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Friday, March 18, 2011
Squirrel damage? You must be off your nut!
Many of us women’s car insurance holders love all types of little fluffy creatures available in pet-shops and visible in UK trees, fields and burrows – others don’t – but we may all be united by this amusing tail.
"In 42 years of working in this business, we have never seen anything quite like this,” were the words of garage manager, Jason Perry.
The event in question occurred when a man took his car to have a leaking radiator fixed. On opening the vehicle’s bonnet, mechanics had a surprise. The air intake system was filled with peanuts, and it was all down to one squirrel.
"I couldn't quite believe what the garage was telling me", said the vehicle owner.
"There were literally hundreds of them stashed in there. My mother-in-law regularly puts seeds out for the birds next to where I park the car, so the squirrel must have taken them from there and hidden them in the airbox.”
Apparently, the animal, delighted to have found a safe place for his hoarde, had completely blocked the filter and the garage employees were surprised that the car was still working.
The squirrel could have caused some very serious damage, but this time the cost of the repair, in comparison with more dangerous faults, was peanuts.
"In 42 years of working in this business, we have never seen anything quite like this,” were the words of garage manager, Jason Perry.
The event in question occurred when a man took his car to have a leaking radiator fixed. On opening the vehicle’s bonnet, mechanics had a surprise. The air intake system was filled with peanuts, and it was all down to one squirrel.
"I couldn't quite believe what the garage was telling me", said the vehicle owner.
"There were literally hundreds of them stashed in there. My mother-in-law regularly puts seeds out for the birds next to where I park the car, so the squirrel must have taken them from there and hidden them in the airbox.”
Apparently, the animal, delighted to have found a safe place for his hoarde, had completely blocked the filter and the garage employees were surprised that the car was still working.
The squirrel could have caused some very serious damage, but this time the cost of the repair, in comparison with more dangerous faults, was peanuts.
Image by Jack Fiallos via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
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