Melissa Brandts wasn't trying to take a photo of this ground squirrel at Banff National Park. She'd set up the camera's timer so that she'd have a nice picture of herself and her husband, with spectacular Lake Minnewanka in the background.
She hadn't counted on this ground squirrel hogging the foreground.
Photo by Melissa Brandt, from the Your Shot Daily Dozen at National Geographic magazine
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.
Could have been a grizzly bear!
It's the cutest photo! Thank you for the laugh!
Go to this to get your own squirrel!
http://www.lutralutra.co.uk/squirrelizer/
[source] Growing up in Canada.
[source] Caddyshack.