Curious Marmot

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When Josh (joshlewis) and I were at the summit of Mt. Pugh, a curious marmot crawled out from under a rock a few feet away, having had no apparent interactions with humans before. It looked at us with fascination, before crawling back into its hole again. Here is another picture of this same marmot, sticking only its head out of its rock.

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bongsunkee

but cute.....

Voted 10/10

i like it, mark.

Posted Aug 19, 2007 3:15 am


	Mark Straub	Re: but cute.....
	Hasn't voted	Thank you. This marmot was almost asking for me to take a picture of it, as it kept coming out and looking at me before crawling back under a rock.
		Posted Aug 19, 2007 5:31 am

Ejnar Fjerdingstad

American Marmots

Voted 10/10

seem less shy than those of the Alps! I have never got a good shot of an Alpine marmot, except near Saas Fee, where they are almost tame.

Posted Aug 19, 2007 9:37 am


	Mark Straub	Re: American Marmots
	Hasn't voted	I think that the only reason this marmot allowed me to get so close to it was because it had never seen a human before. We saw another marmot at a lower (and easier to reach) elevation that seemed quite cautious of us.
		Posted Aug 19, 2007 1:40 pm

Azra

So cute..

Voted 10/10

Send me one , please!
:-)
Regards

Posted Aug 19, 2007 12:31 pm

lcarreau

There's granite

Voted 10/10

on top of Pugh? I didn't know. Great
photographic capture, Mark!

Posted Dec 24, 2007 7:34 pm


	Mark Straub	Re: There's granite
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for the comment! These marmots were actually all over the mountain, and the granite covers a large portion of the summit. -Mark
		Posted Dec 24, 2007 9:22 pm