By gollies, that is one big rodent! Even Godzilla would step back before that one...BUT...

It is no hamster. It is a very fat groundhog. Note the lack of erect ears normally seen on a hamster.

I wonder if this fellow saw his shadow on Feb 2nd? Let's hope not, because if he did there's an ice age on the way!

Ho Lee

p.s. Just because certain ignorant people have created sites on the Internet spelling hamster as "hampster" does not mean it is correct to do so.