Squirrel appreciation day

[urbpan]

So I'm hearing from many on twitter that it's "Squirrel Appreciation Day." It's hard for me to think past the brush-tailed tree rats that chew through wood and plastic building materials and make my life more difficult, but I will try. Sciuridae is big successful family within the big successful Rodentia order. Here are some highlights from this blog:



Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Callospermophilus lateralis, Crater Lake, Oregon.

California ground squirrel Otospermophilus beecheyi, Devil's Punch Bowl, Oregon.



Eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus, Brookline Massachusetts.


Woodchuck Marmota monax, Lincoln Massachusetts.


Hoary Marmot, Marmota caligata, Stanley Park, Vancouver British Colubia.


Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis, Franklin Park, Boston Massachusetts.

I highly recommend clicking my eastern gray squirrel tag for maximum squirrel enjoyment.

Also I'm still happy about these comics:

Comments

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

*laughs* the squirrel is my spouse's totem animal. we have magnet he made depicting Sciurus iabervonus on our fridge :)

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

IABERVONUS is a unique word in the history of google.

*lol*

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

it is a derived form from "iabervoce" -- try that :)

Twas brillig

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Obscure2

Re: Twas brillig

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

well, yes. but this is why i do love iabervon, among other reasons of course :) and it is why we have that magnet on our fridge.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

SQUIRRELS YAYYY XD

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

BRUSHTAILED OAK RATS I SAY!!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I love squirrels, despite that they ruin my garden and hog the birdfeeder. In fact, it was just on Squirrel Appreciation Day that they were nowhere to be seen (could have been due to the snow storm (end of the world, of course, according to news) or maybe they were just all partying in honor of their day ;)