Squirrel Catches Scorpion & Munches On It At Lower Pierce Reservoir

We’ve always known that squirrels eat a lot of nuts like walnuts and almonds. But being omnivores, they happen to eat a lot of things too.

Insects like the deadly scorpion appears to be one of them.

On Monday (22 Feb), a photographer spotted a squirrel hunting for some food at Lower Pierce Reservoir. To his surprise, it ended up munching on a scorpion.

He later took to the Nature Society (Singapore) Facebook group to share his interesting encounter.

Squirrel spots something on forest floor

The photographer was watching 2 squirrels chasing each other on a tree when 1 of them seemed to have spotted something and jumped to the ground.

Curious as to what it was up to, he followed the creature.

All of a sudden, it let out a squeak.

The squirrel then came to a stop at a ledge along the boardwalk, looking down at something.

Squirrel peers over ledge, looking for prey

After peering over the ledge for awhile, the squirrel popped back up and looked over the other side of it.