WATCH: Squirrels in London are ripping vapes, expert provides incredible insight saying it’s not a part of their natural diet

Drew Smith
March 25, 2026
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Squirrels in London have stumbled across one of life’s greatest pleasures. Nothing takes the edge off like ripping some nicotine, and the latest videos from across the pond show red squirrels with vapes in their little paws ripping clouds like the rest of us.

Squirrels are ripping vapes in London:

ALERT: Animal groups are sounding the alarm over vaping squirrels, revealing that eating vapes is not part of their natural diet.

"Eating a vape isn’t part of their natural diet. The components aren’t something they encounter in nature,” said red squirrel expert Craig… pic.twitter.com/TMOOad45TX
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Wildlife advocates are concerned. Everyone else thinks it is the funniest thing a squirrel has ever done since the classic days of the internet where one went water skiing. Personally, I’m wondering what would happen if some bloke stopped on the street and lit up a good old fashioned cig for one of these fuckers. That’s when the real party starts.

We do have to pause and shoutout Craig Shuttleworth.

I do not know much about the red squirrel expert industry but you’d have to think it’s not exactly a profession that gets a ton of airtime.

Craig Shuttleworth, a certified red squirrel expert, isn’t getting invited on many panels or fielding a lot of media calls. Suddenly, when the lights shine the brightest in London and red squirrels are ripping vapes, the whole world needs to hear from a red squirrel expert immediately.

Craig Shuttleworth delivered, reminding everyone that eating vapes is not actually part of a squirrel’s natural diet. I’m honestly not sure what we would have done without that information.

Shuttleworth continued, saying that the fruity flavors are what make e-cigarettes more attractive to squirrels than traditional cigarettes, which apparently used to get picked up occasionally but never caused this level of widespread adoption.

Elite red squirrel insight. That is his moment and he earned it.

“Eating a vape isn’t part of their natural diet. The components aren’t something they encounter in nature” said red squirrel expert Craig Shuttleworth.

I will say, after reading the last part where he started talking about vape flavors, it immediately made me think that Big Tobacco got to Craig Shuttleworth. That sounds like every other excuse in the book to ban vapes and get everyone back on the Cowboy Killers.

Not to mention, as a vape guy, I know for a FACT that this vape isn’t even flavored so the entire fruit argument is already flawed. My boy Hags rips this exact vape. Tobacco flavored, baby. I texted him and let him know he and the red squirrels in London share similar tastes. Good stuff.

It’s a decision that I personally struggle with. Nothing hits like a nice cig but I dropped the habit roughly 10 years ago. Now I just rip a vape, basically 24 hours a day, in any location I want and don’t smell like cigs.

I’m unclear on which is better (or worse) for you but that’s something we’ll dive into at a later date. My guess, both bad, but I have to take the edge off somehow, ya know?

Anyways, the logic does track for red squirrels, even if there are motives behind it. The consensus seems to be that vaping is a healthier habit than the alternative, which is a sentence I did not expect to type today in the context of squirrel wellness.