Oh my word, when myself and another research assistant, while working at one of the University of Alberta’s ranches, and just going back for lunch, spotted these little guys, we positively swooned, not to mention slammed on the brakes and had to back up to catch a photo of these cute fluff-balls hanging out in the irrigation canals (next to the road we were driving on).
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These are just three out of six that were grouped together on this algae mass. No doubt their parents weren’t too far away, scared off by the big white truck we were driving, but sure to come back soon after we left.

Taken on the Mattheis Research Ranch (University of Alberta’s Rangeland Research Institute) near Brooks, AB, Canada on June 17, 2014, with my old Canon Rebel XS DSLR camera with a Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM telephoto lens.