hey.

[whitequark@mastodon.social]

hey. Check out this squirrel

[whitequark@mastodon.social]

i have been thinking about it for at least two weeks basically non-stop

[whitequark@mastodon.social]

it's so incredibly round and unbelievably content

[estelle@mstdn.social]

@whitequark me: "aren't you typically known for burying these so rainwater will leach tannins and you can eat them later"
this squirrel:

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@whitequark is it… photoshopped or otherwise partly artificial? the perspective is messing with my head.

either way, ROUND

[whitequark@mastodon.social]

@SnoopJ as best as i know fully natural

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@whitequark it sucks that this kind of scrutiny is waiting in the wings for basically any image now

but at least it's a cute fat rodent

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@whitequark Not so much a squiggle as a squorb.

[holliek72@mastodonapp.uk]

@SnoopJ @whitequark It was posted on Facebook by National Trust for Scotland.

[whitequark@mastodon.social]

@HollieK72 @SnoopJ do you have a link?

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@whitequark @HollieK72 appears to be this: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/199g41psZV/

They claim it's a photo and I don't see anyone else there questioning its authenticity, but what IS happening there is the page getting absolutely roasted for posting a grey squirrel instead of a red squirrel because grey squirrels are apparently invasive in Scotland