Swimming Squirrel and Summer Blooms

[yourlibrarian]

Recently saw something I've never spotted before despite a lifetime of being around squirrels. One was swimming!

Also just an assortment of pretty blooms

Comments

[rose_griffes]

What a lovely profusion of blooms!

[yourlibrarian]

Love the variety of colors 🙂

[blackcatofmisery]

I have never seen a squirrel swim! I suppose there's no reason they couldn't, just no reason they should need to for the most part.

(Those flowers are lovely~)

=^..^=~

[yourlibrarian]

They are, aren't they? 🙂

[iddewes]

Wow, never seen a squirrel swim before either! Perhaps it fell in the water somehow?

[yourlibrarian]

No one has yet told me they have! Clearly it's not that common.

[ravengown]

Oh my gosh, I love that squirrel! Beautiful flowers too!

[yourlibrarian]

It was a cool sighting!

[chestnut_pod]

Huh, who knew squirrels could swim? It looks pretty seaworthy!

[yourlibrarian]

It does!

[morrow]

Maybe the tail acts as a rudder!

[yourlibrarian]

Haha, maybe!

[octahedrite]

🐿️ ❤️

[yourlibrarian]

🐿️

[shirebound]

Ohhh, I love the blooms.

A swimming squirrel, who would have thought it? Great sighting.

[yourlibrarian]

One of the joys of spring and summer alright 🙂

[kaishin108]

wow, that is something different, that squirrel! thanks for sharing :)

[yourlibrarian]

So it seems! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[scintilla10]

Aww, so cool to see a swimming squirrel! :)

[yourlibrarian]

An unusual sight, alright!

[weofodthignen]

With its tail trailing just like a regular rat, makes sense now I think about it :-)

Pretty flowers :-)

[yourlibrarian]

It's so nice to see those colors.

[sparowe]

Chiming in to add that no, I've not seen a squirrel swimming before, either!

[yourlibrarian]

It does seem rare!

[adore]

love love love

[yourlibrarian]

❤️

[turlough]

Add me to those who've never seen a swimming squirrel before. It certainly looks like it knows what it's doing!

Such lovely flowers!

[yourlibrarian]

Yup, we thought it was a muskrat at first, but clearly not!

[silveradept]

I am unfamiliar with seeing squirrels swimming, so that's a very interesting picture.

There blooms are also beautiful.

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks!

[adafrog]

Cool.

[yourlibrarian]

🙂

[full_metal_ox]

Have you shown the swimming squirrel photo to your local scientific community? That could be important documentation of a rarely witnessed (by humans) phenomenon.

[yourlibrarian]

I have not, but apparently while unusual it's not unknown https://a-z-animals.com/blog/can-squirrels-swim-facts-about-these-critters-and-water/