That's not a nut! Protective mother squirrel carries her babies in her mouth as she carries them to their new home
- Dramatic pictures of red squirrel carrying babies in her mouth captured by amateur photographer in Canada
- The mother squirrel took dramatic action after getting spooked by homeowner gardening near her nest
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A squirrel took drastic action to protect her offspring after deciding that her human neighbours were getting too close for comfort.
The red squirrel had set up home inside an old birdhouse in the back garden of a home in the Canadian city of Winnipeg.
But the presence of the homeowner Ken Yuel, 57, in the garden saw the cute bushy tailed scrambler decide to move on.
Bushy: The red squirrel bounds along a garden
fence in Canada with a baby in its mouth after deciding it no longer
wanted to live in the old birdhouse where it had first set up home
Instinct: The helpless squirrel baby with its
barely open eyes can be seen curled up in its mother's jaw as she
transports it to a new home
Dash: With its helpless offspring firmly in its
jaw this red squirrel transports a young family member to a new home
after deciding a move was in order
He said: 'I noticed that a red squirrel had chewed the entrance to a small birdhouse I had built, she then moved in and had her babies.
'Well the mother didn't like me working around her new home as I did yard work, so she decided it was time to move.
'I was able to watch and capture the mother squirrel as she fought to remove each of the seven babies.'
Maneuver: The agile red squirrel hangs upside
down from the old birdhouse with a baby in her mouth after deciding she
wanted to move on
Grasp: The red squirrel expertly grabs its
helpless offspring in its jaw before bounding off along a garden fence
and setting up a new home
Each time she jumped onto the neighbour's shed and pushed the baby through a hole above the door.
He said: 'It took the mother squirrel about 30 minutes to move all the babies.
'I was amazed to see that seven babies were housed inside, each time the mother removed one I thought there can't be anymore left but she would return and get another one.
'When I processed the photos I knew I had a couple good shots that were not likely to be captured again by anyone for a long time.'
Determined: The squirrel can be seen with a baby
in her mouth squeezing out of the hole in the birdhouse that she had
chewed out before giving birth
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