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52:. They are generally clever and persistent animals. In residential neighborhoods, they are notorious for eating out of bird feeders, digging in planting pots and flower beds to pull out bulbs which they chew on or to either bury or recover seeds and nuts and for inhabiting sheltered areas including attics and basements. Despite periodic complaints about the animal as a pest, general public opinion towards the animal is favorable, thanks to its agreeable appearance, intelligence and its eating styles and habits. 34: 219: 162:
I've seen squirrels pose like that many times and yet... I'm getting the strangest vibe that this is a stuffed animal. Just me? The pic is not quite up to FP quality for tech reasons in any case.
327:. The next editor after that tried to revert to Diliff's image, got it wrong again, so went for the current taxobox image instead. It could be worth switching it back to the FP version. -- 178:
Mhh... It doesn’t seem to have many toes on the ground, only the heels, indeed seems to be a bit of an unnatural (not so alive) balancing technique for a sitting position like that. --
404: 394: 239:- I can see its nuts! - Anyway, oppose per above, slightly un-natural looking, busy backdrop. I think it could be reproduced with a clearer backdrop? 17: 399: 137:
technically weak (background is messy and it's blurred), but —as Jetblue1717 said above— a nice, cute and encyclopedic image. =: -->
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article; the current taxobox image seems inferior. Seems to have been a mixup following a dodgy edit by an anonymous IP - see
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It's a nice image, but the background is a bit messy and it isn't very sharp.
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This image is encyclopedic, educational, and above all, cute. --
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FWIW the current FP has been totally removed from the
255:A nice image, but I think the previous FP that 8: 18:Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates 32: 405:Featured picture nominations/June 2008 7: 395:Ended featured picture nominations 24: 281:Lacks the wow of the current FP. 259:pointed out is slightly better. 360:Quite unsharp in full size. -- 63:Articles this image appears in 1: 298:. The current is much better. 400:Featured picture nominations 421: 220:current FP of this species 381:04:36, 27 June 2008 (UTC) 369:16:22, 26 June 2008 (UTC) 351:10:39, 26 June 2008 (UTC) 337:10:31, 26 June 2008 (UTC) 308:07:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC) 291:15:37, 25 June 2008 (UTC) 274:03:03, 25 June 2008 (UTC) 248:15:39, 23 June 2008 (UTC) 232:14:27, 23 June 2008 (UTC) 210:10:48, 23 June 2008 (UTC) 188:10:39, 23 June 2008 (UTC) 172:21:10, 21 June 2008 (UTC) 154:21:09, 21 June 2008 (UTC) 130:19:41, 21 June 2008 (UTC) 113:17:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC) 96:16:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC) 44:is small or medium-sized 60:nice pose, good quality. 218:. For comparison, our 53: 317:Eastern Gray Squirrel 71:Eastern Gray Squirrel 36: 84:Support as nominator 54: 28:A common squirrel 412: 266: 245: 207: 202: 420: 419: 415: 414: 413: 411: 410: 409: 385: 384: 341:Eh, done it. -- 265: 261: 241: 205: 198: 31: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 418: 416: 408: 407: 402: 397: 387: 386: 372: 371: 355: 354: 353: 310: 293: 276: 263: 250: 234: 191: 190: 175: 174: 156: 132: 115: 101:Strong Support 98: 80: 79: 78:Nickomargolies 76: 73: 64: 61: 58: 48:in the family 30: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 417: 406: 403: 401: 398: 396: 393: 392: 390: 383: 382: 379: 376: 375:Not promoted 370: 367: 363: 359: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 339: 338: 334: 330: 326: 322: 318: 314: 311: 309: 305: 301: 297: 294: 292: 288: 284: 280: 277: 275: 271: 267: 258: 254: 251: 249: 246: 244: 238: 235: 233: 229: 225: 221: 217: 214: 213: 212: 211: 208: 203: 201: 195: 189: 185: 181: 177: 176: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 155: 152: 149: 148: 144: 141: 136: 133: 131: 127: 123: 122:TheOtherSiguy 119: 116: 114: 110: 106: 102: 99: 97: 93: 89: 85: 82: 81: 77: 74: 72: 68: 65: 62: 59: 56: 55: 51: 47: 43: 39: 35: 29: 26: 19: 374: 373: 357: 312: 295: 278: 257:Spikebrennan 252: 242: 236: 224:Spikebrennan 215: 199: 194:Weak Support 193: 192: 159: 150: 146: 142: 134: 117: 100: 88:Alokprasad84 83: 37: 27: 300:Dwayne Reed 279:Weak Oppose 253:Weak Oppose 237:Weak Oppose 180:Van helsing 118:Weak oppose 105:Jetblue1717 389:Categories 200:Meldshal42 164:Matt Deres 147:discussion 138:Neutral. — 283:Mangostar 243:← κεηηε∂γ 50:Sciuridae 313:Comment. 262:smooth00 67:Squirrel 42:squirrel 38:Original 216:Comment 160:Comment 135:Neutral 75:Creator 46:rodents 358:Oppose 296:Oppose 206:(talk) 140:αἰτίας 57:Reason 378:MER-C 362:Janke 343:jjron 329:jjron 158:(ec) 16:< 366:Talk 347:talk 333:talk 325:here 321:here 304:talk 287:talk 270:talk 228:talk 184:talk 168:talk 126:talk 109:talk 92:talk 40:- A 222:. 391:: 364:| 349:) 335:) 306:) 289:) 272:) 230:) 186:) 170:) 128:) 111:) 94:) 86:-- 69:, 345:( 331:( 302:( 285:( 268:( 264:7 226:( 182:( 166:( 151:• 143:• 124:( 107:( 90:(

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Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates
A common squirrel

squirrel
rodents
Sciuridae
Squirrel
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Alokprasad84
talk
16:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Jetblue1717
talk
17:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
TheOtherSiguy
talk
19:41, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
αἰτίας
discussion
21:09, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Matt Deres
talk
21:10, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Van helsing
talk
10:39, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Meldshal42
(talk)
10:48, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
current FP of this species

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