SQUIRRELS are getting hooked on crack cocaine ? hidden by addicts in gardens.

They are digging up the stashes and eating the mega-addictive drug, which comes in small chunks.

Several have been spotted behaving bizarrely in Brixton, South London, since a police blitz against pushers and users.

One resident said: ?My neighbour said dealers had used my garden to hide crack.

?Just an hour earlier I?d seen a squirrel digging in the flower-beds.

?It was ill-looking and its eyes looked bloodshot, but it kept on desperately digging. It seems a strange thing to say, but it seemed to know what it was looking for.?

Other residents have seen squirrels become unusually aggressive.

The RSPCA said: ?These animals are big foragers. They are attracted by smell and will dig up what they fancy.

?If a squirrel did open a bag of crack and start consuming it there is no doubt it would die pretty quickly.?

Crack squirrels are a recognised problem in America. They are common in parks used by addicts in New York and Washington DC.

They have been known to attack park visitors in their search for a fix.

Nice couple of balls ;-) hehehe