Zoo's squirrels gnaw away at Cincinnati zoo Xmas lights

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SQUIRREEEELLLLLLL!

Of all the animals at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, it is the squirrels who are causing a problem. Not the elephants or rhinos or gorillas. Not the crocodilians or peacocks or even the Visayan warty pigs.

Nope, just regular old tree squirrels who are gnawing on wires which is turning off strands of lights which is kind of a big deal during the annual PNC Festival of Lights which brings 200,000 to 250,000 people to the zoo each holiday season.

This little rodent, amidst the majesty of all these exotic animals, is running around fat and happy and causing a major annoyance. And it turns out they like hot sauce. More later.

These squirrels have to know how funny this is.

Question: Where's Eddie? He Usually Eats These Goddamn Things.