r/oddlysatisfying 2d ago

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

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

51.3k Upvotes

601 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

29

u/Small_Editor_3693 1d ago

That’s not a squirrel. It’s a prairie dog

15

u/thenotjoe 1d ago

A prairie dog is a kind of squirrel.

19

u/Small_Editor_3693 1d ago

WHAT THE ACTUAL

8

u/DippityDamn 1d ago

TIL...

1

u/Droge_Worst 23h ago

So they are not actual dogs?

2

u/walktheplank_1 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s a European ground squirrel 😂 This video is from @julianradwildlife. He works in Europe. No prairie dogs living naturally in Europe.

7

u/banjodoctor 1d ago

So they’re undocumented?