Outraaaageous ear tufts

by Meg on May 16, 2007

Ello!

May I burrow around ‘ere a bit?

[hands in respectful posish!]

Squirrels

I shall be but a moment!

[nice captioning, sender-inner Josh N.!]

{ 125 comments }

1 pd 05.16.07 at 1:54 pm

What a proper little bun!

2 llism 05.16.07 at 1:55 pm

It looks like a fur version of Batman’s headgear! Awesome!

3 Karen in Toronto 05.16.07 at 1:56 pm

Dat’s a skwerl.

4 jaypo 05.16.07 at 1:59 pm

Dat’s a skwerl alright, wif extra furry paws and extra warm ears!

5 Cricket 05.16.07 at 2:03 pm

It’s a Squnny! Half Squirrelicious, half bunnytastic!

6 good old whatshername 05.16.07 at 2:04 pm

Bunny squirrel! I love it!

7 Erin 05.16.07 at 2:05 pm

very cute (i love his lips) but…um…how did his ears get like that?? i have never seen a squirry with long ears!

8 Rachael 05.16.07 at 2:05 pm

Seriously, whaaaat eees eeeet???

9 Rachael 05.16.07 at 2:07 pm

Do a COXCU on the lips!!!!! Please!!!??!!!

10 ebee 05.16.07 at 2:12 pm

Squabbit! Looks like someone pulled on his ears too long, like in an Aesop’s Fable.

Actually, it’s a long-eared squirrel (brilliant!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3014.shtml

Where do you get sqwerl lip gloss?

11 greenighs 05.16.07 at 2:14 pm

Oh, come ON now! What kind of merciful God came up with a creature like THAT?? How can anyone survive in world with such insane CUTENESS?

12 SeaBreeze 05.16.07 at 2:19 pm

“And if you could spare but a peanut or two, I would be most appreciative.”

CUUUTEEEEE!! =)

13 Kerri 05.16.07 at 2:20 pm

What a lovely do’.

http://www.cuteaddict.com

14 Laura-Kathleen 05.16.07 at 2:25 pm

Too cute!

15 SarahP 05.16.07 at 2:25 pm

He’s wearing little furry gloves – but those earmuffs are too too much.

16 luvinmalssomuch 05.16.07 at 2:33 pm

No! That’s a squirrel. I thought it was a rabbit.

17 Anais 05.16.07 at 2:36 pm

those ears are phenomenal!

18 Theo 05.16.07 at 2:36 pm

They’re like two fuzzy exclamation points.

19 ThreeCatNight 05.16.07 at 2:44 pm

“Do you know I can pick up 300 digital channels, plus overseas stations with these? Remarkable, ra-ther!”

Are squirbuns a new hybrid?

20 metsakins 05.16.07 at 2:55 pm

here’s the real point…he doesn’t look disapproving at all…can it be a bun???

21 Catman Dude =^-.-^= 05.16.07 at 2:57 pm

For some reason, the bunny’s ear-do reminds me of Kramer from Jerry Seinfeld show.

22 brinnann 05.16.07 at 2:59 pm

ebee’s link says they inhabit mid-west to southern America, but I’ve never seen one down here.

23 Melissa A. 05.16.07 at 3:01 pm

Best cuteoverload picture EVER!!! I looked up this guy and he is an English Red Squirrel unlike our red squirrels in USA. We have a gray version of it called the Abert’s squirrel or tassel-eared squirrel. Enough of science, I want to kiss him and hug him and call him George!

24 A thinker 05.16.07 at 3:07 pm

*ahem* correction.

I believe those are REDONKULOUS ear tufts.

Lovely well-lit photo of this little fellow.

25 tc 05.16.07 at 3:12 pm

You may burrow around for as long as you like cuz u r so kyoot!

26 Shantti 05.16.07 at 3:13 pm

Soooo perfect!!!!

27 Cutles 05.16.07 at 3:16 pm

EARS!

28 maymee 05.16.07 at 3:20 pm

I am ded from the cute. Absolutely DED I tell ya!

29 E. Collison 05.16.07 at 3:24 pm

I’m completely undone – I had no idea that such incredible cuteness was waiting to be discovered! [:faints dead away:]

30 birdiebrainz 05.16.07 at 3:24 pm

is it channelling marge simpson?

31 Purple Belt 05.16.07 at 3:33 pm

There is a group in Wales that is working hard for their conservation. Check out their website. Don’t forget to look at the picture at the end of the little flash introduction. Looks like it’s from a children’s book. It’s worthy of its own cute overload page, don’tcha think?

http://www.redsquirrels.info/main.html

32 leah 05.16.07 at 3:39 pm

Good golly ms molly that squrriel is well well, he is interesting to say the very least , got proper manners to. love the extra furrie tufts and cute tocks wonder what the tail looks like ?

33 lurkingsmirk 05.16.07 at 3:44 pm

This little dewd could have his own movie.

34 sharonsch 05.16.07 at 3:45 pm

A Squabbit

35 tesstricks 05.16.07 at 3:51 pm

Wow, what a perfect picture! It’s almost unbelievable..

The snow crystals on his head add the perfect touch. :)

36 The Honourable Gladys Anstruther 05.16.07 at 3:52 pm

Talking of squirrels, I arrived home last night to the sight of my Tux Stan chewing on the headless corpse of a grey squirrel. On the Persian rug natch.

37 Holly 05.16.07 at 3:58 pm

Squirrel Nutkin!

38 Skul 05.16.07 at 4:09 pm

What a cutie. Almost looks like a Eurasian Red Skwerl.

39 Kate 05.16.07 at 4:09 pm

Looks too big to be a British red squirrel… They’re teeny-tiny, and while they do have tufty ears, these are UBER-tufty.

Not never seen any skwerls like that before.

40 Redzilla 05.16.07 at 4:17 pm

CUTEST SKWERL EVARRRRRR!
And I don’t say that lightly. I have admired many a skwerl in my 35 years, but this one…this skwerl completes me. I wish someone would knit him an argyle sweater.

41 Cal, London 05.16.07 at 4:27 pm

OMG look at that BEF!

42 cutebabyfix.com 05.16.07 at 4:29 pm

Ahh the cute- it burns!
He has some serious hair.

43 greenighs 05.16.07 at 4:35 pm

Totally Eighties Squirrel. Remember Stiff Stuff? He all about teh Stiff Stuff.

44 AmyH 05.16.07 at 4:40 pm

OMG. Fantabulous.
Yes, Redz, someone needs to knit him a sweater PRONTO!

45 Robbie 05.16.07 at 4:52 pm

Oh my God! (That’s exactly what I said when I saw this pic!)

46 mb 05.16.07 at 4:54 pm

Is it the paws? the pouty bottom lip? or the tufts that do it for this guy???? Perhaps it’s all 3?!?!?!

47 greenighs 05.16.07 at 5:10 pm

He’s so clean. :)

48 chacha 05.16.07 at 5:24 pm

Well, I thought the chickarees in Big Trees State Park were cute, but this guy kicks their squirrelly ‘tocks.

49 Shannon Johnson 05.16.07 at 5:24 pm

WOW!! I have never ever seen a bunny squirrel before. ME LIKEI!

50 pyrit 05.16.07 at 5:25 pm

“Zoinks! You chopped down my oak tree to build a parking lot? What?”
(Sorry, my comment not funny or cute.)

51 Merriwyth Calliope 05.16.07 at 5:50 pm

Smashing eardo, luv. Who’s your stylist?

52 mleiv 05.16.07 at 6:11 pm

@ metsakins – my thoughts exactly. There was no bunny disapproval, ergo not a bun.

53 Candis 05.16.07 at 6:36 pm

its picacho!

54 Driver B 05.16.07 at 6:52 pm

I haven’t felt the burning need to comment in a while, but THIS. IS. CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

55 Theo 05.16.07 at 6:53 pm

“Eardo” !!
Veddy niiize.

56 hester13 05.16.07 at 6:57 pm

hee hee! for me, this is an animal sketch of a certain type of well-put-together older lady in her go-to-church outfit! you know what i mean, she’s a little plump, wears a fur coat and a hat with feathers on it, coordinating gloves, her lipstick is just so, and she doesn’t miss a trick. she’ll chide you about missing sunday school but pinch your cheek and give you a mint from her purse.

57 VitaminJ 05.16.07 at 7:05 pm

Pikachu!?

Pokemons are for reals, dudes.

58 Erica 05.16.07 at 7:05 pm

This is one of my favorite images EVER on this site, and that’s saying something!

59 mm 05.16.07 at 7:09 pm

He is just the politest little squirrel evah!!

CUTE!!

60 mm 05.16.07 at 7:16 pm

And by politest, which looks like a really weird word, I mean most polite. :)

61 bats 05.16.07 at 7:33 pm

meh. They’re falsies…

;)

62 Kori 05.16.07 at 7:33 pm

I simply am not able to believe thats real. My heart!!!!!

63 fluidstatic 05.16.07 at 7:38 pm

bunnysquirrel of infinitude!

INFINITUUUUUUUUDE.

64 weensicka 05.16.07 at 7:47 pm

If it’s a British squirrel, doesn’t that make it a “squee-rell”? My aunt’s mom-in-law is British and that’s what she calls ‘em.

Appropriate…SQUEE!rel.

65 Nate 05.16.07 at 7:53 pm

This is a Pokemon allright… but not Pikachu! I might as well spill the beans, being the Pokemon-loving-grown-man that I am. This is most likely Eevee. Check it out on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eevee

66 Angela W 05.16.07 at 7:56 pm

I had no idea it was possible for a squirrel to get any cuter. This tops all cute squirrel pictures EVER.

67 Candace 05.16.07 at 8:08 pm

I must admit that I have no love for squirrels. We have nest of them outside our kitchen door on the little patio to our apartment. They scare the bejeazes out of my roommate and I. Even my guy friend cowers in fear as they dart at you unexpectedly with their sharp long claws and crawl out of their nest making hissing and growling sounds. Why can’t they be posh and polite like this little guy? Maybe because they are southside Chicago squirrels and not Charles Dickens brand British squirrels.

68 Kritter 05.16.07 at 8:08 pm

I love the pouty little lip and the teeny furry fists; he almost looks put out about something.

69 furbabies 05.16.07 at 8:09 pm

Too cute… (faint)!

70 sweetpea 05.16.07 at 8:15 pm

My goodness what is this glorious tufticutisquirbungroundmunk

I loove eeet!

71 meaghan 05.16.07 at 8:15 pm

flock of seagulls, anyone?

72 Shadyman 05.16.07 at 8:17 pm

Dats definitely a Squirrely McTuftersons.

73 cici 05.16.07 at 8:30 pm

Looks kinda like a spring hare to me but either way its ADORABLE!!! *faint*

74 ceejoe 05.16.07 at 8:37 pm

lol, that is just too cute and funny!
now what purpose could Nature *possibly* have had to create ears like that???

75 Annie 05.16.07 at 8:40 pm

HR tufts and stuff he’s your friend when things get rough

76 JNO 05.16.07 at 8:47 pm

OMG I made it! I sent in this pic :D

I’m glad everyone enjoys it!

77 cutebabyfix.com 05.16.07 at 9:01 pm

Ceejoe says:
now what purpose could Nature *possibly* have had to create ears like that???

To totally misquote Benjamin franklin:
This squirrel is sure evidence that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

78 Golden 05.16.07 at 9:17 pm

Eardo! Pikachu! 80’s Squirrel! FLOCK OF SEAGULLS! You guys KILL me.. I don’t know what’s better, the picture or the posts as a result of the pic. All I know is this is too friggen cute for words.

79 Holly 05.16.07 at 9:22 pm

Ok, if not Squirrel Nutkin.. How about Don King skwerl?

80 Tony James 05.16.07 at 9:47 pm

Being an English skwerl, it looks like he’s got his thumbs tucked into his braces (those are the things that hold your trousers up – I think the colonials refer to them as suspenders, which provokes much mirth as in proper English suspenders are things that ladies use to hold their stockings up – you call them garter belts).
Anyway, Aubrey will concur with this – it’s a northern English squirrel, and with his thumbs tucked into his braces he’s probably saying “Eeeh bah goom, la’ – tis a proper fall o’snow we’ve ‘ad ‘ere and nay mistake. Ah’ll be needin’ me big shovel if tha’s wantin’ to get t’nuts buried. [turns to assistant weasels] Alf – you and Stanley run round to t’truck and fetch the number 8’s. I’m going to stand ‘ere and roll meself a ciggie, and mebbe bah the time you’re back wi’ shovels this nahce lady willuv med us some tea, eh?”

81 Theo 05.16.07 at 9:48 pm

CBF — the guirrel squirrels dig ‘em.

82 Aubrey 05.16.07 at 9:56 pm

“Landlord, a pint of your best while we wait – and perhaps you could ask your good lady what’s for puddin’?”

“WOMAN – set table for gentleman: be quick about’t!”

83 Alex Wells 05.16.07 at 10:03 pm

‘Tis an Abert’s squirrel.

84 Tony James 05.16.07 at 10:17 pm

Indeed, Aubrey – ’tis as if we were two bodies sharing the same mind…[mingle mangle spooky Twiglet zone music]

85 Lisa 05.16.07 at 10:30 pm

okay this is def cute OVERLOAD! my circuits are in overdrive: Beady Eyes, Redonk Big Tufty Ears, Funny Little Squirrel Feet, Proper Paws, Bottom Lip all Stickin’ Out, nnggghhh overloadoverload!!

86 kgirl81 05.16.07 at 11:21 pm

Gaaaahhh!! Puhleese. Could you peeps spare a thought for those of us not familiar with squirrels (we have enough other furry marsupials and such in the land of Oz WITHOUT squirrels also) and provide some kinda WARNING next time befo’ you post…sheesh, I just squirted diet coke clear out my nostrils. IT support are gunna be peeved about the state of this keyboard….. (P.S. – cutest post evaaaahhh. Cannot believe we do not have squirrels in Australia. Must see Customs about possible importation…don’t like my chances tho’….)

87 weylandyutani 05.16.07 at 11:30 pm

he looks like a bunny with “hare” issues ;0)

88 Jean 05.16.07 at 11:33 pm

This skwerl DEFINES “booshy.” Never in my life have I seen such booshiness.

89 SPB 05.17.07 at 1:35 am

ceejoe: now what purpose could Nature *possibly* have had to create ears like that???

cutebabyfix: To totally misquote Benjamin franklin:
This squirrel is sure evidence that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Also, proof positive that God has a sense of humor. ;)

90 pjk 05.17.07 at 1:49 am

Tony James and Aubrey – love the dialog in dialect!

91 Stephable 05.17.07 at 2:20 am

His facial expression is adorable! *Squeeee!*

92 Jayce Ooi 05.17.07 at 2:41 am

All the thing in this site is so cute!!! :)

93 pico 05.17.07 at 3:20 am

Vivi

94 Alex Wells 05.17.07 at 3:23 am

Mmmmm! Deeleeschious skwerrel. I must have eet!

95 Tor 05.17.07 at 3:28 am

That is one puffy squunny.

96 Tina Rhea 05.17.07 at 3:41 am

kgirl81– Do NOT, repeat NOT, import squirrels into Oz, cute or otherwise. Britain wishes they could send back to America the gray squirrels they ended up with. And remember what happened to you folks down there with the rabbits…? Just enjoy the pictures!

Tough about your keyboard. Don’t drink and look at cuteoverload.

97 Subhangi 05.17.07 at 4:19 am

It’s a squeerell! Awwww. Lookit fuzzy long earsies and BEf and THE SMILE!

Speaking of English skwerls, this reminds me of a prim n’ propah maitre ‘d at a hotel!

*snorgle*

98 Perosha 05.17.07 at 5:47 am

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH IT KILLS ME DEAD WITH CUTE. O__O

99 deirdre 05.17.07 at 5:59 am

Beatrix Potter LIVES!!

100 Gal Josefsberg 05.17.07 at 6:15 am

You should add a new category, “cute bad hair days”. This and the one eared kitten from yesterday should be the founding pictures :)

GJ
http://www.60in3.com

101 leendadll 05.17.07 at 8:07 am

I WANT IT
I WANT IT
I WANT IT
and i want it NOW

102 Merisa 05.17.07 at 8:33 am

Ah! I love squirrely pictures, and this is the cutest I’ve seen in months!

103 BunnyBooBoo 05.17.07 at 8:48 am

It’s a BUNSQUEEEEEEE!

104 bucky 05.17.07 at 1:00 pm

A squabbit!! Poifect!!!
Look at beady eye cutness! and punk ears!!!
*thud*

105 Theresa 05.17.07 at 2:32 pm

Cheek puffs. Don’t forget the cheek puffs.

Too much cute in one pic. I know there’s a small-ears cuteness rule, but is there a big tufty ears cuteness rule?

106 mute 05.17.07 at 5:33 pm

A little bit too “Disney cute” for me…

107 Jessika 05.17.07 at 6:55 pm

omgg!! i love it. ive never seen a british squirrel that colour

108 elbowgeek 05.17.07 at 7:47 pm

Ah, but now we know what Don King would look like if he had been reincarnated as a squirrel.

And yes, this is out outrageously cute of course :-) I gotta get me a fur coat like that (but not a real fur coat, that’s cruel), it looks like the perfect thing for that snowy weather.

109 Kiragirl 05.17.07 at 8:16 pm

“BUNSQUEEEEEEE!”

good one, Bunnybooboo

Also loved “Squabbit” too funny (LOL at work, oops)

110 Kiragirl 05.17.07 at 8:19 pm

Did you also notice the perfect fuzzy feets?

111 darkshines 05.17.07 at 8:59 pm

SQUIGGLE!!! :D

112 Miriam 05.17.07 at 10:31 pm

“Oh, hi! I stoled your hairsprays.”

113 Julian 05.17.07 at 11:07 pm

Red Squirrels were the native species in the UK, until the Americans brought the Grey ones over.

114 Nate the Great 05.18.07 at 12:37 am

I am now barfing rainbows.

115 lily cain 05.18.07 at 2:21 am

that welsh squirrel conservation site has some sad dead squirrel pictures, but it also has some EEEE BEBEH SQUIRREL!!!!!

http://www.redsquirrels.info/SquirrelBaby_01.jpg

116 Spyro 05.18.07 at 10:22 am

Ahhhhh the liiip !!! The paaaaws !!! The errr furness !! Aaaaaah !! *faints*

117 Metz 05.18.07 at 2:40 pm

You’re so kind,
‘ere let me kees you.
*mmmmwa* on dis cheeek and
*mmmmmwa* on dat cheeek.

118 E. Collison 05.18.07 at 6:28 pm

“for me, this is an animal sketch of a certain type of well-put-together older lady in her go-to-church outfit! you know what i mean, she’s a little plump, wears a fur coat and a hat with feathers on it, coordinating gloves, her lipstick is just so, and she doesn’t miss a trick. she’ll chide you about missing sunday school but pinch your cheek and give you a mint from her purse.”

hester15, I know exactly what you mean! Great comment.

119 AMD 05.19.07 at 6:38 am

Narnia buffs – it’s Pattertwig!

120 bee 05.19.07 at 3:33 pm

i would like to have this squirrel… any objections? no? alright then (quick grab)
(gone)

121 Dagger 05.19.07 at 11:35 pm

OMG I’M GONNA DIE FROM THE FUZZY RED-HEADED “WHO ME?” CUTNESS OF THT SQUIRREL! OMG i love dem ahh *explodes*

122 redtizzy 05.23.07 at 6:37 pm

I am in W-U-V! I must have one!

123 liz 05.23.07 at 8:48 pm

I hear they use REAL animal fur on these…..

124 Theo 05.23.07 at 9:12 pm

;) Liz.

125 PwincessLucy 05.24.07 at 2:57 pm

I am miffed. if this tis indeed a british red squirel, i would like to complain to all members of america who wiped out like 99% of our red squirrels with your gray versions. However, i do love gray skibbles and think they are tres prosh, so i forgive you really. check out Mr SuperMcEar-Tuffersons thou. too cute xx

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