Canada's Most Popular Animal

An Alberta ground squirrel is poised to become Canada's most famous animal after the creature inserted itself hilariously into a timed photo being taken by a U.S. couple at a lake in Banff National Park. Photograph by: Melissa Brandt, National Geographic

Banff Squirrel Photo Getting Huge Attention -- Montreal Gazette

An Alberta ground squirrel is poised to become Canada's most famous animal — at least for a week or two — after the creature inserted itself hilariously into a timed photo being taken by an American couple at a lake in Banff National Park.

The resulting image, which features the upright squirrel staring boldly into the camera while the couple laughs in the background, is getting a lot of Internet attention after it was splashed on a host of media websites and newspapers around the world this week.

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My Comment: I have a family of squirrels in my backyards .... I call them cute looking rodents.