Monday 29 October 2018

A few more squirrel photos

I have had time to process more squirrel photos from last week.  I was able to watch this squirrel feeding for 15 minutes.  It seemed to be taking pieces of fungus on the bark from underneath the branches and sitting on top to eat it. At times it was hanging from a branch by just the claws on its hind feet, completely fearless and ignoring the 50 foot drop to the ground.  Squirrels have ankle joints that can rotate 180° to enable them to do this and to run headfirst down tree trunks.  It is amazing to watch.










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