From the Department of Awesome Animals comes the mighty Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel! This fantastic specimen was captured mid-glide by Burrard-Lucas Wildlife Photography in the Qinling Mountains of China.

This is the largest species of Giant Squirrel and, as if they weren’t already awesome enough, they also have blue eyes, which must catch the light and gleam as they fly past you and wink. Such handsome and charismatic devils. We’re so charmed, we nearly forgot that this one isn’t wearing any underpants.

[via TYWKIWDBI]

“A grey squirrel goes nuts for Allison Carrick’s peanut-flavoured smoothie. Alison, from Stubbington, Hampshire came up with the idea of the peanut treat after getting a smoothie maker for her birthday. She says the squirrels in her garden just love it and have even learnt to drink it through a straw. Alison said: ‘When I first offered them the drink they just lapped it up from a dish but then I put out a sundae glass and a straw to see what they would do and to my amazement before long they were sucking away to their hearts’ content. It’s great fun to watch them and it keeps them off the bird table.’”

Photo by Mike Walker Pictures

[via Telegraph.co.uk]

This awesome and talented little squirrel is so cute that for once we might just be willing to overlook the fact that he isn’t wearing any underpants.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Giraffe Gustatory Research Society we now know that [ahem hem…naked] Red Squirrels are absolutely delicious. They have yet to prove that licking the squirrels produces a hallucinatory effect, but they are nothing if not determined to find out for sure.

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This [conspicuously naked] squirrel appears to be giving a toy dinosaur a great big kiss.

“The squirrel eyed up the plastic prehistoric toy on a garden table before moving in to give it a hug. It then leant over to plant a kiss on its mouth - all the while cradling the T-Rex’s head.

But the inter-species romantic attraction has a simple explanation. Photographer Elliott C Nathan had placed a seed in the dinosaur’s mouth. He explains: “I took these photos in my yard in Boulder, Colorado. I spent about half an hour getting the squirrel to trust me with seeds then I started putting them onto things. He was careful about the dinosaur at first, but finally his hunger got the best of him and he went in for the kiss.”

[via Telegraph.co.uk]

Gathering Paradise by Sandy Skoglund, 1991

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While we recognize that these squirrels aren’t real, it must be pointed out that, real or not, they are still shockingly naked.

“A heavyweight squirrel puts its feet up as it gorges on corn. Paulette King bought tiny garden chairs after her garden in Lisbon, Maine, became popular with local wildlife. Paulette says, ‘I have several grey squirrels that regularly visit the yard and feed. My favourite is the one that goes on the chairs with his foot up; we call him Chubby for obvious reasons. He always puts his foot up like that, I think it is because he is so large that it is the only way he is comfortable!’”

While we hope this rotund squirrel is thankful for his comfy chair and bountiful corn feast, we would be remiss if we did not draw attention to the fact that he is still desperately in need of some XL Squirrel Underpants.

[photo by Paulette King via Telegraph.co.uk]

Mike Walker photographed this completely naked grey squirrel checking out a pumpkin put out for Halloween in the garden of Vicky Freeman in Fareham, Hampshire, England.

[via Telegraph.co.uk]

This squirrel clearly needs a pair of Squirrel Underpants!

Awesome airborne squirrel photo by Brian Bevan

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