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Little squirrels meeting the big squirrel
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
A species of hibernating ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America. Its primary diet includes grass and weed seeds, caterpillars, grasshoppers, and crickets. In late summer, it puts on a heavy layer of fat and stores some food in its burrow. It enters its nest in October, rolls into a stiff ball, and decreases its respiration from between 100 and 200 breaths per minute to one breath about every five minutes.
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A Richardson's ground squirrel feasting on grasses.
(c) riverwindphotography, June 2026
𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁 💫
𝖻𝗒 𝗃𝗎𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗐𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾
A Ground Squirrel smells a flower, 2019
Wildlife photographer: Dick Van Duijn
Golden-mantled ground squirrels By: Eliot Porter From: Life Nature Library: The Mountains 1962
Mammoth-sized marmot spotted in Kamloops park, BC, Canada
Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventer), family Sciuridae Kamloops resident Taylor Borth was exploring a park in Kamloops with her camera over the weekend and came upon the fattest marmot she has ever seen. “When I rounded the corner and spotted him, I audibly gasped, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” she said. “He just stared back at me like…what? And then turned around to flop down on the ground. He didn’t even run away as I walked by him although I don’t think he had the ability to.” The obese marmot lives at McArthur Island Park on the north side of the city where there is a large marmot population and residents are known to feed them, despite a bylaw against it. Borth concluded the marmot is a male as the males are far bigger than the females, while some commenters on her social media post that has blown up suggested the marmot could be pregnant...
Read more: Mammoth-sized marmot spotted in Kamloops park | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source
"Bird" #42 - the thirteen-lined ground squirrel
(Dont worry this is the last mammal for now haha)
These charming lil' guys are found across a wide swathe of North America. They can hibernate for a whole six months of the year!
Apparently the babies aren't born with the stripes and they only develop at about 12 days old which I think is really cute.