Sciurus carolinensis by camera

Photography • Animals • posted on Dec 23, 2008

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Description

The word squirrel, first attested in 1327, comes via Anglo-Norman esquirel from the Old French escurel, the reflex of a Latin word sciurus which was itself borrowed from Greek.] The native Old English word, ācweorna, only survived into Middle English (as aquerna) before being replaced. The word itself comes from the Greek word σκιουρος, skiouros, which means shadow-tailed, because they use their tail to shade their whole body. Photographed on their ground level through a basement window.

Comments (16)

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THROBBE

3:14PM | Tue, 23 December 2008

Nice work!

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rocserum

3:21PM | Tue, 23 December 2008

cute fellow, well captured! RS

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Kaartijer

3:32PM | Tue, 23 December 2008

Excellent shot!

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photoeye

3:35PM | Tue, 23 December 2008

Very nice, love the lighting. Thanks for the interesting origin of the word "squirrel" All this time I thought it meant "found flat on the road"

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lyron

4:12PM | Tue, 23 December 2008

Excellent capture!!

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Palmetto_girl

4:32PM | Tue, 23 December 2008

Beautiful picture!

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Mousson

5:03PM | Tue, 23 December 2008

Fantastic !!!

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JaneEden

6:24PM | Tue, 23 December 2008

What an interesting intro, I never knew that. I wondered if you were lying on your belly in the snow, so thank goodness you were in the basement LOL. This is a wonderful POV and talk about capturing the moment, you certainly did that, it is an excellent shot!! hugs Jane xx

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