Monday 21 April 2014

Red Squirrels (A to Z challenge)

The Isle of Arran is a haven for these little creatures who are slowly being pushed out of mainland Britain by the bigger greys (and also by the pox carried by the greys).
For those who follow my blog, you will have already read about ‘stumpy’ the one with half a tail, who after a short absence has just reappeared this week.

The colour range of this little creature, is from a light orangey red right through to almost black.  They have amazing long fingers (or should I say toes - apparently they actually have fingers and toes on each paw - not sure if I believe this) and claws and swivelling joints on the ankle that allow it to sprint down tree trunks without falling.

Young squirrels are called kittens. Oh and squirrels can swim! There are some more amazing facts on this link .



1 comment:

  1. Oh my gosh so darn cute! I love squirrels. I know a lot of people don't like them and try to shoo them away from bird feeders but I love em and put up squirrel feeders. It's pretty entertaining watching them conquer the bird feeders too :)

    Happy A to Z-ing!
    ~Anna
    herding cats & burning soup.

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