--- description: Just ook at how industrious this particular squirrel is when it comes to clearing snow from a power line. title: You'll Want to Hire This Squirrel to Shovel Your Driveway 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 # You'll Want to Hire This Squirrel to Shovel Your Driveway This Winter by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 4, 2016 6:06 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 4, 2016 6:06 PM CUT Many of us think of squirrels as a nuisance. They eat bird food, they break into your garage, get into your trash, terrorize your dogs and so on. But what if you could train a squirrel for snow removal? Okay, that would probably be pretty tough to do, but look at how industrious this particular squirrel is when it comes to clearing snow from a power line: He’s so dedicated. So industrious. So efficient. Everything you want in your designated snow removal person. So if anyone out there specializes in training animals to perform very specific tasks, let us know. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4166194/squirrel-clears-snow-power-line/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4166194/squirrel-clears-snow-power-line/"},"headline":"You'll Want to Hire This Squirrel to Shovel Your Driveway This Winter","datePublished":"2016-01-04T18:06:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:14.700Z","description":"Watch as he carefully clears a power line","url":"https://time.com/4166194/squirrel-clears-snow-power-line/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"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/4166194/squirrel-clears-snow-power-line/","name":"You'll Want to Hire This Squirrel to Shovel Your Driveway This Winter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4166194/squirrel-clears-snow-power-line/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4166194/squirrel-clears-snow-power-line/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```