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Feb. 13, 2018 / 1:16 PM

'Newspaper squirrel' catches up on current events in New Jersey

Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A New Jersey man captured video of a current events-savvy "newspaper squirrel" carrying its preferred periodical up a tree.

Andrew Peng captured video of the squirrel carrying a newspaper up the trunk of a tree on Friday.

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It is unclear what newspaper the squirrel had chosen.

"Journalism isn't dead. I found a squirrel dragging a newspaper up a tree," Peng tweeted.

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