What"s that long, bushy tail scurrying across the branches? Chances are, it"s a squirrel. These little rodents are found across most of the globe, and today is their special day: Squirrel Appreciation Day. This unofficial holiday was started by a North Carolina wildlife rehabilitator to encourage people to leave out seeds and nuts for these critters. From the tiny least pygmy squirrel—just 14 centimetres long—to the Bhutan giant flying squirrel at more than 122 centimetres, these mammals come in all shapes and sizes.
Squirrel Appreciation Day
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
An ultralight aircraft flying over the sands of Namibia
-
Computer Science Week
-
Humpback whale, Disko Bay, Greenland
-
Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
-
Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy
-
Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina
-
Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
-
Birch trees, Drammen, Norway
-
International Literacy Day
-
Beauty resides in trees
-
Pumpkin field, Victoria, British Columbia
-
Christmas lights on buildings of Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
-
Ring-tailed lemur
-
Silvereyes
-
Like paint on a canvas
-
Hemakuta Hill, Hampi
-
All hail the mighty mangrove!
-
Spiralling upward...
-
Cheetah in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
-
World Population Day
-
Firefall at Yosemite
-
The only road to P.E.I.
-
World Penguin Day
-
Happy Halloween!
-
Gollinger Waterfalls, Salzburg, Austria
-
A grizzly bear sanctuary
-
Star Wars Day
-
Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
-
Cherry blossoms at East Lake Cherry Blossom Park, Wuhan, China
-
Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

