Pika - the real Pikachu

[mckitterick]

*ded* from the cute. They look like wild hamsters, but they're ground squirrels!

A video especially for weaselmom:

Enjoy!
Chris

Comments

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I love the slo-mo action shots at the end! (Plus the Britishy narrator is enjoyable as well)

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

It's the Six Million Dollar Pikachu!

[margaretq.livejournal.com]

that may just be the cutest thing I've ever seen.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. Of course, YouTube is so full of cuteness that I am confident we shall feel this way over and over again.

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Awww, what cute little squeaky toys! Here's where I get to be pedantic and say they're not ground squirrels but are relatives of the rabbit! I think we should make them honorary ground squirrels, though, because of their appearance.

Serendipitously, I was watching Planet Earth tonight, the Great Plains episode, and they showed pikas! And here's something even more odd for you: In my library of weasel books, there's one called "One Day on Pika's Peak" which is the photo story of how a mother short-tailed weasel goes hunting in pika territory to feed her eight kits! The photos are fantastic. It's sad for the pikas and voles and deer mice, but the kits have to eat.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Bah, everyone's a relative of the rabbit, so I vote for making them honorary ground squirrels.

Wow, I don't think I've ever heard of a pika before, and now two in one day...? Whoah.

Weasels = Evil

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Okay, I am getting on a plane specifically to come kick you in the slats for that!

Little critters like pikas and voles are the cheeseburgers of the animal world. Tiny mobile protein packets.

Plus you would not believe how cute these weasel pics are.

[time-freak.livejournal.com]

I want one I want one, can we have one, can we, can we???

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean!

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

How cute! I have to get me a tiny pet.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That's why god made hamsters.

[cba1282zyx.livejournal.com]

You should play the video again on mute, and dub over their calls with a lion growl.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That would be HILARIOUS!

How are you, my friend?

[cba1282zyx.livejournal.com]

Good, just been hanging around up in Everett the last few weeks. How bout yourself?