squSquirrel in Costa Rica

I had no idea that squirrels ate coconuts until one day I heard the scratching and gnawing outside my window when I was at the beach. I looked over at a bunch of coconuts and water - coconut water - was dribbling out of one. One of these little squirrels was eating a coconut. This is not easy work, for as you know coconuts are hard. Gnaw and gnaw and nibble. Finally the little fellow got a hole and ducked inside and started grasping the coconut meat.It turns out there was a pair that lived in this area. All the people in the area knew of them - they were famous. Once and awhile the squirrel would look at me, pause, and then chew on. I was polite and didn’t point. But I did know I was in the middle of a delicious treat.