Winter Schminter

by Meg on January 20, 2008

I gots PLENDY of storage goin’ on.

[Pulls a saved steak sandwich from under leg]

Fat_squirrel_ian_greenleaf

NICE find, Lisa M. ;D

(seen in Ian Greenleaf’s photostream)

{ 70 comments }

1 Pam 01.20.08 at 12:57 am

It’s Skwerl McChunkersons!

2 kild by teh qte 01.20.08 at 12:57 am

EEEEEEEEEEK! *thud*

3 dandy_warhol 01.20.08 at 12:57 am

that’s a whole lotta skwrl.

*kisses tummy*

4 WavDancer 01.20.08 at 12:58 am

OOF.

Tat’s alls I can sez is OOF.

5 Des 01.20.08 at 1:00 am

That is one FAT skwerl!!! I love how squishy he looks. I could cuddle all night long.

6 Jorden 01.20.08 at 1:01 am

I love a fat squirrel!
So loverly.

7 Clare 01.20.08 at 1:06 am

Eeee, a squiggle!

8 musicchick2 01.20.08 at 1:13 am

Chubby little squirrel-io! WAY chubbier than the streamlined little guys around here. Me likes Chubby McChubbersons!

9 Leah B. 01.20.08 at 1:15 am

Ok I will not eat the other steak sandwich now maybe later !

10 Beth 01.20.08 at 1:52 am

He ees juiceeeeeeeeyyy!

11 lurkingsmirk 01.20.08 at 2:00 am

I’ve been seeing bold, fat little squirrels all around campus! They are adorable and fearless and probably getting steak sandwiches from amused collegiates.

12 Leilani 01.20.08 at 2:05 am

Aw, that chubby little guy NEEDS all that fat to stay warm amidst all the ice! Let’s hear it for Skwerly McChubbles!

13 Lucy's mommeh 01.20.08 at 2:09 am

I fink dey would say sangwich or sammich….

14 Juniper Jupiter 01.20.08 at 2:23 am

Hahahaha!!!
That pic reminds me of Sandy Cheeks when she was hibernating on Spongebob Squarepants!!

15 just me 01.20.08 at 2:23 am

Half-squirrel, half Weeble. Squeeble? Wirrel?

16 tesstricks 01.20.08 at 2:23 am

Pretty awesome photography here.

17 Holy Cuteness 01.20.08 at 2:25 am

Lovely picture!

18 Holy Cuteness 01.20.08 at 2:27 am

Lovely picture!

19 mike d 01.20.08 at 2:30 am

The Big Man.

20 BlueCat 01.20.08 at 2:37 am

That looks just like any of the 6 squirrels in my back yard…they are much fattened on peanuts and seeds put out to distract them from the bird feeders. Yeah, the birds are pretty fat too.

21 Usagi 01.20.08 at 2:46 am

Aaww! It’s a fat-tubby-tubby!! So squeezibly soft. I want to nuzzle!

22 Margo 01.20.08 at 2:53 am

Gotta be from Boston Common. some FAT squirrels in that hauz.

http://userpic.livejournal.com/48936099/1947243

23 Andrea|Nash 01.20.08 at 3:26 am

Squirrels are cute, but if you want something from the woods you can hold and cuddle and be kissed by, check the little sweetie in the previous post. :)

24 Chef Steph 01.20.08 at 3:31 am

Awww! I saw his fat brother the other day climbing (quite clumsily) up a tree. This one takes the cake (quite literally) on fat squirrels though!

25 Juliene 01.20.08 at 3:49 am

I bet dats a goil squoil.

26 mlle_x 01.20.08 at 3:56 am

Chubaleeeeeeshous!!

27 oohlookasquirrel 01.20.08 at 3:58 am

That’s a Grinnell squirrel, not a Boston squirrel! She definitely looks like a fox squirrel (and Boston has gray squirrels), and the photographer’s info confirmed my suspicions that I know the building in the background. As an alumna living in Boston, I really miss my Grinnell squirrels, and seeing this picture just made my weekend.

28 leannrose 01.20.08 at 4:16 am

That is one adorable squirrel!

You gotta check out the other flickr pictures of this guy…there’s one where he(she?) stretches out to get some food–cute!

29 Sprock 01.20.08 at 4:17 am

just me,

“Squeeble.” LOL. Totally LOL!

30 Ms. McPantiesInABunchnuff 01.20.08 at 4:18 am

I LOVE BIG SQUIRREL BUTT!! I ANNOT LIE!! :D

31 Ms. McPantiesInABunchnuff 01.20.08 at 4:19 am

“cannot” :/

32 Fegli 01.20.08 at 4:50 am

If I squeeze him, will he squeak?

33 Squirly 01.20.08 at 5:06 am

I, also, am a fat squirl. I relate. :)

34 morticiamom 01.20.08 at 5:49 am

Northeastern college squirrels must get extra chubby. My daughter says the quirrels at Cornell were tub-tastic too.

35 Theo 01.20.08 at 5:58 am

category: Extraordinarily-Deep-Pocket Pets

36 Candis 01.20.08 at 6:06 am

he looks yummy!

37 Joy 01.20.08 at 6:25 am

that is the plumpest squirrel I’ve ever seen. he’s one heck of a forgarer! he’ll be warm enough!

38 angelstar 01.20.08 at 6:58 am

hehe, he’s got plenty for the winter!

39 atomsk 01.20.08 at 8:12 am

How is that furry bowling ball not breaking the branches?

40 CheshireCat 01.20.08 at 8:18 am

Cute pudgy squirrel; I want to hug, but he probably will bite me. :(

41 Subhangi 01.20.08 at 8:30 am

This sqwerl named Sqwerly McTubb,
Has way too much belly-chub,
But I like what I see,
And when I’m done with my squee
I go and give him a belly-rub.

42 Ginger's Cotton Socks 01.20.08 at 11:38 am

Awwww!

It’s pictures like this that make me want Sqwrls/Badgeroos/Ott-eres as pets!

43 BBM 01.20.08 at 12:32 pm

Squ-weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!

44 Katrina 01.20.08 at 12:45 pm

A Sandra Boynton or Jim (can’t think of last name) who write Garfield says, “I’m not fat, I’m Fluffy”. He will bounce very nicely should he lose his balance and fall- right on a nice, soft, squishy student.

45 woofysma 01.20.08 at 3:15 pm

What a chubby little squirrel. And we thought we had furry little piggys in our yard! That campus must be a regular smorgasbord.

46 gizmo 01.20.08 at 3:29 pm

Looks like he’s eaten enough to two or three winters.

47 wagthedogma 01.20.08 at 3:32 pm

Hey, Skerlzilla…have you called Jenny yet?

48 Patricia 01.20.08 at 3:47 pm

He is pudgy. It isn’t just the squirrels, at a University near here I saw a raccon that was so chubby he walked up-right, I honest don’t thing he could easily walk on all fours.

49 rdhwyalane 01.20.08 at 4:04 pm

Is there a little twig in his paw?

50 Rdhwyalane 01.20.08 at 4:19 pm

Nevermind, it’s a berry stem. See the “delicate nom”… http://www.flickr.com/photos/iangreenleaf/2188462173/

And nibbling with paws curled up… http://www.flickr.com/photos/iangreenleaf/2185752713/

51 Joan Carlson 01.20.08 at 4:55 pm

Alrighteee, just grazin’ on more of the sweet goodness of frozen berry bon bons on display in those trees. It’s nature’s way of being generous to animals that had fun in the fall instead of storing up their pantry for the winter. An arboreal cold weather insurance policy. This guy’s certainly not hungry but prolly just eatin’ em so he don’t forget how t’eat, you know, entirely.

52 Malle Babbe 01.20.08 at 4:57 pm

And I thought the squirrels on the Penn State campus were fat! Usually you would only notice when said squirrel would sit up on its haunches and reveal a pudgy stomach, but this guy is nearly sphercial. You just want to pick him off the tree and snorgle him.

53 berthaslave 01.20.08 at 6:38 pm

“Seventeen years I’ve wanted that little item and I’ve been trying to get it. If we must spend another year on the quest… well, sir, it will be an additional expenditure in time of only… five and fifteen seventeenths percent. Now, Mr. Spade…where is the Maltese Falcon??”

http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes5/maltesefalcon117.jpeg

54 Redbone 01.20.08 at 6:56 pm

It’s like a chunky little Biggie Smalls squirrel.

“Escahgo, muh cah go, 90 mile an hour up to thuh kitchen doe.”

55 starling 01.20.08 at 8:53 pm

I saw a fat one like that outside the office the other day. The skwerls don’t really feel like sleeping this year.

56 chanpon 01.21.08 at 12:01 am

Hibernation is for wusses!

57 DLR 01.21.08 at 1:19 am

Awww, chubbawubba! Fricking cute!

58 jen 01.21.08 at 2:02 am

the american obesity epidemic has extended to squirrels now? oh dearsies.

;p he’s adorables.

59 J. Bo 01.21.08 at 2:25 am

Years ago, on an episode of “Dharma and Greg” (a HIGHLY underrated comedy, by the way), Greg’s dad demonstrated to him how he avoided emotionally uncomfortable situations by (drink in hand) looking out the window– “Look at that squirrel… Ooh, he’s a FAT one.”

P.S. This squirrel may be slow-moving, but it’s still inherently EVIL! EVIL, I TELL YOU!

60 Rukii 01.21.08 at 2:33 am

Squidgy skweeeerrrl!

61 liz 01.21.08 at 3:30 am

ummm. scewzie…
i have bout Three cheese steaks right here und’a my armpit. so ya’all girls come on over for the KOOZIE.
{bad porn Moozic]
I’ll keep ya warm… all winter long lil babies.

62 Eater of Shades 01.21.08 at 4:07 am

now thats a plump little bugger, probably eyeing a sammich through an open window

mmmm… sammich *gargle*

63 Andréa 01.21.08 at 4:12 am

What a cute little pudge!

64 yankeebird 01.21.08 at 5:56 am

Oh, thank heavens, the picture of that fat squirrel is gone. I’m sure I sound all nuff-y, which is why I didn’t say anything when the pic was there, but I hate squirrels. Now that he’s gone I feel free to say it. ;)

65 confused.brit 01.21.08 at 2:21 pm

It’s gone!

No cuteness for my belated viewage….

66 Tygress22 01.21.08 at 2:39 pm

Confused.brit, just click on it and it will take you to the picture on the flikr site :)

67 della 01.22.08 at 1:42 am

she’s preggers, due any day!

68 Katy 01.22.08 at 6:39 am

Notorious P.I.G…
That’s all I’m sayin…

69 Yankeedoddles 01.22.08 at 3:17 pm

The fat squirrel needs to go on a diet, but it’s cute. :)

70 Sharon Wilson 01.22.08 at 8:11 pm

Actually, my aunt’s orange kitteh would turn into a total pudge just before winter along with growing a long fur coat; then he’d be svelte by summer.

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