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Once, I set up a birdfeeder with the intention of feeding birds. But, that's not how it usually ends up. The squirrels took over, but at the time I welcomed all animal life, so I didn't interfere. Over the weeks that followed, a hierarchy took place among the squirrels. It ended one day with one squirrel taking over. He laid back in the feeder like it was some kind of food sauna. I could swear it was a whole morning he was there, but I wasn't watching him the whole time. I just remembering how it was strange how none of the other squirrels challenged him.

Then, later in the day I walked to the front of the house to check the mail, and there on the driveway, splat on the ground was the squirrel with all limbs stretched out as if he took a leap from one tree to the other, expecting to make it the way he had countless other times, but failed, landing splat on the ground.

I think he underestimated how much heavier he was after the food sauna.