Yes, Kelly, you can haz marmot. There's a plague of them here in Spokane. Granted, it's a ten hour round-trip drive, but so worth it! Come get two of 'em, and grab a wild turkey to take home for Thanksgiving, too!
Don't dismiss this little fat assed Marmot. How do you think he got that fat?
He took down and ate the entire Leopard he's sitting on. Ain't nothing left but the pelt, and woe to anyone who is within range when he runs out of biscuits. "I came here to kick ass and eat biscuits. And I'm almost out of biscuits."
Our local marmots are wonderful. They live high in the mountains and hibernate most of the year. When not hibernating, they gorge on plants, bask in the sun and whistle. The hoary marmots at Mt Rainier are probably waking up now, and you should go visit them at Paradise.
They make a high pitched call that echoes around a valley like nothing else- my husband was raised in Juneau and calls them "whistle pigs." They're kind of silver-grey with big fat brown butts. Totally adorable.
Thanks 16, I'm pretty sure "hoary marmot" is going to be a frequent insult in my repertoire from now on. Example: "Stop eating all the chips. Your being quite the hoary marmot right now." It sounds like such a bad thing.
@6, more like a beaver
He took down and ate the entire Leopard he's sitting on. Ain't nothing left but the pelt, and woe to anyone who is within range when he runs out of biscuits. "I came here to kick ass and eat biscuits. And I'm almost out of biscuits."
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He made me think of my favorite fantasy animal to own:
a Capybara (wa!, freaky dog-hamster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara
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