Video of squirrel asking for water leaves netizens heartbroken; Watch

A clip of a thirsty squirrel desperately asking for water has left internet stunned, with many highlighting the cons of rapid industrialization. The 41-second video which was recently shared in Twitter by IFS officer Susanta Nanda shows a dehydrated squirrel-who is eventually fed-asking for water from two children amid a busy road. Since shared earlier on July 16,  the clip has now doing rounds of the internet.

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The clip starts by showing two kids, one of them holding a water bottle, standing amid a road when a rodent suddenly appears and starts making gestures so as to ask water from them. After a few seconds, the kids notice the rodent with one of them lowering the water bottle. The thirsty rodent then immediately springs towards the bottle and starts gulping down the water desperately. The video only ends after the teeny squirrel finishes the entire water in the bottle and runs away. 

'They ask for help' 

Since sharing the thought-provoking clip has been viewed over 609 thousand times and garnered a bandwidth of comments.  The clip has also prompted netizens to voice their opinion on how have humans destroyed nature and harmed the fauna. One user wrote "How can we recognize the signs of dehydration amongst animals? A few days back happened to see a cat found dead in the nearby park in Delhi" while another wrote, "Yesterday night a white cat kept meowing non stop until we went to see what was happening. It started to "Talk".... understood it was asking for food. Gave rice n milk. Strangely enough, they do ask for help." Yet another comment read, "I didn’t like the video. Nothing against you for this. Just how much we humans have exploited the Mother Earth. Poor squirrel. Must be so so thirsty".

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