Squirrel photo Op

[PixieStix]

What a ham



This squirrel crashing Melissa and Jackson Brandts' photo opportunity at Lake Minnewanka, in Canada's Banff National Park, where they were vacationing. He has become an internet celeb. Now who's photo op was it?

Just when the camera was set to take the picture, this little booger popped up

 

[random3434]

What a ham



This squirrel crashing Melissa and Jackson Brandts' photo opportunity at Lake Minnewanka, in Canada's Banff National Park, where they were vacationing. He has become an internet celeb. Now who's photo op was it?

Just when the camera was set to take the picture, this little booger popped up

That is priceless! I love it!

 

[Big Black Dog]

Me too. I think this photo is simply terrific. Being a semi-professional photographer, I know from experience that some of the best photos are taken just by chance.

 

[Luissa]

I saw this a couple days ago and laughed my ass off.

 

[Luissa]

and are they sure it isn't a marmot? It looks like one more then a squirrl to me but I could be wrong.

 

[strollingbones]

that is a big ass squirrel

 

[Luissa]

that is a big ass squirrel

I think it is a marmot, notice how the body gets fatter at the bottom and then there is the nails and the hair. Plus marmots like rocks a lot better then squirrels.

 

[AllieBaba]

Marmots are squirrels.

 

[AllieBaba]

But I think the pic at the top of the thread is a squirrel.

Marmot:

Squirrel:

 

[AllieBaba]

Squirrels have longer noses and leaner bodies.

 

[Luissa]

Squirrels have longer noses and leaner bodies.

the animanl in the picture isn't lean like a sguirrel, it looks very similar to the marmots we have here. Spokane is like the marmot capital.

 

[Luissa]

and it looks more like the marmot you posted then the squirrel you posted, it probably is a young marmot so it isn't so big yet. Notice how it has more hair on the belly.

 

[AllieBaba]

Looks like a squirrel to me.

 

[Luissa]

too bad we can't ask the squirrel/marmot?
I think it is funny when people from not the northwest see a marmot for the first time.
We have this stupid commercial right now where they are talking to each other about Spokane.

 

[Phoenix]

Looks like a squirrel to me.

Either way, it looks like enough of them could be dinner.

 

[AllieBaba]

Looks like a squirrel to me.

Either way, it looks like enough of them could be dinner.

Obviously, you've never seen a squirrel with a warble....if you had, you'd NEVER consider eating them again.

 

[Phoenix]

Obviously, you've never seen a squirrel with a warble....if you had, you'd NEVER consider eating them again.

What's a "warble"?

 

[AllieBaba]

Ewww....it's a parasite. A worm that grows in the skin. It's REVOLTING!

Warble:

 

[AllieBaba]

Here on a squirrel:

 

[Phoenix]

Ewww....it's a parasite. A worm that grows in the skin. It's REVOLTING!

Hmmm ... I don't typically eat the skin. But that is pretty gross.

'Course, after googling it, it seems as though cattle are affected by it frequently and I still love me some steaks and burgers. And it seems cats get warbles rather frequently. Ewww.

I'm guessing as long as I don't see it, I'm cool with it. I trust the local squirrel hunters to toss out any squirrels with huge goiter-ish lumps.