Pie-eyed and bushy-tailed: Minnesota squirrel gets drunk off fermented pears

Squirrel seen swaying in video after woman put old pears from her fridge in her garden for wildlife to eat

A squirrel in Minnesota has enjoyed an early and especially festive start to the holiday season by being videoed apparently drunkenly feasting on pears that had fermented and become alcoholic.

The inebriated squirrel was caught swaying on camera by Katy Morlok of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, who had put out an old pear from her fridge in her garden for local wildlife to eat. She saw one of the squirrels - whom she dubbed Lil Red - snatch the pear and take it up a tree.