BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian squirrel pack ‘kills dog’

BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian squirrel pack ‘kills dog’
Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report.

Passers-by were too late to stop the attack by the black squirrels in a village in the far east, which reportedly lasted about a minute.

This gives new meaning to the term “charismatic megafauna.”

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