Fleeing Baby Marmot

Fleeing Baby Marmot

Yesterday was apparently the marmot version of Bring Your Kids to Work Day. I must have seen half a dozen or more of these little guys with their parents. There seem to be 2 in a litter. I’m not sure how old they are, but they’re about half the size of their parents.

They had a great safety plan too – the parents would hoot out a warning and the little guys would scatter. The parents would continue to hoot and run around – the impression I had was they were trying to maintain my attention while their young ran away to escape.

As I’ve mentioned before, marmots are considered to be one of the few altruistic species on this planet – they selflessly keep themselves in danger to warn others of potential danger. That certainly seemed to be the case while protecting their young today (not that I’m much of a threat – I’m mostly harmless).

Marmots are an at risk species due to climate change.

This is a hand held shot – I usually try to use a tripod. Cropped a bit too.

Mt Evans Wilderness Area.

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