The Squirrel Feeding Machine (Rube Goldberg Machine)

I built a chain reaction machine to feed the squirrels in my backyard. It turns out squirrels aren't the only animals that eat seeds and nuts!

Believe it or not, I first fed squirrels with a chain reaction machine back in 2017 on Instagram! @MarkRober and @ThatsAmazing inspired me to revisit this idea. Check them all out!

🎶 Song: Andrew Appliepie - Loupe

I glued nuts to a domino, set up some cameras, and waited 14 HOURS for a single squirrel to set off this machine. Here were the biggest problems I had with this project:
- Filming: I couldn't get too close to the squirrels without scaring them off, so I built this machine in a circle around a 360 camera. I followed the action when I was editing the 360 footage, and even got some close-up shots with additional cameras.
- Animals: Instead of waiting inside for the squirrels to knock over the dominoes, I had to hide in bushes to make sure birds or chipmunks didn't trigger the machine instead. Birds landed on all parts of this machine!
- Wind: Every trick of this machine needed to be wind-proof, which made the tricks less exciting. I would run out from my hiding spot to stop the machine when gusts of wind set it off early.
- Rain: Some of my materials could get damaged in water, so I needed to remove them from the machine and put them inside when it rained.
- Consistency: I needed the machine to work all the way through when a squirrel finally set it off. I decided to build a smaller machine, and tested it out a TON to make sure it worked (almost) every time.
- Just generally waiting 14 hours: I tried the machine a couple hours each day. My cameras would overheat, I would get hungry, and bored. Super pumped to finish up the video before the summer heat though!

🎥 Filmed with the GoPro HERO8 Black and the GoPro MAX

[KenPotter]

This is even better than my memory of the one in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoon involving a bowling ball, gutter, match, cannon.

[devinpaul]

Squirrel: "But... I could have just eaten... that first thing..."

[mrsmorris]

Can I just say I love that the end of this video is a time-lapse of cleaning it all up? It provides such a sense of closure & completeness to your video, I keep looking for more like it.

[JEFFwasHERE...]

Your machines are so creative and mesmerizing i have to watch them all now

[danielpoitras]

Very colourful, new tricks, inventive with lovely ending. Bravo!

[YungsterTy]

Those are the happiest squirrels ever 🤣😂

[chefbristol]

BRO! That was sickening.. loved the rainbow sticks the most in this one. Squirrel, Chipmunk, Bluetit and a raccoon! Where do you live!?

Y’all cool AF keep smashing out machines bro.

[Rakso]

O did enjoy this more than I should! Thank you for this amusing bit of insanity to brighten a day full of cruel real life insanity. Your amazing creative craziness is much appreciated 😊

[QualityTrickShots]

So creative!! This should win another GoPro award 👌

[thecomplimentguy]

Really out of the box creativity! Awesome machine!

[tricky-life]

That was cute and genius at the same time!

[judesdominoes]

That was an extremely awesome rube goldberg machine!!! Great job!!! I loved the cone sonimod and the slinky!

[ifrisbeeshots]

Gosh this is so crazy! The amount of creativity you have is insane

[ebthedoc]

Hilarious. And I loved the clean-up, after !!!

[silasbechtold]

This is both insane and adorable at the same time. Idk how you do it 🔥

[missjad]

Love it! A bit scary for the squirrel at first I think hahaha, your squirrel has lots of different friends

[BradyShotsProductions]

Creezy’s uploads are like a solar eclipse, they don’t happen often but they are worth the wait.

[mpmasters]

Wow your machines are so creative and cool! I like how they always have a trickshot in the middle that leads to a chain reaction (in this one it was the basketball shot)

[lorennzolictao]

Amazing! I loved how you used the cones like a sonimod trick like you see at dominos! Well done! 👏

[GregBreden]

Ha ha ha. Mark Rober makes the squirrels work HARD for a treat, Creezy takes the generous approach.