Peanut, who has amassed more than half a million Instagram followers, was euthanized by officials to be tested for rabies.

Peanut, who has amassed more than half a million Instagram followers, was euthanized by officials to be tested for rabies.

Peanut, the Instagram-famous squirrel that was seized from its owner’s home Wednesday, has been euthanized by New York state officials.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation took Peanut, as well as a raccoon named Fred, on Wednesday after the agency learned the animals were “sharing a residence with humans, creating the potential for human exposure to rabies," it said in a joint statement with the Chemung County Department of Health.

Both Peanut and Fred were euthanized to test for rabies, the statement said. It was unclear when the animals were euthanized.

  • lemonmelon@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Oh man I don’t enjoy being that guy right now but for the love of all, It’s CUSTOMERS. Costumers are people who work in dress-up.

    I’ve only seen this in the past few years, but it’s become such a common mistake. I don’t understand it.

    Sorry, I mean you’re making a salient point about the lack of a license and all. Even so, if he’s been caring for the squirrel domestically for seven years, where do they think the supposed rabies would have come from? It doesn’t just manifest.

    • azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      Well… It’s English. Y’all’s vowels are 90 % schwa and half of the rest is completely dependent on the accent.

      “Cuh-stuh-muh”. Same vowel. If English’s spelling was to be redone, I vote for a hangul-style writing system but with the vowels only implied: kx/stx/mx.

    • its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      Naw it’s all good thanks! I’m dyslexic so I swap the vowels, I’ve always done it. Lol

      They recently obtained a raccoon. Which are one of the most common animals to get rabies. He also attempted to release the squirrel when it was 8 months old. It came back injured. It could have been infected then, rabies can lie dormant for years.

    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
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      2 days ago

      but it’s become such a common mistake. I don’t understand it.

      Yeah, like how common loose instead of lose, and rouge instead of rogue is.

    • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      All these mistakes grind my gears, but this one is especially bad. Some of them make sense because of the way the word is pronounced.

      Who is out there saying costumers instead of customers? Nobody says it like that.