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Sleepy Squirrel

Daniel_Leon — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:51:27 GMT

Just five more minutes…😴

Shot on CanonR50 with RF75-300mm F4-5.6

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Re: Sleepy Squirrel

stevet1 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 01:34:03 GMT

Daniel_Leon,

Ohhhhh. I can't believe I ate the whole thing 😄

Steve Thomas

Re: Sleepy Squirrel

Tintype_18 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:26:37 GMT

We have lots of squirrels in our backyard. That is a defensive position used when they feel threatened. They will climb on a wood fence and flatten their body as it is in the open. BTW, cute photo.

Re: Sleepy Squirrel

Daniel_Leon — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:38:18 GMT

These little guys live all over my uni’s-campus there are tons of them and honestly they’re probably the friendliest squirrels you’ll ever meet. It was the first really nice day of the year, and I caught this one stretched out like this. I looked it up and apparently squirrels do this sometimes as a defense mechanism, but they also do it when they’re trying to cool down. There’s even a name for it… splooting!

I watched he and his friends running around chasing each-other for a while so personally, I think this little guy was just enjoying the sunshine and trying to beat the heat! 😄

Re: Sleepy Squirrel

mdphotography — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:54:07 GMT

I'm never gonna drink again!