Beyond the sweeping majesty of the snorfle snorfle snarf

August 16, 2014 10:44 AM

Timelapse nature video interrupted by marmot (SLYT)
posted by Shepherd (25 comments total)

Whoa. Nice marmot.
posted by maxsparber at 10:46 AM on August 16, 2014 [7 favorites]

that's a good marmot
posted by dismas at 10:50 AM on August 16, 2014

Lick it and see.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:56 AM on August 16, 2014 [1 favorite]

Is it all marmots or just this one that can stop time?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:56 AM on August 16, 2014 [21 favorites]

This reminds me of a conversation I often have with my dog:

*dog approaches my face*

Me: Hi.
Dog (translated from facial expressions): Wassup.
Me: Not much. You're not going to--
Dog: Lick your face? Wouldn't dream of it.
Me: Good because I'm not really in the--
Dog: Oh goodness me, no worries. It's the furthest thing from my mind.
Me: I appreciate that because I'm kind of tired of--
Dog: *LICK LICK LICK LICK LICK*
Me: Aw, what the--
Dog: *LICK*
Me: --hell!?
Dog: Sorry dude, it's just what I do.
posted by gwint at 10:56 AM on August 16, 2014 [24 favorites]

Marmots. They're a love 'em or hate 'em mammal...
posted by Devonian at 10:59 AM on August 16, 2014 [2 favorites]

Because Delicious!
posted by sneebler at 11:14 AM on August 16, 2014

Majestic!
posted by Fizz at 11:27 AM on August 16, 2014

"You've got a little something on your lens there... Wait a minute... Okay. I think I got it."
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 11:33 AM on August 16, 2014 [1 favorite]

Mountain Badgers
posted by blue_beetle at 12:45 PM on August 16, 2014

Gotta love a Whistle Pig!
posted by OHenryPacey at 1:04 PM on August 16, 2014

The marmot has dirty whiskers. I want to clean them. I must clean them!
posted by Splunge at 1:13 PM on August 16, 2014 [1 favorite]

Wow, I should go dig my old Interrupting Marmots tour shirt out from the bottom of the drawer.
posted by Wolfdog at 2:43 PM on August 16, 2014

Was it a Hoary Marmot though? Or possibly a Whory Marmot (SFW)?

Sorry, I'll take my Dwarf Fortress obsession elsewhere.
posted by sotonohito at 2:48 PM on August 16, 2014

BAH! How much did Go Pro pay that marmot indeed! Harrumph.
posted by The Whelk at 2:54 PM on August 16, 2014

Marmots are curious little beasts. A couple of years ago, a marmot was captured in San Jose, who had apparently hitched a ride down from Yosemite in a visitor's car.
posted by tavella at 3:32 PM on August 16, 2014 [1 favorite]

The marmot is a giant squirrel? No wonder I like them. Look at that euphoric buoyancy. Bounce, bounce, bounce up to the camera. That marmot reminds me that life is wonderful.

I want one.
posted by quiet earth at 6:09 PM on August 16, 2014 [1 favorite]

I don't know. That marmot deployed more tongue than is strictly polite on first meeting.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:14 PM on August 16, 2014

Hello! Sometimes people leave containers with trail mix around! I like trail mix! Do YOU have trail mix? No? I'll just check in the back here. No? More trail mix next time k?
posted by The Elusive Architeuthis at 6:54 PM on August 16, 2014 [3 favorites]

I honestly read marmot as marriott and then i went hmmm
posted by 4ster at 6:56 PM on August 16, 2014

That's a cute creature. I was expecting something like a mammot in My Singing Monsters and cursed my child for his fell influence.
posted by h00py at 12:50 AM on August 17, 2014

That is a marmot. Yes indeedy.
posted by BlueHorse at 2:44 AM on August 17, 2014

It's what you get when you rub your camera with. Blueberry jam, I guess. At least no whistling. That would have been loud. They're the born whistleblowers...
posted by Namlit at 5:04 AM on August 17, 2014

GenjiandProust: "I don't know. That marmot deployed more tongue than is strictly polite on first meeting."

Speak for yourself.
posted by Splunge at 11:28 AM on August 17, 2014 [1 favorite]

Aiieee! SO cute. Also, that is beautiful -- where is it?
posted by NikitaNikita at 8:12 PM on August 17, 2014