Mark Moffett / President Obama's personal chef Sam Kass in Michelle Obama's vegetable garden, White House, Washington D.C.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Three striped ground squirrel {Lariscus insignis}, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

David Pike / Three-striped Ground Squirrel (Lariscus insignis), Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) playing around burrow, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Toby Sinclair / Three Five-striped palm squirrels {Funambulus pennanti} Bharatpur / Keoladeo Ghana NP, Rajasthan, India

Mitsuaki Iwago / Siberian Chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus) portrait, North America

Mitsuaki Iwago / Siberian Chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus) feeding on berries, North America

Matthias Breiter / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) cub watching cook through window, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada