this looks like a “lady and the tramp” moment to me. they are each nibbling on an end towards a suprising smooch in the middle.

Y’all do know they can also carry Plague, right? Hate to be a party pooper but that would suck.

We have a chippy in our yard. It’s name is Lemmiwinks. Quick little thing.

you could tell they have been fed by campers for a while, they just came right up to your hand and if you waited long enough with a nut in your mouth, they would figure it out and climb right up =)

Dude how did you get that chipmunk to get that close to you?

Hey guys, I’m the girl in the picture. I guarentee you this picture is not photoshopped. We were in the woods on a sunny day so shaddows create most of the contrasts you’re seeing. They were just the cutest little guys ever. Head out to Cook Forest, PA and you can feed them too!

Ahem, Victorya. What makes you so sure it´s CHIP??? Sheesh, I feel like Garfunkel sometimes…

I spent a fair amount of this past Saturday teaching a couple of kids how to hand feed squirrels and mallards in the park….

No chippies, though. This lil guy is definitely squeal-worthy!

This photo is soooo amazing! And I too have a tramautized-by-squirrel story.

My office building use to be right next to a park and sometimes my husband would drop by to take me to lunch in the park and I would bring nuts with me for the squirrels.

I was trying to tell him about how I use to feed chipmunks right out of my hand and that if you put a nut in the palm of your hand, the chipmunk would climb into your hand and take it from you!

So, on this day, I thought I would prove that theory with a squirrel. I put the nut in the palm of my hand and stuck my hand out. A squirrel came near and he had “nut lust” in his eyes.

But instead of grabbing the nut from the palm of my hand, stupid thing bit the end of my middle finger and grasped onto it with his front claws! I yelped in pain and tried to shake him off but he bit harder! And he kept biting until the nut fell on the ground and then he let go and went after the nut!

Gawd…never again! My husband was laughing hysterically and then I thought I had tetnus. I went back to the office and showed my finger to a coworker who use to be a nurse…she said I was fine and didn’t need any shots.

And now, every time there’s a full moon, I get a little twitchy and have a hankering for nuts.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabies/Prevention&Control/preventi.htm

Ah, the loss of a perferctly wonderful terrifying scenario to scare kids…..