Euston Squirrel

Finding a quiet spot away from the hustle and bustle of commuters, Euston Squirrel earns his crust... and eats it quick

From further afield 3 : squirrel vs. Lamborghini

'Talk about precision steering. If the average Californian navigated the road as well as this little fella, the 405 would be a much better place.

Video here

But is the video real?

"It's 100 percent authentic," says Elie Rothstein, one of the owners of Al & Ed's Autosound, which put on the event. "We had cameras set up all over the track to get footage on our drivers. Only a couple days later do we see this. And I was like, 'What?!' It blows your mind."

What blows our mind is that the squirrel, by the looks of it, was more or less OK. "Thankfully the squirrel did not die," Rothstein says. "We were just shocked. He made it."'

[Thanks to Ms. A for the tip]