Mother squirrel to the rescue

biko

The dog was maybe only playing but a mother can't be sure

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

aghhhhhhhh

The last pic is funny, its like the dog is saying "we were only playing!"

Mollywolly

Brilliant pics. Classic case of being in the right place at the right time

HarryD

class shots.. love the last one

votejohn

ah thats amazing, pics are great quality! Go mama!

dee o gee

Wow excellent photos, did you take them yourself? Poor mammy squirel, hope she wasn't hurt! The look on that dogs face in the last photo is priceless, and mammy squirel looks like she dragging her little baby away from the dog lecturing her on hanging out with the wrong sort of bad influences!!:D

9wetfckx43j5rg

Ah the poor puppy looks like the mammy squirrel got him in the eye. Brave mammy squirrel too, going all kung fu to get her baby. That baby is going to get some talking to!

joyce2009

thats a fantastic set of shots,,good old maternal instincts,,,,,:)
the poor dog looks like he doesn't know what has happened

ghost_ie

Fantastic pictures - especially the one of the mother helping the baby back up the tree

stevoman

nice pics but from a nature point of view though its a damn pity that the dog didnt eat up the both of them. those damn grey squirells are a pest that are pushing our native red squirell to distinction.

i know its not with the lovey theme to the thread but its no harm to highlight what is going on in the country.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1009/squirrel.html


http://www.monstersandcritics.com/science/nature/news/article_1363893.php/Report_finds_Irish_red_squirrel_under_threat


sorry now im dont have the times to look up more links but it is fact here in ireland and the uk

spookymuffin

stevoman wrote: »

nice pics but from a nature point of view though its a damn pity that the dog didnt eat up the both of them. those damn grey squirells are a pest that are pushing our native red squirell to distinction.

Pity that the mother squirrel didn't kill the dog as well, right? I mean dogs are a major pest and have destroyed ecosystems all over the planet and not just in Ireland.

Jesus, just because the squirrels are a pest animal doesn't mean that you should wish a gruesome death on them. Humane population control of pest animals is one thing but I can't get behind your ideal.

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mikemac

stevoman wrote: »

nice pics but from a nature point of view though its a damn pity that the dog didnt eat up the both of them.

Organizing a cull with humane methods is different to getting two squirrels ripped apart.

Back to the photos, they're classic
The last one has the poor dog looking like "sure, we were just playing". That little squirell is going to get a lecture for playing with strangers

star-pants

And whilst it's cute, I think we're done.