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Chocoholic squirrel steals treats from shop
Thu Aug 2, 10:44 AM ET
A Finnish squirrel with a sweet tooth heads to a Finnish grocery shop at least twice a day to steal "Kinder Surprise" chocolate-shelled eggs.
"I named it the Kinder-squirrel, after the treats. It always goes after them, other sweets do not seem to interest it as much," the manager of the store in Jyvaskyla, central Finland, told Reuters.
The confectionary, which is intended for children, has a toy inside.
"It removes the foil carefully, eats the chocolate and leaves the store with the toy," Irene Lindroos said.
Unfortunately, the bushy-tailed thief does not clean up after itself, but leaves the wrappers behind, she added.
Squirrels have a well deserved reputation for being clever and adaptable animals. Many a home owner has seen the small rodents raiding their supposedly "squirrel-proof" bird feeders.
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Thu Aug 2, 10:44 AM ET
A Finnish squirrel with a sweet tooth heads to a Finnish grocery shop at least twice a day to steal "Kinder Surprise" chocolate-shelled eggs.
"I named it the Kinder-squirrel, after the treats. It always goes after them, other sweets do not seem to interest it as much," the manager of the store in Jyvaskyla, central Finland, told Reuters.
The confectionary, which is intended for children, has a toy inside.
"It removes the foil carefully, eats the chocolate and leaves the store with the toy," Irene Lindroos said.
Unfortunately, the bushy-tailed thief does not clean up after itself, but leaves the wrappers behind, she added.
Squirrels have a well deserved reputation for being clever and adaptable animals. Many a home owner has seen the small rodents raiding their supposedly "squirrel-proof" bird feeders.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070...l53BBwDW7oF
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Re: Kinder squirrel
Mon, August 20, 2007 - 1:32 AMCute mischievous rodents! They like the kinder eggs those boochie boos!
!!!=^_^=!!!
Ok, I'm gonna be on the lookout for a dead, stiff squirrel before deathguild. I'm on a budget this week.
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Re: Kinder squirrel
Thu, August 23, 2007 - 1:18 PMUpdate: the Kinder Squirrel has been banned from the supermarket.
Treat's over for sweet toothed Finnish squirrel
A squirrel that charmed Finland this summer by turning up daily at a supermarket for chocolate eggs has now been banned from the premises.
Thanks to the manager of the SIWA supermarket in Jyvaskyla, a city of 85,000 people in the heart of Finland, the squirrel skipped through the open front door every day and made a beeline to the confectionery section.
There it helped itself to one particular European brand of chocolate egg -- notable for including a little plastic toy inside -- before scampering back outdoors to savour the treat.
"The squirrel is prohibited from entering," an employee at the supermarket told AFP on Thursday. "It's a decision of the health authorities. The door of the store has remained open all summer, but now it will be shut."
Amused customers had dipped into their wallets to pay for the goodies.
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