Forcuntine.

Posted by Lee (Fort Frances Ontario, Canada) on 31 March 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

It is Silly Tuesday again.

This is the very rare Black-Eyed Red Backed Forcuntine.
This creature thought to be extinct still exists in old run down seedy pubs and bars. It usually appears to patrons after a long evening of imbibing in spirits. It is a cross between a Red Squirrel and a Gray Jay (Whisky Jack). They usually travel in pairs. One will distract you while the other will gather all your bars nuts and scamper off with them. They also like to over indulge in cool Canadian Lagers.
If you ever encounter one of these wingless egg-laying creatures, I suggest you lay off the alcohol.

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Didier DE ZAN from somewhere, France

Mythical animal - beautiful work

31 Mar 2009 5:08am

Hema Iyer from Bangalore, India

haha....good one.

31 Mar 2009 5:17am

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

I don't mind telling you that this gave me an awful fright til I realised it was silly tuesday which I completely forgot about

31 Mar 2009 5:28am

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

P>S> It is brilliant work

31 Mar 2009 5:29am

Lydie et Roland from BESANCON, France

YEAH ! I do adore it. I wanna the same on my window !!!!

31 Mar 2009 5:44am

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

hahaha Awesome!!!! Love it!

31 Mar 2009 6:27am

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

OMG!!!!! This is absolutely the mose silly and stupendous and silly and daft thing I have ever seen!!!
Hahahahaha hehehehehehehehehehehehe heeeeeeeeee lolol Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And what a great story to boot!!!!
This is a 5 star rating!!!!!!
Thank you for being so very very silly on this world wide day of silliness on Tuesdays!!!!

31 Mar 2009 7:53am

"Marie" :-) from perth, Australia

Hi Lee, very clever, also very silly..... well done.

31 Mar 2009 8:36am

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Ha! Well done!!!!

31 Mar 2009 9:14am

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

:).. great shot.

31 Mar 2009 9:14am

Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece

So adorable!

31 Mar 2009 9:17am

Sarah from Vaud, Switzerland

haha, at first I was wondering what was so silly about it! Duh! Taking me a wee bit longer to wake up today! Nice silliness Lee!

31 Mar 2009 9:52am

zOOm from Paris, France

Oh what a cute and wise model ! Yes, an ideal model. Focus is nice Lee, DOF as well.

31 Mar 2009 10:03am

MrsAmber from West Wickham, United Kingdom

Well spotted. I see these around my living room far too often....maybe I should heed your warning! Great picture. Ha ha!

31 Mar 2009 10:33am

Elora from Genoa, Italy

hehehe. very nice :)

31 Mar 2009 10:51am

Marion from Cincinnati, United States

Lee, once again, your work is amazing! I still think that these shoulbe a part of a newspaper. I think we need more images and captions like this to brighten our days. :) Love it - especially your stories. :)
The transitions are basically non-existing, which is absolutely amazing! What program do you use to create these? Do you shoot in Raw?

31 Mar 2009 12:12pm

Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand

Woeaaah ... you had me for a second! Great post processing, really amazing and your text is hilarious!

31 Mar 2009 12:56pm

Mary from PA, United States

ROFL!! So funny Lee..The story to go with is great!!

31 Mar 2009 1:55pm

Markela from Athens, Greece

Good one, Lee! Whatever this is, you captured it well! :))

31 Mar 2009 2:05pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Excellent. Incredible selective focus.

31 Mar 2009 2:22pm

Ca†≈ from Ouchy, Switzerland

And after eating nuts, does it say : "cui cui" ?
Oups !
An other glass of champagne please !

31 Mar 2009 4:13pm

don from Spokane, United States

Very funny!

31 Mar 2009 4:18pm

LauraS from Chico, United States

You make Tuesdays more fun. Thanks for your creation, and imagination...

31 Mar 2009 5:20pm

marc from Granby, Canada

this is very cool, you made my day on this one, very funny ..........(: 5 star

31 Mar 2009 6:30pm

Baby Sis from Canada

Love it...I'm pretty sure I have seen these guys in my backyard....maybe after tequila.

31 Mar 2009 10:00pm

chandan from bangalore, India

wow it looks like half bird...half squirrel ...good capture....

1 Apr 2009 1:40am

Judy from Brooksville, Florida, United States

Okay, you WIN the most Silly Tuesday shot! This is a riot!

1 Apr 2009 1:50am

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

now that is just freaky - good one Lee !

1 Apr 2009 10:40am

shallowregret from Kongsberg, Norway

that is sooo good, your shopping is excellent, and your ideas strong. Keep em coming :-)

1 Apr 2009 9:57pm

BIG SIS and Brother-inlaw from Petawawa, Canada

Hi Lee; That's a goooood one !!!

1 Apr 2009 10:14pm

mats from Houston, United States

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

4 Apr 2009 6:23am

Véro from Peisey-Nancroix, France

amazing work !

5 Apr 2009 4:06am