Oh nuts! Squirrel imitates Ice Age's Scrat as he tries to hang on to his dinner



Judging by these images, Scrat from Ice Age isn't the only squirrel who struggles to hold onto his nuts.

In scenes similar to Pixar film, this squirrel spots an acorn in a pond and - when its just within his grasp - it sinks before his eyes.

And just like Scrat from the popular children's film, this acorn-obsessed squirrel does everything he can to retrieve his prized acorn.

My precious! In scenes similar to those featuring Scrat in the Pixar film Ice Age, a squirrel daringly jumps into a pond to rescue his nut which has fallen in

Mine: In the children's film, Scrat the prehistoric squirrel does everything he can to keep hold of his nut

These comical images show the squirrel clinging to a tree while dunking his head in the pond to reach the acorn.

Luckily he finds it and can be seen tucking into the nut - but if he's anything like Scrat it won't be long before he loses it again.

Photographer Nico van Gelder, 71 spotted the hilarious scenes unfold near to his home in the Netherlands.

Poised: The brave squirrel looks on into the water as his nut begins to float inexorably away from him

I see it... In his desperate attempts to retrieve the fast sinking foodstuff, he dunks his head below the water

Saved: The nut still tastes good, it seems, despite being dunked in the pond water

Better eat it before something else happens... Photographer Nico van Gelder, 71 spotted the hilarious scenes unfold near to his home in the Netherlands. 'I am so happy I managed to capture these images,' he said

'The squirrel was trying to reach the nut floating in the pond but the nut started to sink,' he said.

'I thought he would just just lose interest at that point and would try and find something else but despite the trouble he was having he wouldn't stop searching for it.

'He was so persistent and I was completely stunned when he went one step further and plunged his head into the water to take the nut out.