The video shows the squirrel getting up on its hind legs to ask for water.

Social media users are united - for once - in sympathy for a thirsty squirrel begging for water in a video that has gone massively viral online. The video shows the squirrel getting up on its hind legs and following a man around, as if 'begging' for water. It surfaced on Reddit a day ago, and has since reached different social media platforms like Twitter, melting hearts on each of them.

The video begins by showing a squirrel on a road as a man and a girl watch it. The squirrel, spotting a water bottle in the man's hands, gets up on its hind legs and repeatedly gestures at him with her front paws until the man leans down to offer his water bottle to the rodent. Obviously thirsty, the squirrel puts its tiny mouth to the bottle and begins sipping water - going strong until the whole thing empties in just a few seconds.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1283744266620043264

The video has collected over 4.2 lakh views and a ton of comments on the microblogging platform. On Reddit, it has gone viral with a whopping 3 million views and 34,000 'upvotes'.
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/viral-video-of-thirsty-squirrel-asking-for-water-melts-hearts-2264470?amp=1&akamai-rum=off

"Breaks my heart," wrote film producer Nila Madhab Panda while responding to the video.

Other comments below

Really touchy. That can only happen in a sane environment, where it to be here, what we will be seeing is ' look at the bush meat that made my day.

Ladugbo mi

Sad to see the plight of Nature's best Tree Planter; Squirrels bury nuts, forget them & help plant trees

World is skewed, lost its balance; Humans want to dominate

We build houses, supermarkets, restaurants; forget about other creatures leaving them no access to even a pond�

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Lol, That squirrel is doomed if this were to have taken place in Nigeria.

Omo, they will share testimony in church on top am sef, about how manna fell from heaven.

Lalasticlala, I know this may not exactly be a snake, but it's almost as close to the earth as your favorite species. It deserves front page biko.

Don't try this in NIGERIA. If pple in Nigeria can eat alligator lizard, how much more SQUIRRELS.