Combining his two loves, red squirrels and dinosaurs, a Belgium-based photographer has produced an adorable photo series showing squirrels stealing nuts from fearsome toy-sized relics.
Rwanda-born self-taught photographer Niki Colemont, 36, has spent 3,200 hours across six years photographing and observing red squirrels. The key ingredients to capture them according to him are time, patience, and perseverance.
(Courtesy of Niki Colemont)
For Colemont, it all began with his first encounter in 2016.
“When I saw my first squirrel in the garden of my girlfriend’s grandmother, I bought a squirrel feeder to get them on the same tree each day,” he told The Epoch Times. “I went to a local animal store and bought peeled walnuts to place in the feeder. I placed a wildcam with motion detection, and waited for two months; then the magic happened.”…