Taking care of baby

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It must be nap time

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Happy Halloween

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Everybody loves pizza

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Red squirrel populations wiped out in northern Italy

Scientists say there are no red squirrels in a 1,150 sq km area of Piedmont after invasive greys took hold in the region. On the edge of this large region, the species is also under threat from the incursions of grey squirrels.

 If the spread of the grey squirrel continues unchecked, the species could spread as far as France, the scientists fear.

 Grey squirrels were introduced into Italy relatively recently, in 1948. They were a gift from the US ambassador and kept in Turin, but escaped into the wild and rapidly colonized the surrounding area. 

 Grey squirrels are not only more aggressive than the native European red squirrel, which causes them to invade red-dominated areas and take over, but they also carry a deadly virus, the squirrel pox. While greys are largely immune to the virus, it is lethal to red squirrels, which typically die within one or two weeks of being infected.

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Aerobatics

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Olympic try-outs: balance beam

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The cutest thing you'll see today

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Teeny-weeny baby squirrel wearing a teeny-weeny purple cast

This 3-week-old gray squirrel suffered bruising to her leg and was separated from her mother when she fell from a tree last week. The squirrel, named Violet, endured the ordeal when the branch that held her nest was cut down.

Fortunately, the couple cutting down the tree spotted Violet and immediately phoned the Wildlife Aid Foundation for advice on what to do. The foundation, based in the English town of Leatherhead, took Violet in and have been feeding her a special milk formula, similar to what her mother would have provided.

Photo: Tim Goode / Solent News & Photo Agency

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Wedding crasher

Interspecies love

A squirrel appears to give a toy dinosaur a kiss. The squirrel eyed up the plastic prehistoric toy on a garden table before moving in to give it a hug. It then leant over to plant a kiss on its mouth - all the while cradling the T-Rex's head. But the inter-species romantic attraction has a simple explanation. Photographer Elliott C Nathan had placed a seed in the dinosaur's mouth. He explains: "I took these photos in my yard in Boulder, Colorado. I spent about half an hour getting the squirrel to trust me with seeds then I started putting them onto things. He was careful about the dinosaur at first, but finally his hunger got the best of him and he went in for the kiss." Picture: Elliott C Nathan/Rex Features

Smile!

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A Squirrel's Guide to Fashion

In the early 1940s, a woman in Washington, DC, adopted a squirrel after she found the critter orphaned in a tree. The squirrel, dubbed Tommy Tucker by the family -- of which he soon became a part -- accompanied the lady of the house on shopping trips, visits to the local children's hospital, and the like. She also, it turned out, enjoyed dressing him up in specially made outfits. Source via The Pet Museum

What do you do with an unmatched glove?

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What's in a name?

Woman called Nutt over-run by squirrels

Fursday Fun

from EyeFetch, by Marty Maynard from Flickr, by brownpau from Pixdaus, by Hans Peters from Flickr, by peter_r

Another hapless hairless animal

Vets at St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Aylesbury are trying to establish how and why the male squirrel, who was found in Amersham, lost all his fur. Bald squirrels are not that uncommon but the hair loss is usually because the animal is suffering from mange, an illness caused by mites. But vets at St Tiggywinkles, who have nicknamed their new patient Smoothie, have no idea why he is bald, apart from few tufts of fur on his tail. He is undergoing tests and is being kept warm and dry while feasting on his favourite treat of pecan nuts. Source

Always read the label

Here's one tough little squirrel

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Meet Squeaky the squirrel

Squeaky is a female eastern gray squirrel, now 8 1/2 years old. Squeaky has lived all her life with Carrie Saites - ever since Kacey, Saites' Labrador retriever, found 4-week-old Squeaky and brought her home. Squeaky maintains much of the character of a wild eastern gray squirrel. She hides nuts throughout Saites' apartment and "chatters" when she feels threatened. She climbs and jumps from furniture and cracks open nuts with her front teeth. When you walk into Saites and Squeaky's home, it is any critter's heaven. Playgrounds are set up for Squeaky across the apartment, and stuffed Disney animals are her playmates. At least five types of foods are prepared in small dishes in at least two spots in the apartment. Macaroni and cheese, sunflower seeds and bread dough are soft enough for the aging squirrel to eat when Saites is at work. Riptide Rush Gatorade is Squeaky's favorite drink, Saites says. Source