James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] Nice marmot

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Marmot pretends to be invisible.

Husband calls out "marmots, marmots!". Marmot wonders if it might not be invisible after all.

And hippity hops away

Now cleverly disguised as rock, invisible again. Phew! Safety marmot!

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Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 8/21/2013 09:41:00 PM

David Young said...: Looks like his tail is having a bad hair day. Or maybe all Marmots look that way.; 22/8/13 4:59 am
Paul S said...: Did you name him Johnson? (sexistly assuming it's a him); 22/8/13 10:55 am
James Annan said...: IME it doesn't matter what you call them, they still don't come.; 22/8/13 11:47 am
Hank Roberts said...: Years ago a friend of mine, working as a seasonal ranger-naturalist at Mt. Rainier, was sitting with half a dozen other park professionals when the ticket-seller phoned in to say a newly arrived visitor was asking for "help identifying a little brown ..."

Everyone in the room shouted at the same time: "Marmot"

then the ticket seller finished her sentence: "... bird?"; 22/8/13 5:50 pm

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