squirrels really love their nuts

It was a sunny, hot, & lazy day - a perfect day for ice cream - , so we (bf & me) headed over to the nearby Gelotti’s for their famous ice cream. As usual, I headed for the gelati section (I practically grew up on this european style of ice cream - the best!), and decided to go with a mix of bocchi (i think it was called that) and some other chocolate-y nutty blend. D-rod chose straciatelli (a sort of vanilla with chocolate chips) instead.

Armed with our summer sugar-filler-uppers, we parked (I was renting a car off and on the weekends at the time) in the park across the street, sat back, opened the doors, and savored our treats. Within minutes, however, a squirrel came ridiculously close to me, by the side of the car. Did he have rabies? Was he just so used to people that he acted more like a pet than a real wild animal? I wasn’t so sure.

Then it hit me. Squirrels love nuts, and my gelati was based on hazelnuts - their favorite, right? So I finished as much as I could (even the medium sizes there are really large), and tossed the styrofoam cup toward the squirrel. Without probing or testing first, he practically dove INTO it! He licked the insides and bit the edges of the cup off, like he hadn’t seen food in days.
Luckily, I had my little handy camera in my bag. This is how the squirrel looked:

When he calmed down a bit, I got to take better non-blurry pictures:

Unfortunately, he didn’t like the straciatelli flavor at all…