Not the sharpest tool in the shed

by Meg on August 31, 2009

Yep, juuuuust gonna take a nap in this hole here…

But something’s not working.

Oh well [Yaaaawn]

Not the sharpest tool in the shed

Stuart’s Moment of Brilliance was captured at the Minnesota Zoo by Carolina A.

{ 38 comments }

1 Theo 08.31.09 at 11:15 am

This reminds me of 2005… [wiggly flashback lines descend] :)

2 Katiedid 08.31.09 at 11:28 am

I love it when aminals yawn!!! so cute!!! birds are the cutest when they yawn.. looks like they are yelling hehehe…

3 Suzanne 08.31.09 at 11:35 am

Stuart is obviously the new spokes-groundhog for Groundhog Life Alert – “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”

4 Von Zeppelin 08.31.09 at 11:42 am

Looks like me trying to catch a pass during my unhappy career as a high school football player. “I got it, coach! I got it!” (Ball sails over head) “Where’d it go? Where’d it go?” (Trip, SPLAT!)

5 One Eyed Daruma 08.31.09 at 11:44 am

nice toof! it almost looks like he tripped and fell – poor dear. I can almost hear him sputter *oof*

6 Laelya 08.31.09 at 11:51 am

I was just there with my boyfriend this summer!

The ground squirrel ‘town’ is too cute. I sat watching the exhibit for a good half hour. :)

Thinking of which, I should submit some photos too!

7 Susan 08.31.09 at 12:00 pm

Nice toof.

8 Jezebel 08.31.09 at 12:00 pm

GH slides for home!

9 Berg 08.31.09 at 12:18 pm

How do we know this is not some ground hog yoga pose? Looks like it gives the spine a good stretch…

10 chanpon 08.31.09 at 12:23 pm

I second the poor guy looks like he stepped on a banana peel, and may be falling into a ditch. Just waiting to hear the *wonk wonk* sound..

11 punkpie 08.31.09 at 12:24 pm

Reminds me of the old commercial: “I’ve fallen….. and I can’t get up!!!”

12 punkpie 08.31.09 at 12:24 pm

oh man, Suzanne beat me to it :-)

13 Quats 08.31.09 at 12:54 pm

It looks more to me like Super Prairie Dog just encountered Kryptonite! Oh Noes! *crash*

…which leads me to ponder just what Lex Lutherdog looks like…

14 DaytimeDeb 08.31.09 at 1:15 pm

Safe!!

15 Kristabelle 08.31.09 at 1:22 pm

Daytime Deb beat me to it! :p

That’s one heck of a belly flop!

16 Dash 08.31.09 at 1:25 pm

Looks this wee prairie dog has grown up in a predator-free environment. A little too comfy for my taste! The zoo might want to let a puma put a paw to ground for a minute or two to keep this guy on his toes for the visitors! ;-)

17 DanS 08.31.09 at 1:37 pm

It seems like he should be yelling “Spock!” in a William Shatner voice.

18 Lyssa 08.31.09 at 1:57 pm

I love the MN Zoo!
The prairie dogs area always doing cute things like that :]

19 victoreia 08.31.09 at 1:57 pm

@DanS: rotflmao! I can just see that little paw, pressed up against the glass in the engine room!

20 Karebear 08.31.09 at 2:46 pm

Ok I’m apparently not the sharpest either. What’s not working?
It looks like this guy was probably just curled up in the hole, snoozing away. And now he’s getting a post nap stretch before going about his day.

21 Blondie 08.31.09 at 3:33 pm

“Dude, I was just laying here minding my own business, when all of the sudden this huge crater opened up and tried to swallow me! I tried to yell and reach for something to hold on to… I’m still not sure how I got out of there alive, man!”

22 Amy 08.31.09 at 4:19 pm

He’s dirt-surfing! (BTW, CUTE!)

23 Kar 08.31.09 at 7:26 pm

Sinkhole!!! I hate it when they jump up at you like that.

24 Michael Claymore 08.31.09 at 8:00 pm

Thick as a brick!

25 Ray 08.31.09 at 8:16 pm

“Oh, right! Nose-first into the hole, not belly-button first”

26 Ruth 08.31.09 at 8:18 pm

Love the front tooth !

27 Sassafrass 08.31.09 at 8:25 pm

He’s so cute! To me, it looks like he’s saying “SAFEEEEE!” after sliding on his belly to get to the last base, like in baseball!

28 Rachael 09.01.09 at 4:38 am

The tooth, the tooth!!! *thud*

29 SEO Company 09.01.09 at 5:12 am

Wow! so cute squirrel , Is it really yawning? or It accidentally shoot in the hole? What ever it is, it so cute. I really love squirrel.

30 Khadija 09.01.09 at 5:58 am

hogging the ground

31 colleenincairns 09.01.09 at 6:09 am

The belly is comfy…that’s the main concern !!!

32 Hon Glad 09.01.09 at 8:06 am

Oof who left this hole here? oh it was me.

33 Dee 09.01.09 at 9:08 am

Jest call him Bubba

34 Gelsey 09.01.09 at 3:33 pm

yawning AWWWWWW

35 Shelley 09.02.09 at 5:57 pm

look at that buck toof! weeeeee……..

36 Carrie 09.03.09 at 10:24 pm

OK, I hate to make this observation, but I’ve seen pictures of prairie dogs that have been shot, and this kind of looks like it’s been shot. I really hope not though.

[This photo was taken at a zoo 2 miles from my house. You've missed by at least that far. - Ed.]

37 Meowmix 09.06.09 at 11:08 am

lol silly!

38 Sebastian 09.06.09 at 3:54 pm

I think i watched this scene in Band Of Brothers. Surely, someone is yelling

INCOMING!!!

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