May 31 2009Awwwh, I Want A Million!: Pygmy Jerboas
Pygmy jerboas are probably the cutest things I've ever seen. And this is coming from a guy who saw a bunny nurse an orphaned squirrel and three ducklings, so yeah.
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Thanks to taby and Andrew, who had like 1,000 pygmy jerboas and still had room for dessert.
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Reader Comments
1. Que - May 31, 2009 6:20 PM
Que precious.
2. jellyyy - May 31, 2009 6:21 PM
o_OOOOOO
WAHHHHHHH?
3. zakree - May 31, 2009 6:22 PM
what the hell is a jerboas? Looks like a cross between a mouse and a bird. Still looks tasty tho.
4. z4x0r - May 31, 2009 6:26 PM
Man, when it started washing its tail, I B'AWWWW'd like never before. I'll trade in my hamster for one.
5. RV - May 31, 2009 6:36 PM
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING??!!!?!?!
Seriously its so weird looking.
I think I'll stick with me kitty for now...
6. Boost - May 31, 2009 6:38 PM
A rodent is a rodent.
Step on it and kill it.
7. GRAMMARNAZI - May 31, 2009 6:39 PM
Yes, very cute.
Do you think they taste better with ketchup or mustard?
8. jimmy - May 31, 2009 6:40 PM
Its obviously a robot making you lower your defenses because its so cute,
then BOOM!!! that bastard will blow the shit out of everyone within 30 meters...
9. EdotY - May 31, 2009 6:43 PM
That thing looks WEIRD!
oh, and is it a Pygmy jerboas or a Pgymy jerboas? cuz the title is different to the content....
10. RandomNigel - May 31, 2009 6:45 PM
I am almost ashamed to admit how much I melted when the little guy fell down.
...looks kind of like a sick breed between a baby chick and a gerbil.
11. CMG - May 31, 2009 6:48 PM
Looks like a pokemon
12. SlowMonkey - May 31, 2009 6:54 PM
I would rather have a pet anilhilator robot that that thing that looks like something from the Isle of Dr. Moreau. By the way, where's Grandpa?
13. Bubba - May 31, 2009 6:58 PM
it looks like a retarted rat had sex with a duck
14. naas - May 31, 2009 7:22 PM
Natures way of showing us hamsters can live without their bodies. I'd like one, but one that's as big as a child - so I can attach friggin lasers to it's head
15. GLADIATOR - May 31, 2009 7:50 PM
Looks likea cross between a chicken and mouse ...
Looks like Foghorn Legorn has been nailing the mice instead of the chickens! Call Farmer Brown!
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16. Truk - May 31, 2009 8:04 PM
@4- they won't take back your gerbil 'til u wash the poop off of it
17. Truk - May 31, 2009 8:05 PM
hamster/gerbil.. whatever.
18. ClaMs - May 31, 2009 8:06 PM
Typo in title. It's "Pygmy" not "Pgymy"
(Yes Orthography Nazi here)
19. Abbie - May 31, 2009 8:11 PM
awwwwww
20. GRAMMARNAZI - May 31, 2009 8:14 PM
@15
Ya dude, I checked out " mybrute" and It looks like it sucks big time and was designed for immature idiots. We all got your message many times over and over.
So, stop advertising on every Fu$^^$###@$%cking post. Why? Well, cuz when you do, everyone just hates you more and more.
21. Truk - May 31, 2009 8:18 PM
@7 -deepfried for sure, and served with the head on- not too much meat on those suckers. I'm thinking eat the bones and all dipped in either a buffalo sauce or glazed in honey...
I'll take a dozen to go, I don't want anyone to see me laugh maniacally as I bite their crispy lil heads off.
22. Amibear - May 31, 2009 8:18 PM
So thats what chicken nuggets are made out of.
23. jaime - May 31, 2009 8:27 PM
reminds me of michael j. fox for some reason...
24. Sure - May 31, 2009 8:32 PM
Looks like Speedy Gonzales. Ariba Ariba Ariba!
25. mr quackums - May 31, 2009 8:43 PM
its so ugly that its cute
26. GRAMMARNAZI - May 31, 2009 8:46 PM
@21
Ya man, I see where you're coming from,
Probably would be real tasty with a side order of fries and a cold beer.
27. timmy the frisky virus - May 31, 2009 8:47 PM
That's nothing but a gerbil's head with four legs and too much tail attached.
28. GRAMMARNAZI - May 31, 2009 8:53 PM
my thinking is that you can never have "...too much tail."
29. lol - May 31, 2009 9:09 PM
Pikachu?
30. The_one - May 31, 2009 9:47 PM
It looks just like a hampster out of a japanese cartoon. I want one.
31. RiotPorn - May 31, 2009 9:53 PM
One of the cutest and strangest things I have seen in my life.
32. Lucas - May 31, 2009 10:54 PM
WTFBBQ!?! that thing is soo scary looking
33. nature - May 31, 2009 10:55 PM
This thing looks like a Duprasi, only with a longer tail.
34. Tasha - May 31, 2009 10:58 PM
err, creepy cute...at best.
35. Edwin Leong - May 31, 2009 11:24 PM
Looks kinda like Splinter.
36. che-che - June 1, 2009 12:19 AM
is this another chinese mutation. this thing hangs out with the cat with useless wings. or appendage. and that 8 limbed human baby from india.
37. 3.14chan - June 1, 2009 12:38 AM
This is totally not fake!
Jerboas are jumping desert rodents found throughout Asia and northern Africa that resemble mice with long tufted tails and very long hind legs. The small forelegs are not used for locomotion. In general, Asiatic jerboas have five toes on their hind feet and African jerboas have three; the shapes of their ears vary widely between species. Jerboa fur is long, soft and silky. Diet varies considerably: some are specialist seed, insect, or plant eaters, others are omnivores.
http://www.ib4f.com/board/science/
38. NassT - June 1, 2009 12:57 AM
what happens when they get wet.
39. Billy Rapture - June 1, 2009 1:15 AM
It looks like a mouse ate its torso.
And shat out a pair-o-fuzzylegs.
40. Regdar - June 1, 2009 1:24 AM
Their cute now, But wait until some crazy scientist makes them into killer robots.
"Awwwh how cute!"
-PEW PEW-
"Awwwh now I'm dead..."
Yea, not so cute now are they!!!
41. 23.49.008 - June 1, 2009 1:32 AM
Pygmy** Jerboas.
GW made a typo.
42. Brittney - June 1, 2009 2:33 AM
ADORABUBBLE!!! I WANT ONE!!!
It shall be named Pikachu 2.0 after my deceased mouse. I'm surprised that it lasted 3 weeks without food. I mean, it would go well on 'Animal Survivor'.
hehe but this is adorable. I couldn't help but aww when it fell over.
SO CUTE!
for some reason it reminds me of the little baby things that they ate in Futurama. (you know, the babies from Omecron Percei 8)
43. huey - June 1, 2009 3:17 AM
anyone else think it looks kind of evil?
44. mary-ann - June 1, 2009 3:42 AM
is that a chokobo?
45. MINE - June 1, 2009 4:02 AM
eeeeeek! its adorable in a will-one-day-eat-your-brains kind of way :D BTW my birthday is coming up.... im sure itl live if you post it to me! :D just poke breathing holes....
46. VandaL - June 1, 2009 6:21 AM
Looks like CGI to me. Too much fancy depth of field going on.
47. RONIN - June 1, 2009 7:04 AM
That's what you get when you genetically modify corn just a little to much.
48. Adam - June 1, 2009 8:06 AM
Muad Dib!
49. KittenGore - June 1, 2009 8:15 AM
AWWW OMG He's sooo cute, his littly hops so cute *squee*
50. Captain - June 1, 2009 8:26 AM
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51. Kmath - June 1, 2009 8:47 AM
@50 How many times?? Really!?!?? And that is not a " Must See" you god damn liar. I wish you mybrute fags would go away...
52. Ollie Williams - June 1, 2009 9:15 AM
Screw the small ones. I want a 10' tall one that I can ride and eat people with. Om nom nom nom bitches!
53. STOMPY - June 1, 2009 9:23 AM
This isn't Golaith's pygmy thingamabobs. It is his drink stirrer.
Okay, back from the weekend, what did I miss? How is GFS' ass?
54. STOMPY - June 1, 2009 9:33 AM
I can't see the videos but does it look like a Muad'Dib?
55. STOMPY - June 1, 2009 9:39 AM
@48
Hell yes, I didn't even notice your comment tucked away back there... Good to see all of the Dune fans out there...
56. STOMPY - June 1, 2009 10:00 AM
"I made my family disapear...."
57. MTM - June 1, 2009 10:12 AM
It's a pikachu!!
58. turtoise - June 1, 2009 10:17 AM
this is totaly like splinter ..
is this genetically engineered .. or maybe a robot?
it's damn scray .. i hate it
59. firsttard - June 1, 2009 11:22 AM
FIRST!
60. livingjetlag - June 1, 2009 11:37 AM
@43 - Yes, it's evil. It's a fly dressed in a kangaroo suit for some nefarious purpose. Once it started to move, I knew it was no mammal.
@59 - Second!
61. jp - June 1, 2009 11:54 AM
What a strange creature. Looks like something from Star Trek.
62. sacripanta - June 1, 2009 12:21 PM
Yes, yes, it's cute and all, but remember... So was Gizmo the Mogwai.
63. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 1, 2009 12:35 PM
@53
It's fine. And by fine I mean super sessy.
64. Ocelot - June 1, 2009 12:51 PM
That thing is fugly
65. Rhialto - June 1, 2009 3:00 PM
Holy crap! What weird animal is this?
66. Darth - June 1, 2009 3:03 PM
Did BS park her car on its feet? The tail is ridiculous lond as well!
67. Gando - June 1, 2009 3:09 PM
Is this some kind of kangaroo-mouse/rat?
68. Ollie Williams - June 1, 2009 4:13 PM
@65
Welcome to the internet. Try reading not only the title of this article, but the title of the Youtube video, then go shoot yourself in the face. kthx
69. HayleyFTW - June 1, 2009 4:44 PM
WANT
70. GameOnaNation.com - June 1, 2009 6:01 PM
It is the end of the world as we know it.
71. vincent - June 1, 2009 6:30 PM
i think its evil looking, before you know it it wants to take over the world.
NARF!
72. vincent - June 1, 2009 6:38 PM
my tarantula's are hungry, so send it over.
73. Naterator clonums - June 1, 2009 7:00 PM
Come on people! Let's see if we can make it to 100 comments!
74. Beastman AIDS - June 1, 2009 7:18 PM
It's a trap!
75. Homam - June 1, 2009 8:09 PM
OMG!
76. poop - June 1, 2009 11:44 PM
fail. This was animated in Maya. lol. lose.
77. ooooops! fail. - June 1, 2009 11:49 PM
here's how you can tell it wan animated in Maya... the bokeh on the creature its self goes from shallow dof to the background being mid dof. lol. fail.
oh, and you can see the border around the animation, clearly. since no one mentioned it. i was gonna wait to drop that in another post, to see how many video pros there were in here. apparently none. lol fail.
78. peep - June 1, 2009 11:58 PM
well, anyway. it's a new sex toy waiting to happen.
79. DeeplyTroubled - June 2, 2009 12:52 AM
I employee one of these beings as my personal butler. However, mine wears a tiny top hat and carries a cane. He's classy.
@ 22, 23, & 47 - L-O-effing-L.
80. timmy the frisky virus - June 2, 2009 3:03 AM
Where's Daisy?!?
81. john matrix - June 2, 2009 3:25 AM
AAAWWWWWW
82. Linah - June 2, 2009 7:45 AM
ahhhh i hate those things !! they ruin all the gardens with their holes !!
83. Jaded Icon - June 2, 2009 8:03 AM
They are feaking cool and very real. However they are an endangered species. If you would like to learn more about how you can help please go to iammakingafurcoatoutoftheirass.com. We must all pitch in.
84. Captain - June 2, 2009 8:19 AM
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85. Mmmm - June 2, 2009 10:16 AM
Looks yummy
nom nom nom
86. Ollie Williams - June 2, 2009 12:28 PM
@ People calling FAKE!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerboa
Read it and weep bitches!
87. Ollie Williams - June 2, 2009 12:29 PM
PS- ZOMG DO WANT!
http://ginacobb.typepad.com/gina_cobb/images/2007/12/09/long_eared_jerboa.jpg
88. mikesh - June 2, 2009 4:39 PM
this makes me hungry
89. maomao - June 2, 2009 5:13 PM
Oh my god. Disgusting.
90. Brian - June 2, 2009 5:17 PM
That thing is NOT cute. More along the lines of fugly.
91. Caraga - June 2, 2009 5:57 PM
It's freaky and cute at the same time...Daw!
92. Hennessy - June 2, 2009 9:00 PM
Is that shit real?? It look like a rat and a bird mix, with more rat tho.
93. Kidiu - June 3, 2009 1:10 AM
Kyaa! So cute! Aww, I want one! It looks like a pokemon or something, and I've never heard of a jerboas. But, it's so adorable!
94. panzion - June 3, 2009 1:32 AM
It looks like Dr. Seuss's The Lorax.
95. Lara - June 4, 2009 9:29 AM
I love gerbil chickens!
96. Johnny Lava - June 4, 2009 1:33 PM
illll :P that thing is @ucking ugly @uck I would kill that thing BARF gross. it makes me want to Ralph :P kill it kill it yikes. I hate rodents.
97. StacyLynn - June 4, 2009 3:32 PM
I agree with #11... looks like a pokemon
98. lazy troll - June 4, 2009 9:39 PM
http://captain-hash.mybrute.com
99. Rapey McRapey - June 5, 2009 12:36 AM
I'd do it, split that shit open and such.
100. cheetos - June 5, 2009 3:28 PM
muaahhhhh.. # 100. That jerobah shit is dehydrated
101. Mia - June 5, 2009 5:47 PM
OMG I wish I had 1 its cute No I want 50 its only little I will dress them up and give them cute little names like brian and ashtray, wait how much does it crap?
102. tossinsalads - June 5, 2009 11:23 PM
I used to wear Jerboas in high school. They got me so much poootie!
103. Nightfall - June 6, 2009 6:38 PM
I'd feed that to my snake
http://nightbringer101.mybrute.com
104. HunnyBear - June 8, 2009 3:07 PM
ooh a pokemon! gotta catch it! gotta catch it!
105. azalea - June 8, 2009 11:56 PM
Does it come in a zombie version?
106. SevanSins - June 9, 2009 8:49 AM
Sure it looks cute. That is until you feed it after midnight, or get it's fur wet. Then the high-jinx and mayhem ensues. May your town be warned!
107. I has a plan - June 10, 2009 6:27 AM
O.o we can make an army XD
108. INSERT NAME - June 11, 2009 4:43 AM
@40
Adorable mental pictue
@79
YOUR AWESOME
That thing is cute but somehow scary...
Hmmm the number of comments before mine was 108 the length of the video is 1:08... I notice things at 3:38 in the morning...
109. Porn Tube - June 11, 2009 8:12 AM
crazy
110. Jessica - June 12, 2009 2:00 PM
OMG! it is so cute! i want one!!!!
111. Breakup Makeup - June 14, 2009 12:57 AM
IS THAT REAL OR CG???????????
112. Sa Thorenquist - June 14, 2009 7:30 PM
Yes, it's real. It's a type of desert rodent found in Asia and Northern Africa.
113. Venidara - June 18, 2009 3:24 PM
OMG! It's so cute.......but what is it? It's like some kind of bird mouse thing. I LOVE IT! I want one lol
114. Jess - June 18, 2009 6:33 PM
IT'S MEW
115. Curly - June 23, 2009 4:58 AM
@85 i have trouble seeing one of these things lasting you for three noms. maybe half a nom.
116. Swingin fillis - June 24, 2009 1:54 AM
It tis' is quite cute.. even tho the face looks smooshed up, or squished..
117. anonymous - July 2, 2009 11:57 PM
my cat eats these things all the time... well, just eats their brains
118. Tampa Vacation Guide - July 4, 2009 6:21 PM
A mini mouse with kangaroo legs..
119. video game - December 1, 2009 3:27 AM
welcome to my video game
120. Kali_Cush<3 - March 31, 2011 8:19 PM
it looks pissed off at the end of the video. i would get that thing high as fuck XD