Straight in at number 4 in our awesome-most squirrels of all time chart is this plucky mum – seen here eyeing up a dog who’s got  her wee baby.

With her husband nowhere to be seen (typical – off with his mates collecting nuts no doubt) she had to take matters into her own hands.

After some Kung Fu heroics (it looks to use like she’s using the Bruce Lee technique – Jeet Kun Do) she grabbed her little un and they escaped back up the tree for a well earned cuddle.

Now we’re sure that the dog was only having a play and was just loving the little squirrel too hard, he looks pretty sad to see them go, but you can’t mess with a mum when her kids are concerned. Top (squirrel) mumming.