Stuffed Chipmunks
November 15, 2010 9:57 AM Subscribe
So, in 3rd grade we had a hamster (Goldie) as a class pet. One day during class we heard a horrible scratching/squealing noise coming from her cage and we all ran over to check it out. This moron had crammed her mouth so full of corn kernels that she got herself stuck in the hamster tubing (at the connection, where it narrows a bit). It was only corn kernels, so since she could theoretically get herself easily unstuck just by spitting out a couple seeds, our teacher told us to go sit back down, that Goldie would be fine.
A half hour later she was still frantically trying to pull her head out, so we had to take the whole thing apart and jimmy her free. Rodents are dumb.
posted by phunniemee at 10:05 AM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
A half hour later she was still frantically trying to pull her head out, so we had to take the whole thing apart and jimmy her free. Rodents are dumb.
posted by phunniemee at 10:05 AM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Like bizarre rodent porn.
posted by PuppyCat at 10:07 AM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by PuppyCat at 10:07 AM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
As opposed to vanilla rodent porn?
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:11 AM on November 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:11 AM on November 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
Cute critters are cute and all, but I'm getting tired of Buzzfeed (and all those little Tumblr blogs) just collecting other people's pictures and posting them without attribution or linkbacks.
posted by Gator at 10:17 AM on November 15, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by Gator at 10:17 AM on November 15, 2010 [5 favorites]
#18 FTW
nononono. #22 FTW.
Holy cute overdose.
posted by Mister Fabulous at 10:20 AM on November 15, 2010
nononono. #22 FTW.
Holy cute overdose.
posted by Mister Fabulous at 10:20 AM on November 15, 2010
I don't know why they didn't just stop after #18.
posted by yeolcoatl at 10:32 AM on November 15, 2010
posted by yeolcoatl at 10:32 AM on November 15, 2010
( ) ^.^ ( )
posted by steef at 10:38 AM on November 15, 2010 [14 favorites]
posted by steef at 10:38 AM on November 15, 2010 [14 favorites]
Make that 48 chipmunks.
#6 is a prairie dog, and #12 an albino squirrel.
But love chipmunks filling them pouches. If you hand-feed them, they'll fill up, take off and empty them, and come back for more...until you get tired of industrious cuteness, or run out of nuts.
posted by VicNebulous at 10:54 AM on November 15, 2010
#6 is a prairie dog, and #12 an albino squirrel.
But love chipmunks filling them pouches. If you hand-feed them, they'll fill up, take off and empty them, and come back for more...until you get tired of industrious cuteness, or run out of nuts.
posted by VicNebulous at 10:54 AM on November 15, 2010
I wonder if chipmunks (and other cheek-stuffing rodents) have a preference for which cheek they stuff food into first. Is there a such thing as a right-cheeked or left-cheeked chipmunk?
posted by bettafish at 11:01 AM on November 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by bettafish at 11:01 AM on November 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
Was anyone else reminded of Jim Woodring's "Frank's Faux Pa"?
posted by not_on_display at 11:27 AM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display at 11:27 AM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Today when I was riding my bicycle home from school a squirrel almost darted in front of me. It changed its mind though, but the nuts that were in its mouth went flying out of its mouth as it changed direction. Cute.
posted by thylacine at 11:29 AM on November 15, 2010
posted by thylacine at 11:29 AM on November 15, 2010
# 10 needs an "after" to go with the "before". That walnut's amost as big as he is.
posted by scalefree at 11:32 AM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by scalefree at 11:32 AM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
no. 15 is REALLY regretting it already
posted by runincircles at 11:37 AM on November 15, 2010
posted by runincircles at 11:37 AM on November 15, 2010
Is this legal? I mean, I know it's Monday but still.
posted by Sailormom at 11:45 AM on November 15, 2010
posted by Sailormom at 11:45 AM on November 15, 2010
Well. That sure was what it said it would be.
I love the internet.
posted by mrgoat at 11:49 AM on November 15, 2010
I love the internet.
posted by mrgoat at 11:49 AM on November 15, 2010
Some of them look so guilty, as though they have been caught binging against their strictly-defined Weight Watchers diet.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 11:58 AM on November 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 11:58 AM on November 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
At least three of these are actually pictures of Dizzy Gillespie.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:02 PM on November 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:02 PM on November 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
Fifty chipmunks!? I wanted a peanut.
posted by saturday_morning at 12:10 PM on November 15, 2010
posted by saturday_morning at 12:10 PM on November 15, 2010
In town?
posted by found missing at 12:15 PM on November 15, 2010
posted by found missing at 12:15 PM on November 15, 2010
Explain how!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:21 PM on November 15, 2010
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:21 PM on November 15, 2010
Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
posted by Gator at 12:22 PM on November 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Gator at 12:22 PM on November 15, 2010 [3 favorites]
Great post! Looking forward to the squeakuel.
posted by hermitosis at 12:31 PM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by hermitosis at 12:31 PM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
#22 is part of a series by Chris McVeigh. Here's the flickr set.
posted by youngergirl44 at 12:37 PM on November 15, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by youngergirl44 at 12:37 PM on November 15, 2010 [4 favorites]
I wish I got a good picture of the squirrel that darted across the street and up the tree in front of my house, carrying an entire slice of pizza in its mouth.
posted by domnit at 1:10 PM on November 15, 2010
posted by domnit at 1:10 PM on November 15, 2010
I wonder if chipmunks (and other cheek-stuffing rodents) have a preference for which cheek they stuff food into first. Is there a such thing as a right-cheeked or left-cheeked chipmunk?
When younger, my Roborovski hamster had a distinct preference for stuffing her right cheek. She grew out of it, though, because she'd try to hop out of her food bowl, but would end up tipping over the side before she was ready because of the imbalance in her cheeks.
(They're really, really tiny. At adult weight, Hamthony Stark weighs about an ounce or so. When she was half-grown, a big peanut or a couple of in-their-shells sunflower seeds would do the trick.)
posted by joyceanmachine at 1:42 PM on November 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
When younger, my Roborovski hamster had a distinct preference for stuffing her right cheek. She grew out of it, though, because she'd try to hop out of her food bowl, but would end up tipping over the side before she was ready because of the imbalance in her cheeks.
(They're really, really tiny. At adult weight, Hamthony Stark weighs about an ounce or so. When she was half-grown, a big peanut or a couple of in-their-shells sunflower seeds would do the trick.)
posted by joyceanmachine at 1:42 PM on November 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
Adding to the cute pr0n fest. For anybody who hasn't seen Mocha in "His First Broccoli!"
posted by nickyskye at 2:30 PM on November 15, 2010
posted by nickyskye at 2:30 PM on November 15, 2010
I do this with Cadburry Mini Eggs at Easter...
posted by steich314 at 3:01 PM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by steich314 at 3:01 PM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
It may be a sign of something being wrong with my sense of humour that I automatically hear this in the background when looking at these pictures.
posted by ZsigE at 4:10 PM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ZsigE at 4:10 PM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Is there a such thing as a right-cheeked or left-cheeked chipmunk?
Yeah, but you don't want to know what it means.
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:48 PM on November 15, 2010
Yeah, but you don't want to know what it means.
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:48 PM on November 15, 2010
Speaking of cute rodents. So my wife has (had) three Robo hamsters. Come time to clean out the cage that last week, there is one quite satiated looking one, the back half of another, and a bunch of hair from the third.
Apparently this is not unknown (these had been living peacefully together for a year). Behind the cute is a vicious creature.
He's got huge sharp...eh, he can leap about...Look at the BONES !
posted by maxwelton at 5:32 PM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Apparently this is not unknown (these had been living peacefully together for a year). Behind the cute is a vicious creature.
He's got huge sharp...eh, he can leap about...Look at the BONES !
posted by maxwelton at 5:32 PM on November 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
maxwelton, do you give them vitamin supplements? I had that problem with gerbils. Starting adding vitamins to their water, and they never did it again.
posted by IAmBroom at 12:31 AM on November 16, 2010
posted by IAmBroom at 12:31 AM on November 16, 2010
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