I don't know what they are...

...but they are ridiculously cute.  I also don't know whose picture this is (the photo says "J. Gellatly"?), but it is so adorable I can't stand it.  If you have an inkling what these baby animals might be, please tell me.  They look a little like baby squirrels to me; my brother said meerkats, but I know that's not it.  Hmm.....

This is the link

And this is the picture.

Apparently I've become a lazy reader

So I borrowed The Time Traveler's Wife from the library, and all it's done is sit on my parents' coffee table.  I got about a chapter in and gave up.  I just can't muster up the interest.  Which feels odd to me, since there are so many reasons that I should love it.  It has time travel, the fantasy/science fiction element, lovely local details (I'm from Chicago), etc.  It comes to me highly recommended by one of my favorite teachers ever.  And it's supposed to be well-written; literary fiction and whatnot.  But I just can't get into it.  I wonder if it's just long, and that puts me off, or if it has too much sex for my taste, or if I've read one too many bad reviews. 

Anyone a TTTW fan or hater and want to tell me why I should/shouldn't just get on with it?