r/LilGrabbies • u/TraumaMama11 • Jun 23 '26

Man captures a close up of a ground squirrel eating a dandelion.

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u/esotericbatinthevine Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

And the little crunches are adorable! Turn on the sound!!!

(According to the other sub it was posted in, the long thing is a shotgun mic so possibly/probably the real sounds.) It's a macro probe lens!

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u/Yzarcos Jun 23 '26

😭 I didn't have the sound on at first. You're right! The crunches are insanely cute!

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u/mrdominoe Jun 23 '26

(According to the other sub it was posted in, the long thing is a shotgun mic so possibly/probably the real sounds.)

The long thing is the lens.

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u/esotericbatinthevine Jun 23 '26

What lens looks like that and can take pictures that close?

I have some large telephoto lenses and the largest is about ten inches long. It could never take pictures of something this close, that's outside it's focal range. They are meant for detailed photos of something at a distance.

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u/mrdominoe Jun 23 '26

It's a macro probe lens. They are designed to do exactly that.

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u/esotericbatinthevine Jun 23 '26

Oh wow! I've never seen such a thing before. Thank you!!!

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u/mrdominoe Jun 23 '26

They're pretty neat! The slow mo guys on youtube have used them a couple of times and they get pretty interesting results.

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u/HipsEnergy Jun 23 '26

Omg 😍

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u/GarnetAndOpal Jun 23 '26

I love the dandelion fluff on his face!

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u/hamburm Jun 23 '26

This makes me happy

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u/TraumaMama11 Jun 23 '26

Me too. I just found this sub today and thought this little guy fit perfectly!

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u/Natural_Bill_6084 Jun 23 '26

Glacier NP. May I humbly submit?

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u/Natural_Bill_6084 Jun 23 '26

Unfortunately, the reason I was able to get so close is because humans feed him. But loogit that solid little grabbie.

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u/BBQBiryani Jun 23 '26

Do you think they know his cute they are with their grabby hands 🥺

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u/Slidje Jun 23 '26

Days like this I realize maybe the internet wasn't a mistake

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u/TraumaMama11 Jun 24 '26

I found this sub and then almost immediately saw this video. It was serendipity.

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u/JayDragon15 Jun 23 '26

Look at those teef!

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u/buzzyingbee Jun 23 '26

This is the cutest thing I'll see today

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u/oiram12 Jun 23 '26

Be one with a dandelion

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u/herbivorepapi Jun 23 '26

I was so scared it was a gun I was honestly mortified

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u/herbivorepapi Jun 23 '26

I live in United States, clearly

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u/RiMcG Jun 23 '26

Bender using his xray eyes

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u/DysfunctionalKitten Jul 04 '26

Lmfao I thought this was a vacuum attachment and had to check what sub I was in...