--- title: Video: Chipmunk Eats Pizza Slice description: Watch a chipmunk eat a slice of pizza canonical: https://time.com/3490686/chipmunk-pizza/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-10T19:12:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:43.868Z og:title: This Video of a Chipmunk Eating a Slice of Pizza Will Make You Hungry og:description: Don't watch this on an empty stomach og:url: https://time.com/3490686/chipmunk-pizza/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Video of a Chipmunk Eating a Slice of Pizza Will Make You Hungry twitter:description: Don't watch this on an empty stomach twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Tiny Chipmunk Try Really Hard to Finish a Slice of Pizza by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 10, 2014 7:12 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 10, 2014 7:12 PM UTC What’s cuter than a tiny [hamster eating a tiny slice of pizza](http://time.com/92444/watch-a-tiny-hamster-eat-a-tiny-slice-of-pizza/) or for that matter, a tiny hamster eating [a tiny burrito](http://time.com/83362/watch-tiny-hamsters-eat-tiny-burritos/)? A chipmunk eating a honking huge piece of pizza, of course. In some adorable footage captured by YouTube user [Gary Johnson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEpASjDuoec&list=UUeQpeXxOj3YoxZecWXvMQtQ), the wild beastie manages to best a slice of pizza that’s at least twice as big as he is. One thing that is clear about the chipmunk: He is committed to the task, and common sense, stomach capacity and just being full, won’t stop him from downing that whole slice. We’ve all been there, furry friend. “I think this little fella gained about 6 pounds in the 3 days we were in Vermont,” Johnson said in the description of the YouTube video. Looks like at least one chipmunk will be ready for winter. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3490686/chipmunk-pizza/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3490686/chipmunk-pizza/"},"headline":"Watch a Tiny Chipmunk Try Really Hard to Finish a Slice of Pizza","datePublished":"2014-10-10T19:12:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:43.868Z","description":"Watching it might make you hungry","url":"https://time.com/3490686/chipmunk-pizza/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","Pizza","Videos","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3490686/chipmunk-pizza/","name":"Watch a Tiny Chipmunk Try Really Hard to Finish a Slice of Pizza"}}]}] ```