VIDEO: Chubby gopher gets stuck in hole in the road

The moment a cute and chubby gopher is rescued from hole in a road has been captured on video and shared online.

The burrowing rodent was saved by two passers-by as its bottom half was wedged into a small hole on Russian dirt-track.

Although the small animal winces during the rescue as if he doesn’t want to be rescued, he gladly flees the scene upon his release.

You can watch the rescue at 1.19 mins in the video.

The video was uploaded to YouTube on 26 August where it has received over 800,000 views.