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08-14-2009, 04:12 AM
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| Banff squirrel photo gets huge attention
lol, cute.  Quote:
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.
“We had our camera set up on some rocks and were getting ready to take the picture when this curious little ground squirrel appeared, became intrigued with the sound of the focusing camera and popped right into our shot,” Minnesota resident Melissa Brandts told National Geographic, which selected the shot as its photo of the day on its nationalgeographic.com website Thursday.
“A once-in-a-lifetime moment! We were laughing about this little guy for days!”
Melissa and her husband, Jackson, were hiking around Banff’s Lake Minnewanka when they paused for a photo at the water’s edge.
With the timer ticking down, the rodent skittered into the frame. The camera’s autofocus shifted to the furry figure at the centre of the scene, still capturing the chuckling Brandts and the picturesque lake and mountain peaks in behind.
By noon Thursday, the spotlight-hogging Lake Minnewanka ground squirrel was popping up in just about every corner of cyberspace.
The picture has made the websites of the Daily Mail and the Telegraph in Britain, and is the photo of the day on a South Korean news website.
Doctored versions of the “crasher squirrel” have begun to spring up across the web in some very un-squirrel-like situations.
The squirrel can be seen sitting in the Queen’s hat, standing in front of former U.S. president Bill Clinton and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, and posing during the moon landing.
Ellen Stanley, vice-president of communications for National Geographic, said the magazine got a laugh from the submitted photo.
“It’s such a great picture that we love it and we’re excited they posted it up. It’s getting lots of viral pickup,” she said. “Hilarious.”
But in the age of digital photography, questions arise about the authenticity of photographs. A policy statement supplied by National Geographic said the company does not encourage the manipulation of photographs, and while it carefully checks all pictures that run in the magazine, not all online shots are vetted.
Calgary graphic designer Teak Sato looked at the photo on Wednesday and said it would be very difficult to fake a photo of this quality, noting the ground squirrel’s hair.
“Hair, in general, when it sticks out like that, to clip the hair out and then put it on something is basically the Holy Grail of Photoshop work,” he said. “Zooming in on it, it looks authentic. If it is fake, it’s totally professional.”
Melissa said she’s also heard people say it looks too good to be true. “It’s real, it’s a real picture,” she said.
Banff field unit spokesman Mark Merchant said they’re pretty sure the animal is a golden mantled ground squirrel, which are known for being bold.
Merchant also said the photo is a perfect example of human interaction with wildlife.
“You could be a professional photographer and try to set this shot up the rest of your life and never get it,” he said.
As for the squirrel, he has yet to be located.
“No, the squirrel is unavailable for comment,” Merchant said.
“He’s had his 15 minutes of fame, he’s moving on.”
With files from the Calgary Herald
© Copyright (c) Canwest News Service
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08-14-2009, 05:50 AM
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#2 | | ESKETIT
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08-14-2009, 06:36 AM
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08-14-2009, 08:02 AM
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#4 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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08-14-2009, 08:41 AM
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#5 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Someone caption that shiet!!!
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08-14-2009, 08:57 AM
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#6 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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it looks like 2 men in the background
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08-14-2009, 08:58 AM
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#7 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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WAIT...it looks like two gay guys are taking pictures
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08-14-2009, 09:00 AM
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#8 | | Pull Out Towing. Women rescued for free.
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It looks more like one of the gay guys has a hoof for a hand.
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08-14-2009, 10:25 AM
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08-14-2009, 10:28 AM
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#10 | | SFICC-03*
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wtf? melissa and her husband? thats a dude, dude.
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08-14-2009, 10:29 AM
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08-14-2009, 10:39 AM
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#12 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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dude, thats a dude, dude...
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08-14-2009, 10:52 AM
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#13 | | Banned By Establishment
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^ Right. My bad, I meant the other guy on the left.
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08-14-2009, 11:51 AM
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#14 | | is best wrench
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too bad its not dramatic, like dramatic "squirrel"
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08-14-2009, 01:02 PM
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#15 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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awwwwwwww squirrel awwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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08-14-2009, 01:06 PM
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#16 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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squirrel is awesome those dudes in the back are messed up
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08-14-2009, 01:25 PM
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#17 | | misfortune cookie (V)
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Reminds me of this: 
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08-14-2009, 01:28 PM
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#18 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul | haha sounds like somebody is jealous that no one is looking at his thread.
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08-14-2009, 01:59 PM
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#19 | | Banned (BBM)
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DO YOU SMELL THAT SHIT YO???
I SMELL PENAUT!!!
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08-14-2009, 02:09 PM
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#20 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by shenmecar haha sounds like somebody is jealous that no one is looking at his thread. | bwahaha..thats what i thought too...lookitmeeeee instead... 
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08-14-2009, 05:03 PM
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love auto focus!
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08-14-2009, 06:23 PM
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#22 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by JesseBlue bwahaha..thats what i thought too...lookitmeeeee instead... | lol.. sorta like the squirrel in the pic?
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08-14-2009, 06:52 PM
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#23 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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the "woman" looks like shrek.
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08-14-2009, 08:40 PM
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#24 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Wait, that's a woman? Melissa....must be a transsexual name now.
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08-14-2009, 10:28 PM
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#25 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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