I'm talking squirrels (sciuridae), specifically those who are fortunate enough to live at Disney World (DisneyWorldified); most of whom have absolutely no fear of anything two-legged, although they do remain wary of anything with wheels and most of the shorter two-legged things.
Some Sciuridae DisneyWorldified have developed a sort of rapport with some aforementioned two-legged things.
Like the little furface who has staked out the Funnel Cake kiosk at Epcot's American Adventure. He/she waits in the bushes until it opens, then once the cooking has started, positions him/herself out in front for optimum begging.*
And another furface cruises the area in front of Off-Kilter's stage in the Canada pavilion. He/she is not shy about approaching those in the front row for hand-outs. There is an Off-Kilter two-legged "regular" who brings a bag of snacks including walnuts and almonds for said furface, who eats the walnuts and takes the almonds into the nearest bushes and (presumably) buries them.
The music/noise bothers him/her not at all.
* I have a feeling this is the same scuiridae that we spotted hanging around a temporary food cart. This bold-as-brass fluffy loitered on the curb behind the cart while the Cast Members were busy getting set up; while they were occupied, furface checked out whatever was within grabbing reach, even foraging inside the cabinets. He/she managed to not get shut up in the cart or stepped on before scampering off.
Note: I'm not in any way suggesting that anyone feed these squirrels (or any others); they are wild critters and do have teeth and just might bite.
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