A hilarious video has emerged of a chubby squirrel making a jump for a branch and missing - falling to the ground - in Chicago, IL, US on Sunday.

The filmer explained online: "I was walking to the dumpsters to take out the trash, and I decided to record the squirrels because they are very fat (and everyone finds it amusing). Then, this event happened."

The video has had more than a hundred thousand views since being uploaded online.