Black squirrel is caught showing off its impressive ‘six pack’
Amateur photographer Flo McEwan snapped the hilarious shot of the 'muscly' critter in Baldock, Hertfordshire
CORE! A black squirrel looks a real tough nut, with striped fur resembling toned abs.
He posed like a male model for Flo McEwan, 52, a magistrate, while she was exploring an old churchyard in Baldock, Herts.
Flo said: "I have never seen a black squirrel before so it was quite a surprise.
"Then he sat up and it was almost as if he was proudly showing me his six pack.
"I was travelling home from a photography trip in Suffolk when I stopped in Baldock to have a look around an old churchyard.
"That fabulous little squirrel came bounding through the graveyard and stopped right in front of me.
"He wasn't at all scared and sat in front of me for ages before running off.
";I have since learned that some squirrels have black fur because of a genetic mutation which stops their fur from turning grey.
"Apparently the mutation can also make black squirrels more aggressive, but this little chap was very friendly and not at all worried to be so close to me."