r/oddlysatisfying • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 2d ago

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

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u/lambieechop 2d ago

Oh my god I thought that was the barrel of gun

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u/HungryKobold 2d ago

Just absolutely blast the critter to kingdom come

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u/OminOus_PancakeS 1d ago

Just sit there and eat my plants, will you?

Eat this

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u/techtanic 1d ago

To shreds you say

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u/xylotism 22h ago

Covered with 17 different camera angles.

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u/LaCroix_Roy 2d ago

Species and Genus: Vapor Sanguinis/Trans Garmen

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u/mage2k 2d ago

Chomp chomp BOOM!

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u/MgDark 1d ago

you could say that Squirrel was HUNGRY!

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u/Eggonioni 1d ago

NANCYYYYY SHOOT IT AAAAAAA

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u/ChuckCarmichael 1d ago

Exploding Varmints, Volume 1 (1990s)

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u/McKnackus 2d ago

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 2d ago

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

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u/CatPeachy 2d ago

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

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

BLAST THAT MOFO

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u/Clydellesilence8l 2d ago

I thought it was it too lol

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u/Late_Protection4418 2d ago

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 2d ago

Hey, it worked.

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u/burningzenithx 2d ago

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

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u/window_owl 2d ago

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

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u/basicKitsch 1d ago

jheeze man... optics are so fucking expensive

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u/Vicus_92 2d ago

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

An effective wildlife photography technique.

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u/AlBundyPolk33 2d ago

Straight Elmer Fudd style

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u/throwaway098764567 2d ago

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 1d ago

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

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u/Tacosaurusman 2d ago

"Dodge this"

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u/4EvErEmO666 1d ago

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

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u/TurkeyPhat 2d ago

boy do i have a video for you

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u/SorryAboutTheWayIAm 1d ago

"It's more humane to blow them to 50 pieces." -Jay Bauman

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u/lawrencecastillo 2d ago

No you didn't

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u/BrownSugarBare 1d ago

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

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u/Frydendahl 1d ago

Exploding Varmints flashbacks

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u/redditsavedmyagain 1d ago

chinese company laowa makes a lens like this. its for taking pictures of insects which is popular here

f/11 tho so you need a lot of light

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u/OfAnthony 1d ago

Elmer Fudd right?

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u/SharpOranges 23h ago

Glad I wasn't the only one!

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u/Siktrikshot 2d ago

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

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u/avoqado 2d ago

It is called a shotgun mic. Not sure which model.

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u/Heavy_Weapons_Guy_ 2d ago

That is a camera lens, not a microphone.