at my undergrad as well. At our visit in June, we had a bird hang out with us in HS after we got some pretzels. I had to tell our 5 year old to stop feeding him because birds don’t need that much salt. (But when he wasn’t looking, I tossed salt-less bits.)
Rats with good PR! Seagulls-rats with wings
I have had a Seagull take half of the hot dog out of my hand as it was heading to my mouth! We had just gotten hotdogs near the Haunted Mansion and were making our way to the rest of the family at Splash Mountain when the bird literally flew by and grabbed the hot dog!
Had this happen atthe daycare i work at. The seagull stole a kids bread at dinner. Guess birds are brave all over
Watch for the large birds at AK!!! Stole a rib bone right off my plate at Flame Tree BBQ….while I was still at the table! Brazen bird with good taste in food!
Our encounter was with the birds in Frontierland. Oddly enough, they go crazy when you have a turkey leg. Or a pretzel. I think they can smell a sucker who will give them food coming from a mile away.
Ducks too!! They mauled me for my pretzel at Epcot last year lol
I have a similar picture…although it was someone elses stroller and Vera Bradly diaper bag…the squirrel was like an attraction himself…there was a huge crowd around him laughing. I have to admit, it was funny!!!!
On my first trip to WDW (I was just 10 or 11) we stopped for a snack in Frontierland. I was sitting by a tree eating a chocolate chip cookie when a squirrel appeared… hopped right up on my lap! I even fed him a chunk of cookie, he took it right out of my hand.
But that pic is hilarious! You’re right, the squirrels are fearless!