We've heard about college students gaining the "freshman 15," but what about campus rodents? One squirrel pictured on the Temple University campus may pack on the pounds due to his interesting taste in food.

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A picture tweeted Monday to the Temple University Twitter page,shows the squirrel perched in a tree and eating a taquito.

"Other schools may have squirrels, but only at Temple will you see one bring an entire taquito up a tree," the tweet said.

As of Friday afternoon, the tweet had more than 1,000 retweets.

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