People, this is Lucy, the famous hamster of HamsterTracker fame. Her tongue just needs an extreme close-up for your viewing pleasure. Yes, it might be a little strange to look so closely at a hamster tongue, but, well, you really should check it out.
C.O.X.C.U.B!. [Cute Overload Xtreme Close-up Brah!!!!]
Mathijs V.! You did it again.
OMG, the teeny little pink tongue – too cute!
OMG the tounge is cute but I looove its teeny tiny little hands!
This is SO goofy!
THPPPPPPTPPPH!
I love the little hands too. So small and pink. It looks like she’s inquiring about a mid-day snack or something. “say you wouldn’t happen to have any carrots in that tupperware over there, would you?”
EEEE! Cute village, Population 1. Mayor, Lucy Z. Hamster.
Lucy is making an awfully funny face. I didn’t know hamsters could look like that. Was she in the middle of a sneeze?
No idea which is cuter- The teeny tongue, the petite paws, or the nose! Has anyone bothered to look at the nose?
The nose. Definitely the nose.
Little Lucy needs some weensie White Strips for those bottom chompers!
Even so, I wanna snorgle that fuzzy little nose.
Lucy looks a lil hungry after so much running. I’m definitely scared.
I can’t think of anything to say other than “wow.”
i look at the hamstertracker site every day to catch the ever present adorableness that is lucy the hammie. i lurve her! awwww, the tongue! the tongue!
Teh nose FTW!!!
Actually the overall pic with the goofy expression is the cutest. But the nose is cuter than the tongue.
Even her nose is fuzzy! Eep!!! To cute!
i <3 lucy
gah..pls..i beg..stick to cats/dogs/etc…rodents are NOT cute.
Anybody notice that Cute Overlord (with an “R”) seems to be snowed in, last couple of days?
http://cuteoverlord.blogspot.com/
OMG. SO CUTE! She looks like Stuart Little! She looks like she’s smiling!
Oh my goodness, Lucy looks just like Jimmie Durante!
Joe Mama – I think she has a couple kernels of corn i her mouth, those don’t look like teeth to me.
My favorite part is her little paw against the clear plastic. What a cutie!
Rinky, some rodents are cute. Not all of us are breedist(racist againts certain breeds) and we like to see cute everything!
If you look closely in the closeup… you can see the bar looks wet below it’s mouth. Drooling? Maybe nibbling her way out?
If I had a hammie,
I’d feed it in the morning,
I’d feed it in the evening,
Fresh food and not canned,
I’d keep the hammie in a cage and near,
I’d let the hammie be roaming,
It’s a hammie I’d love as well
As her brothers and her sisters,
All over this land.
The ‘corn’ is actually Lucy’s front teeth, the white ‘teeth’ is her gum!
Her right paw (for us the one on the left) is in close-up on her HamsterTracker.com website!
Mathijs – YOU ROCK! Love your site!
Lucy has this “Stuart Little” thing going on. She’s absolutely adorable!!!!!
I think extreme close-up hamsters are kind of scary. Yeesh, the toofs. Perhaps her hand should hold a wee little toofbrush? But the ‘normal’ pic.. definitely cute.. in a rodent sort of way
ohnonichole, I had the exact same thought. That is a Jimmy Durante schnozzle fer sure. And Lucy looks as though she’s had one too many … reeling against the bars … wha? last call? I just got here!
EW! It looks like slime!
HAMSTER LIPS. holygod.
That’s funny
hammie. cute. funny. sweet.
Oh I just love Lucy’s website – she’s sooooooo cute! The tiny little personal cheeseburger that Mathijs made for Lucy was the best! You rock Mathijs! I wish all animal companions were treated this well.
ahhh!! het away the tongues slimy
LMAO
cutie!
OMG look at that little face and wow never seen a tougue like that
I check on Lucy everyday as well. I even submitted a DIY Hamster Tracker photo that was published! A friend’s guinea pig is now a STAR on Lucy’s site!!!
Question… why does it frequently look like hamsters are in the middle of a break out? http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2005/12/oh_mah.html
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/03/hamster_hotel.html
I’m such a sucker for wee little rodent hands! And that adorable psycho grin!
Haven’t we already seen Lucy’s tongue close up? …Oh wait, that was her paw…
what is the yellow thing in its mouth?
Man, I love rodent tongues. Every once in a while I catch my gerbils stretching and yawning – so much condensed cute it could be developed as a particularly fiendish military weapon!
For the record, the last time I took them to the vet I was informed that the dark yellow color is the proper, healthy color for a gerbil’s teeth, which I’m assuming applies to hamsters as well. So no, Lucy doesn’t need a toothbrush! Cute as that would be.
I love it when my ratties grab my finger with their wittle pink hands and lick my finger. I just wuf wittle wodents!
What a face!! Lucy is the best. You go, van der Paauw!!
When I first looked at this picture I thought I was seeing a little rat. It still looks rat-like to me. But I guess I am wrong.
How could anyone think he’s not cute!? (Mouse, not hampster!) He looks like he’s smiling!! ^_^
She looks overcome with glee! I laughed when I first saw the picture
Actually, that yellow thing in her mouth appears to be the yellow bar on the cage that she is chewing on. Cute!
Or is she chewing on it? Does it look like she is? Maybe it is her teeth or a corn kernel. Someone tell us what it is!
Crystal, Mathijs told us above what it was. Here’s his comment:
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/07/a_famous_tongue.html#comment-20374474
Crystal- From the wideshot of the pic, I also got the impression that she was gnawing on the bar of the cage.
I mean, her face is kinda smooshed up against the bar and her mouth is open. Thus, it’s not totally illogical to think she’s possibly gnawing on the bar.
OK, now I can rest easy LOL.
Has anyone gently pressed the fuzzy nose yet? Oh, all right. I’ll do it. Seventh floor, please. *beep*
the hands…
the tongue…
its to much!
but come on
the nose?!
exuse my while i shoot myself
Lucy says thzzzzup can’t catch me
I must say this is cute!
not an overall rodent fan but can’t deny the cuteness of this pic…
The hamster equivalent of the ‘:P’ emoticon haha!
After that theres nothign more to live for!! I die now
Hamster hands! And a nose that looks like it’s made out of felt!!!
Lookit those corn kernal teeth though
Adorable.
Looks like Stuart Little
can’t help it is keep coming back to look at that face. ohhhhh so cute.
can’t help it is keep coming back to look at that face. ohhhhh so cute.
can’t help it is keep coming back to look at that face. ohhhhh so cute.
can’t help it is keep coming back to look at that face. ohhhhh so cute.
can’t help it is keep coming back to look at that face. ohhhhh so cute.
can’t help it is keep coming back to look at that face. ohhhhh so cute.
Lucy is so cute, with her little goofy “Hi y’all” pose. Even with her little cornchip teefs. Yay Lucy!!
NOPE- NOT STUART LITTLE- BUT A CUTE-
W.C. FIELDS! HACHACHACHACHA
If you look at the close up you’ll see the two little white teeth at the top, the gold bar in her mouth are *not* her teeth lol! I prefer the bottom lip, very cute. Chewing on bars can be a sign she needs more wood to chew on to keep her teeth at an even level.
thats hamster frustration as in “get me outta here!!” lol
please stop it, it’s so cute I can hardly stand it!!!
Those are her teeth. It’s not the bar, because the bar wouldn’t bend like that. That’s what hamster teeth look like.
So basically, in conclusion: CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTENESS.
since when were teeth GOLD lol! I know what hamster teeth look like im a vet!
I think Sabrina’s right. I had a hamster once, and his teeth never looked ginormous and golden. Sure, they were kinda yellow-ish, but they were small.
My pet Ratty’s teeth are yellowish orange too. I’m pretty sure that it’s normal. I’m not sure if the same goes for hamsters though. this is really cute! I prefer my wittle ratty though.