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Dec. 29, 2015 / 1:49 PM

Fat squirrel fails attempt to jump onto tree branch

A plump squirrel makes an ill-fated attempt to jump onto a tree branch. Newsflare video screenshot

A plump squirrel makes an ill-fated attempt to jump onto a tree branch. Newsflare video screenshot

CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A Chicago man who noticed a particularly portly squirrel while taking out the trash captured footage of the rotund rodent failing to jump onto a tree branch.

The video, posted to YouTube by Mr. Walrus, follows the stout squirrel as it climbs a fence and takes a flying leap to a nearby tree branch.

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The tree branch proves insufficient to support the creature, and the squirrel plunges toward the ground.

"I can't believe I recorded this failed jump. I have never seen a squirrel miss in my entire life," the uploader wrote.

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