Robin 22 writes: "...Hi Chris, Last summer I was in Colorado in Rocky Mountain National Park. My friend and I stopped at a lookout point, and these chipmunks were everywhere! They were taking food right from people's hands and would just about let you pick them up. This one kept running across my lap. He was quick, but I managed to snap a picture of him after his third trip past! (Shortly after this incident, a woman standing behind me ran back to her car shrieking, "They're like RATS!!!!") Love the show! Robin, 22 Michigan."
They are not like rats. Chipmunks are like cute talking animals from Disney movies...anyone see Enchanted? HELLO. Cutest things ever. Rats one the other hand are like PENlSES. Not so adorable.
Posted by: Esther | February 27, 2009 at 06:56 PM
chipmunks are cute. i like them. but not as much as i like furry purry orange things.
Posted by: leslie | February 27, 2009 at 07:05 PM
chipmunks are cute i like it when they steel things lol
Posted by: chazzm87 | February 27, 2009 at 07:18 PM
I, for one, am a huge fan of Chippendale's. I mean, Chip & Dale.
Posted by: Single Kelly | February 27, 2009 at 07:20 PM
I live near there, and you ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO FEED THEM!
Posted by: Katie | February 28, 2009 at 03:08 AM
The carbohydrates in the crackers are not good for their digestion, and with that kind of food, they make the wrong kind of fat for winter, so they end up too thin half way through the winter. Then they die.
Posted by: Katie | February 28, 2009 at 03:10 AM
You are kil ling little pikas (not chipmunks. learn their name if you're going to try to kil l them).
Posted by: Katie | February 28, 2009 at 03:11 AM
OH CRAP! I threw a chalupa off my balcony for a chipmunk to eat and he threw it right back at me. I just thought he was rude but now I know he was just teaching me a valuable lesson.
Posted by: Fat_Head | February 28, 2009 at 06:28 AM
Ugh shrieking pansy women give the rest of us women a bad rep. I bet she has her husband squash spiders for her too.
Posted by: Erin | February 28, 2009 at 01:31 PM
Why all the hate, Katie? While pikas are indeed both of conservation concern and cute-worthy, the pictured critters are chipmunks.
Posted by: KateShoey | February 28, 2009 at 11:04 PM
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO FEED THEM. I live a few miles away from Rocky Mtn. National Park...and have been taught from a very small and impressionable age that feeding the Chipmunks is a no no. Don't do it.
Posted by: Margot | March 01, 2009 at 12:15 PM