Squirrels are ‘vaping’ e-cigarettes after mistaking fruity aromas for food

[Ban Hammer 15,097]

This is absolutely nuts.

The e-cigarette scourge is has become so virulent that even the squirrels are apparently getting hooked on vaping.

In a viral video circulating online, a gray squirrel is seen toting an automated smoking device while perched on a fence in Brixton, South London, the Telegraph reported.

The tobacco-toting treehopper was clutching the dMeanwhile, in October, TikTok user @tts_tiktok22 posted a video of a squirrel in Philadelphia gnawing on what looks like an Elfbar.evice between its paws while appearing to chew on it, evoking the automated version of NYC’s infamous cigarette-smoking cockroach.

Meanwhile, in October, TikTok user @tts_tiktok22 posted a video of a squirrel in Philadelphia gnawing on what looks like an Elfbar.

However, these squirrels were likely not attracted to the nicotine, but rather the fruity smells wafting up from it, experts said.

“In the old days, you’d see lots of discarded cigarette butts, but I don’t remember squirrels running around with them,” Craig Shuttleworth, a red squirrel expert at Bangor University in Wales, told the outlet. “It would be reasonable to assume that a vape would be more attractive than a normal tobacco product that’s not fruity.”

more at https://nypost.com/2026/03/24/science/squirrels-are-vaping-e-cigarettes-mistaking-aromas-for-food/
 

[TBoneTX 49,481]

Very real sign that I saw posted in the back of a motel in Iowa:

 

"Please do not throw your cigarette butts on the ground.  The squirrels come out at night to smoke them.  And we are trying to get them to quit."

[Dashinka 26,638]

Well, sharks are becoming drug addicts, so what else is new?

 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/sharks-in-the-bahamas-are-full-of-cocaine-caffeine-and-painkillers/

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1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

Well, sharks are becoming drug addicts, so what else is new?

 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/sharks-in-the-bahamas-are-full-of-cocaine-caffeine-and-painkillers/

they made a movie about cocaine bear.  now we need a movie about this!