LONDON -- An important photo of a squirrel eating a mince pie on some rails in London has emerged.
Normally squirrels in London are sort of annoying (really just one step up from a pigeon), but when you put a mince pie in their paws they immediately turn into adorable pictures of Christmas-postcard bliss.
May contain nuts: squirrel tucks into mince pie in east London https://t.co/vSUSEJp1j1 pic.twitter.com/9PBcQBxh42— Ramzy Alwakeel (@standardramzy) December 23, 2015
The picture was captured in East London's Bethnal Green by Duncan Gillies, according to the Evening Standard.
"I was just walking past and he was making a funny noise," Gillies told them.
"I actually thought he was choking. Then he took the pie out of his mouth and turned to me, and I got the snap before he ran away up a tree and ate the whole thing."
Interestingly, this doesn't seem to be an isolated incident of mince pie-related squirrel activity in East London. This photo, which was also taken in Bethnal Green, was shared on Twitter a few days ago.
Xmas squirrel. Bethnal Green. pic.twitter.com/KUOCmu0aNT— Sean Patterson (@BoothWalks) December 17, 2015
Hide your mince pies, folks.
They're coming.