Our favorite furry photos for National Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Twiggy, the waterskiing squirrel, makes a few practice laps around her pool on the first day of the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Show Friday afternoon at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star)
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Thursday January 12th 2012, a squirrel takes a unique approach to gathering nuts for the winter by eating the peanutbutter and part of the peanutbutter container in the Meridian Kessler neighborhood. (Michelle Pemberton/The Indinapolis Star)
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Golfers Stewart Cink, right, and Dennis Paulson lets a squirrel play through while playing the third hole during the second round of the Buick Invitational Friday Feb. 13, 2004 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
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A tailless squirrel forages for food outside the firehouse in Broad Ripple Village as snow falls in Indianapolis on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017.
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A squirrel hangs from a sunflower seed feeder at a northwestside home , with the morning snow sticking to his fur coat, Tuesday January 11, 2011. Joe Vitti / The Star
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A parade participant in a squirrel costume, during Art Squared festivities in the Fountain Square area of Indianapolis, Saturday, September 21, 2013.
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Steve Doyle Sr. of Beach Cove feeds squirrels unsalted peanuts in Garfield Park on July 5, 2016. Doyle comes everyday to walk the park twice around and feed a bag of unsalted peanuts to the squirrels. "The most I've seen at time is 19, it's all about getting them to trust you," says Doyle.
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Squirrel is enjoying a nut up in a tree in the Irvington area of town. (Photo by Greg Griffo)
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Sunday June 1st, 2014, rider Pete Lenzo, wears "Hang On Harvey", the taxidermy helmet squirrel, he created, while Jennie Lenzo, wears, Stella The Stinky Skunk. Motorcyclists gathered at Allison Transmission in Speedway, for the 21st annual Miracle Ride, to benefit Riley Hospital For Children.
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12/18/97 Squirrel at Edgewater Park in Anderson. Squirrels enjoy corn left by walkers near the trails of Edgewater Park just east of downtown Anderson, Sunny skies prevailed as the temperature was in the 50's on this December afternoon. Photo by David Humphrey slug: squirrel
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1/22/99 Warmer weather has brought walkers back to Shadyside Park in Anderson. As they walk they pass out peanuts for the squirrels to eat. This one inhabitants munches on lunch while sitting in a tree. Photo by David Humphrey slug: squirrel standalone
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Big Car Contributing Artist Drew Ballengee helps to paint artist Roadsworth, AKA Peter Gibson's squirrel-in-motion street painting along Garfield Drive next to Garfield Park in Indianapolis, Thursday June 9th, 2016.
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GENERAL INFORMATION: 5/3/2001 -- (PHOTO BY ALAN PETERSIME) FILE 58684, SLUG: HANGINGOUT //
IN THIS PHOTO: Stealing sunflower seeds from a bird feeder, a squirrel hangs on for dear life as he eats.
ALAN PETERSIME, INDIANAPOLIS STAR
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A walnut eating squirrel is one of the inhabitants that can be found in Shadyside Lake in Anderson. Many who run and walk in the park like the sight and sounds of nature while getting daily exercise on the two and half mile paved trail that surrounds the lake. slug: squirrel05
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Chris Smith of Peru, Ind., chases a squirrel from the 18th fairway before hitting his second shot during the first round of the Memorial Tournament Thursday May 31, 2001 in Dublin, Ohio. Smith parred the hole and finished the first round at 6-under par. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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6/23/02 Slug: tribe24 Assign: 71711 Star staff photo by Rob Goebel--INDIANAPOLIS-This is a photo from the game between the Indianapolis Indians and the Richmond Braves at Victory Field today. IN THIS PHOTO: A squirrel found himself surrounded by humans at the ball park today and ended up on the screen behind homeplate looking for a way to escape. After 20 minutes or so he scrambled down the fence and into the visitors dugout and fans applauded his escape from the field.
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GENERAL INFORMATION: This is a story about a wildlife viewing blind at Eagle Creek Park that allows photographers to get very close to birds and the squirrels, chipmunks, etc, that live there. The blind is located just outside the nature center at the park.
IN THIS PHOTO: by George McLaren: // 8/21/01 // slug: outdoors24, file 62078, w/ story //
Fox squirrel munches on sunflower seeds on stump next to wildlife viewing blind at Eagle Creek Park.
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SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA: A squirrel that jumped onto a window ledge of an apartment in the 700 block of West 10th Street found itself in a predicament as to how to get down. The critter explored many options on Tuesday, January 21, 2014.
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A squirrel eats peels a nut high in a walnut tree, early Thursday morning on the southsest side of Indianapolis.
Greg Griffo/The Star
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GENERAL INFORMATION: 3-8-01 A squirrel munches on corn place their for his on the south side of Shelbyville along Jefferson Avenue. STAR STAFF PHOTO BY ROB GOEBEL
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Six-month-old kittens Mitzi (left) and Fritzie are captivated by the sight of Squiggly The Squirrel. Squiggly comes almost daily for a snack of his favorite trail mix. The bunch live with Janet Sprang of Indianapolis.
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TCHAUNT525 - A fox squirrel talks to children and families about what it does in the woods during their hike in the woods at the Hauntless Halloween Happenings at Holliday Park Nature Center, Indianapolis on Saturday, October 21, 2006.
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A squirrel clings to a tree at Holcomb Gardens on the Butler University campus in this fall scene on Friday, October, 26, 2007. (Charlie Nye / The Indianapolis Star).
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Twiggy, the waterskiing squirrel, thanks her boat drivers after making a few practice laps around her pool on the first day of the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Show Friday afternoon at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star)
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An Apple a Day...A squirrel found a nice spot high and dry away snow to eat its apple Tuesday morning after the snowfall that fell in University Park downtown Indianapolis. Matt Kryger / The Star
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1_animal02.#161183 - Lauren Wassson, 3, holds a picture of a squirrel, that she will later color, a souvenir of her participation in the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Library Animal Adventure series in Zionsville. Children ages 3- to 6-years-old heard stories, visited the Zion Nature Center and looked for squirrels outside as part of the program. Friday, September 26, 2008. STEVE HEALEY/THE STAR
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This squirrel on the south side of Indianapolis huddles against the tree during the snow. A light snow fell on central Indiana on Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009. (Sam Riche / The Indianapolis Star)
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Twiggy, the world famous water skiing squirrel, warms up for the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Travel Show Friday afternoon at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Matt Kryger / The Star
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Tuesday July 8th, 2014, Brian Blevins, feeds a friendly squirrel at Garfield Park's Confederate POW monument.
Michelle Pemberton/The Star
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Not much human activity at Forrest Park in Noblesville Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2008, but this squirrel was able to find plenty to eat as the snow didn't cover the ground to heavily. (Jeri Reichanadter/The Indianapolis Star)
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squirrel, the agile tree dwelling rodent with a bushy tail usually feeds on nuts and seeds.
Thursday March 11, 2010.
Alan Petersime/The Star
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A bird of prey devours a squirrel who's tail sticks out below its own along the canal in Broad Ripple Village in Indianapolis on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017.
Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar
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A squirrel appeared on a bird feeder at the windows of the nature center. Cool Creek Nature Center held a Holiday Happenings event Sunday 12/13/09 at the center in Cool Creek Park, Westfield. Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star
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Owner Mike Dimaria, holds his dog Cosmo, the third place costume contest winner wearing a squirrel costume. Owners and there dogs gather at Dr. James A. Dillon Park for a canine Cotillion for a Halloween party and costume contest, followed by a demonstration by the Indy Dog And Disc Club. 10/24/09 (Michelle Pemberton/The Indianapolis Star)
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A squirrel finds some food to snack on from a crab apple tree outside the Pharmacy and Health Service Building Monday afternoon on the campus of Butler University. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star)
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A squirrel takes it easy as he peels and eats a walnut nut on the concrete front porch rail on the south side of Indianapolis, Wednesday, September 22, 2010.
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Amlett Maidwell, 74, Indianapolis, feeds fox squirrels in Garfield Park, Thursday, May 12, 2016. The retired factory worker who said he and his family ate squirrels when he grew up in Tennessee, has fed them most days of the past year with unsalted peanuts said, "I call them my kids."
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Thursday April 10th, 2014, a squirrel looks for nuts near the edge of a fairway. Golfers hit the links at Pleasant Run Golf Course.
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This little squirrel found a high spot to stand and look for some food in snow following the Tuesday morning snowfall in University Park downtown Indianapolis. Matt Kryger / The Star
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Steve Doyle Sr. of Beach Cove feeds squirrels unsalted peanuts in Garfield Park on July 5, 2016. Doyle comes everyday to walk the park twice around and feed a bag of unsalted peanuts to the squirrels. "The most I've seen at time is 19, it's all about getting them to trust you," says Doyle.
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A squirrel doesn't seem to mind the falling snow as he sits perched upon a post eating at Forest Park in Noblesville Tuesday, January 11, 2011. (Steve Sanchez/The Star)
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A stuffed squirrel clings to a treel in the "Area of Unlimited Flux" created by artist A. Bitterman. Monday June 25th, 2012, Artist A. Bitterman, th newest occupant of Indianapolis Island at the IMA's 100 Acres park is now in residence with his interactive works titled Indigenous in which he takes on the role of indigenous and sometimes animalistic role to surviving in the park. (Michelle Pemberton/The Indianapolis Star)
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Twiggy, the world famous water skiing squirrel, warms up for the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Travel Show Friday afternoon at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Matt Kryger / The Star
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Monday October 14th, 2013, a squirrel munches on a nut behind the Holliday park Nature Center. The Star explores the sights of Holliday Park on a fall afternoon.
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A squirrel runs across Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., during the game against the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016.
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A fox squirrel in a walnut tree as it's cleans the skin from a walnut. The fox squirrel is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America. Despite the differences in size and coloration, they are sometimes mistaken for American Red Squirrels or Eastern Gray Squirrels in areas where both species co-exist.
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A squirrel munches on a sesame seed bun, possibly from a nearby McDonalds during a cold day in Indianapolis on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017.
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A squirrel sits perched in a tree after being chased up by a dog near the Indiana War Memorial, Indianapolis, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. Despite an overcast morning, temperatures reached an unseasonable high of mid-60s with sunshine by early afternoon.
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Twiggy, the waterskiing squirrel, makes a few practice laps around her pool on the first day of the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Show Friday afternoon at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star)
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A squirrel jumps through ivy outside the Hicks Undergraduate Library at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, on Monday, June 3, 2013.
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A squirrel voices his defense as he looks at a photographer, from a snowy tree at Holliday Park, Wednesday, January 8, 2014.
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A tailless squirrel forages for food outside the firehouse in Broad Ripple Village as snow falls in Indianapolis on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017.
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A squirrel hangs out waiting for spring on a tree at Holliday Park Wednesday March 19, 2014.
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Twiggy, the waterskiing squirrel, hangs on as she is pulled making few practice laps around her pool on the first day of the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Show Friday afternoon at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star)
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A fox squirrel eyes a photographer a day after a snowy weekend, and a day before temperatures are expected to melt much of the accumulated snowfall, Indianapolis, Monday, Mar. 2, 2015.
Robert Scheer / The Star
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A squirrel bathes in the sun at Military Park, Tuesday, March 15, 2016, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Artist Roadsworth, AKA Peter Gibson, paints squirrel-in-motion scenes along the median on Garfield Drive next to Garfield Park in Indianapolis, Thursday June 9th, 2016. Gibson is helped by Big Car Contributing Artist Drew Ballengee , left, and watched by Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator for the City of Indianapolis, Jamison Hutchins, center.
Michelle Pemberton
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A squirrel enjoys an almond from John Winter's garden, Czerny Garden, Saturday, July 8, 2017, which he built and maintains in remembrance of his mom. Josephine Czerny passed away in 2012.
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A tailless squirrel forages for food outside the firehouse in Broad Ripple Village as snow falls in Indianapolis on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017.
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Twiggy, the waterskiing squirrel, makes a few practice laps around her pool on the first day of the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Show Friday afternoon at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star)
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