No wonder

by Meg on June 16, 2009

…you’ve been acting so squirrely lately!

[pulls from out behind your ear]

Tom Thumb was plucked and photographed by Maureen Kirk-Detberner.

{ 62 comments }

1 Bevin 06.16.09 at 6:24 am

Teeny tiny squirrlio!

2 hf080677 06.16.09 at 6:34 am

I want one. I WANT OOOOONNNNNNEEEEE!!!

3 temperance 06.16.09 at 6:37 am

just checked behind my ears…no such luck.

4 Bozz 06.16.09 at 6:39 am

o_O

I can has nao plz?

5 victorya 06.16.09 at 6:49 am

Anyone else notice that the squirrel is giving us the bird?

6 Emmy 06.16.09 at 6:49 am

hehe… funny story about that, really…

7 260Oakley 06.16.09 at 6:55 am

Brown Squirrel beats Blue Tooth any day. Though people will look just as nuts talking into one…

8 WendyPinNJ 06.16.09 at 6:55 am

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

A perfect bite-sized morsel!

9 chanpon 06.16.09 at 6:58 am

Why the sudden uptick in miniscule squirlios lately? Not that I’m complaining, since they are totally adorable.

10 KATIE 06.16.09 at 7:05 am

its says our but it should be out

11 Pussytoes 06.16.09 at 7:21 am

You do realize it says “pulled from OUR behind”. That would indeed be painful.

12 Theresa 06.16.09 at 7:24 am

Look at his tiny left hand. Is he giving us the (very tiny) finger???

13 pyrit 06.16.09 at 7:26 am

pulls from our behind, your ear

14 Theresa 06.16.09 at 7:27 am

(That should have been in a George Costanza voice)

15 Theresa 06.16.09 at 7:28 am

PPS Does “our behind” mean we all have one behind, and how come I never noticed this?

16 hon glad 06.16.09 at 7:31 am

Place in mouth to cure nut allergy.

17 thepetmuseum 06.16.09 at 7:32 am

Best. Earring style. Ever.

18 Mare 06.16.09 at 7:38 am

@chanpon: There’s been an uptick in squirlios in general. I swear I’ve never seen so many of the little dewds running all over the place. They’ve been yelling at me whenever I walk past the oak tree right by my walkway.

19 nismo 06.16.09 at 7:52 am

Oh, my. You’re no bigger than that guy’s thumb.

20 Mud Bug 06.16.09 at 7:59 am

I’d like a six pack of squirrel sliders to go please !

21 chlorisaann 06.16.09 at 8:00 am

did anyone notice that he is flipping us off???? check the squirrel hand, on the human thumb!!!!!!!!!!

22 Not That Mike The Other Mike 06.16.09 at 8:10 am

Hmmph. My grandpa never found any cute squirrels behind MY ear. All I ever got was a quarter. :(

23 Theresa 06.16.09 at 8:26 am

NTMTOM, at least he didn’t want you to pull his finger. WHICH THIS LITTLE GUY IS GIVNG US, I TELL YOU!!

24 BabyOpossum 06.16.09 at 8:30 am

Ahn. He reminds me of a litter of baby Least Chipmunks I helped to rehab once, except they were even tinier. Also very active and squirmy, as this one seems to be.

Between this guy and my unbearably prosh eponym on the CO calendar, today has started out with a nice contented sigh. Thanks, CO!

25 marthava 06.16.09 at 8:34 am

pyrit…lol

26 kibblenibble 06.16.09 at 8:37 am

Indeed a nom-sized morsel…*pops in mouf, darts away*

27 kibblenibble 06.16.09 at 8:38 am

PS LOL at all the “behind” comments. Love all you peeps! :-D

28 kibblenibble 06.16.09 at 8:39 am

PPS Privacy tailio! Okay, I’ll stop, now. *slinks away*

29 Theo 06.16.09 at 8:46 am

[headsmack]

OK, I finally spotted the typo that everybody’s been snerking about. Fixted.

30 KittyAdventures 06.16.09 at 8:55 am

refrains from making squirrel nuggets joke.

goes with squirrel truffel instead!

31 lrm 06.16.09 at 9:00 am

OMG I want one! Is it even safe to hold it when it’s so tiny? Why can’t I have that job?!

32 charliewabba 06.16.09 at 9:10 am

I think instead of barfing rainbows, we should all henceforth sneeze out baby squirrels.

33 Katiedid 06.16.09 at 9:14 am

“put me down mofo I need to go find some milkes!”

34 DaytimeDeb 06.16.09 at 9:20 am

Snack-sized morsel. But I can’t stop at just one….

35 ceejoe 06.16.09 at 9:38 am

Theo, after fixing the (very funny) typo, you need to add some hover text now. We’re waiting…

[Uh, Meg already did the hover... - Ed.]

36 Kristabelle 06.16.09 at 10:44 am

Perhaps the hovertext should say, “They’re like potato chips – you can’t have JUST ONE!”

37 hf080677 06.16.09 at 10:51 am

I love how someone on here is always popping something in their mouth and running off with it… I go for the plain ol’ snatch and dash myself, san mouth.

38 Just kidding (natch) 06.16.09 at 10:59 am

Oh noes.. it says she plucked him .. hope he’s not going into the broth next! :(

39 Katiedid 06.16.09 at 11:18 am

I was looking at the other photos with this little guy and found the best!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkirk/3626067044/in/photostream/

40 Decca 06.16.09 at 12:10 pm

It’s like a real, live Beatrix Potter character.

41 cheshirekittehkat 06.16.09 at 12:41 pm

Skwerrlio: the ultimate Pokket Pet; when hims gets tired of riding around in your pokket, will take a liddol nappee behind your ear; (can also be utilized in lieu of a head-set……. :wink:

42 T.U.M. 06.16.09 at 12:54 pm

BEBEH SKWRL!

43 berthaservant 06.16.09 at 2:08 pm

Wait a minute, I’ve got it….it’s a nut-sized squirrel, right?

So…

SQUIRREL NUT FLIPPER!

44 Theresa 06.16.09 at 2:29 pm

Berthaservant– YES!!!

45 fish eye no miko 06.16.09 at 2:35 pm

Good heavens! Sooooo tiny! That little guy probably could fit behind someone’s ear!

46 Pamela 06.16.09 at 3:42 pm

I knew I wasn’t the only one that noticed I was being flipped off by a microscopic squirrel.

47 earlybird1 06.16.09 at 6:51 pm

Katiedid – Ahnnnn! Thanks for the link – that was too cute!

48 puddlepeppers 06.16.09 at 8:33 pm

Berthaservant…Great!

49 mz. twinkletoez 06.16.09 at 8:38 pm

oooh he’s so tiny!! and so cute too !!

50 Maureen 06.16.09 at 9:26 pm

Thank you all for you cute comment…no pun intended! Squirrels are doing very well. I’ll do some more photos tomorrow. Check my Flickr site tomorrow or Thursday for updated photos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkirk/sets/72157605236760088/
Maureen

51 Subhangi 06.16.09 at 10:59 pm

Awwww, it’s a bite-sized sqwerlette!

52 Michael Claymore 06.16.09 at 11:49 pm

He’s adorable – same one as in a teacup in a recent post i believe.

53 free virtual world for kids 06.17.09 at 3:54 am

Awwwwwwww. This is super cute! Looks so much like a gerbil!!! XD

I love rodents.

54 bunnywabbit 06.17.09 at 4:19 am

Again, with the long center digit. What’s that about?

55 zeldapie 06.17.09 at 7:04 am

Tee hee! What a cuteum pie.

I was feeding bebeh red squirrels last week last week at the wildlife rehab center, and got all scratched up on my neck and chest when one decided it was fun to run all over me. Kind of embarrasing to go to work the next day – looked like I had a crazy time in the sack. (Or is that just me?)

56 zeldapie 06.17.09 at 7:05 am

Er “last week” does not equal “last week last week.” I think I’ve had a tad too much coffee this a.m.

57 blair 06.17.09 at 8:17 am

squiggle!

58 Mimi 06.17.09 at 2:22 pm

Oh. My. God. that is the cutest thing ever

59 Carlisa 06.18.09 at 6:26 am

Omg! Skwerl McNommits!!!!
*waves at Maureen*

60 Darcy Lawrence 06.18.09 at 9:50 am

Is that a squirrel? Sorry but it just doesn’t look like one, okay? But anyway… It is sooooooooooooooo adorable!!! I want it. Can you get them at a pet shop? If so, how much?!?!

61 Cute lover 06.19.09 at 1:46 am

So tiny, ssooooo cuuuttteee :)
Must be thinking, just need to get acrosss this large human here.

62 Ashley 06.19.09 at 12:44 pm

Whoa. I just got flipped off by a baby squirrel.

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