--- description: Squirrel surprises a sleeping panda at the Toronto Zoo in a viral video title: Squirrel Wakes Panda at Toronto Zoo: Viral Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Squirrel Rudely Wake Up a Sleeping Panda  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 15, 2014 4:07 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 15, 2014 4:07 PM CUT We all know squirrels can be a nuisance. They terrorize [college campuses](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/13/college-students-go-nuts-over-squirrels/ "undefined") and attack [people taking selfies](http://time.com/79206/selfie-squirrel-disaster/ "undefined") — although, you could certainly argue some excessive selfie-takers are asking for it. Now their new target is pandas. The Toronto Zoo has uploaded a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omgQucxtSV8 "undefined") showing the moment a squirrel jumped on top of the panda, Er Shun, while she was napping. “She wasn’t that startled, as it didn’t take long for her to go back to sleep,” the zoo wrote in a description of the video on YouTube. **MORE:** [College Students Go Nuts over Squirrels](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/13/college-students-go-nuts-over-squirrels/ "undefined") **MORE:** [Richard Nixon Asked a Reporter to Watch Panda Sex](http://time.com/3048944/richard-nixon-panda/ "undefined") **MORE:** [The World’s Best Job Is Hiring: Panda Nanny](http://time.com/109179/now-hiring-panda-nannies/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3510395/squirrel-sleeping-panda-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3510395/squirrel-sleeping-panda-video/"},"headline":"Watch a Squirrel Rudely Wake Up a Sleeping Panda","datePublished":"2014-10-15T16:07:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:48.897Z","description":"Your cute panda fix for the day","url":"https://time.com/3510395/squirrel-sleeping-panda-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3510395/squirrel-sleeping-panda-video/","name":"Watch a Squirrel Rudely Wake Up a Sleeping Panda"}}]}] ```