Two-and-a-half minutes.
That’s how long it took the squirrel in the cafe to realize that there was an almond sitting under the far side of the table. Where was the incredible sense of smell that allows squirrels to sense nuts or other food buried six inches under ground?
The squirrel sat on a squirrel-sized chair in front of a squirrel-sized table gnawing on a corn cob impaled on a screw coming out of the table. She had to lean to the far side of the table to finish off the peanut butter. At that point she was within inches of the nut.
So, why did it take her so long to discover and abscond with the nut? Could it be that she prefers peanut butter to hard-shelled nuts?