{"id":761,"date":"2016-01-01T06:51:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T22:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/01\/a-kayaker-with-a-gopro-managed-to-rescue-a-scared-little-squirrel-in-a-flood\/"},"modified":"2016-01-01T06:51:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T22:51:28","slug":"a-kayaker-with-a-gopro-managed-to-rescue-a-scared-little-squirrel-in-a-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/01\/a-kayaker-with-a-gopro-managed-to-rescue-a-scared-little-squirrel-in-a-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"A kayaker with a GoPro managed to rescue a scared little squirrel in a flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kayak\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE1LzEyLzMxLzFhL2theWFrLjNjZmY5LnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/45b5b60c\/044\/kayak.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=A+kayaker+with+a+GoPro+managed+to+rescue+a+scared+little+squirrel+in+a+flood&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2015%2F12%2F31%2Fkayaker-gopro-squirrel-flood%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2015%2F12%2F31%2Fkayaker-gopro-squirrel-flood%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This little squirrel was up a creek without a paddle, quite literally, until one flood surveyor in Fenton, Missouri managed to rescue him with a kayak.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw this little guy jump and try to swim for a bigger tree for safety but the current was just too strong,&#8221; YouTube uploader Tony Weiss writes. &#8220;You can see him jump from the tree in front of me and start swimming but the current was quickly pulling him downstream. 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