Chipmunks can stow away an astonishing amount of food in their inner cheek pouches.
They look so comical with their cheeks puffed out, that people will feed them more and more, to see how much they can fit into their mouths. This diminutive member of the squirrel family, nine inches long from head to tail tip, weighs only three ounces. He has chestnut-red fur, beautifully marked with five dark brown and buff stripes on his back and sides. He is white beneath. His large, shiny black eyes are also bordered with stripes.