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Beaverton Police Take Hamster Into Protective Custody

Dan Seitz — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:45:58 +0000

Pulling over a driver suspected of being impaired is unfortunately far too common for most police officers. Having to take a hamster into protective custody, on the other hand, is somewhat outside the usual scope of police duty. And yet, in Beaverton, OR, they were called on to do just that. A woman was pulled [...]

Super Adorable Hamsters Can't Handle Their Wheel

Emerald Catron — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:08:48 +0000

The internet continues on its path to cuteness-fueled self-destruction. This whole thing got started with Bentley the fussy bulldog. Then Trotter, another bulldog, showed up wearing a variety of hats and looking rather morose. After that, TWIN BABIES WERE DOING SYNCHRONIZED DANCING. And now, two tiny hamsters trying to run in a hamster wheel at the same time and flying all over the place? What's next, an actual talking pony?!

Backflipping Hamster Could Take Over the Internet

Donald Deane — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:40:31 +0000

Anyone who’s ever owned a hamster knows the furry critters do much more than run on exercise wheels. As the cute little guy in this video shows, hamsters are also natural acrobats. And this little guy could become the next internet sensation. This hamster does more than 50 spectacular end-over-end tumbles over the course of [...]

What's the Next Evolution of the Hamster Wheel? Hamster Submarine! [VIDEO]

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:12:31 +0000

Hamsters have it made. They spend their entire lives running around their own private palace and eating all they can. If that weren’t enough, now science has given them their own homemade submarine. A group of amateur oceanic engineers built a working submarine for their cage crawler that is powered by its occupant (i.e. a [...]

Hamster Drag Racing Is Sweeping the Nation [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:28:32 +0000

Hamsters will run between four and eight miles a day in the wild, which is why in captivity the little furballs will attack their exercise wheel with such boundless energy. These are the sort of facts you learn from watching “hamster drag racing,” the new sport that is sure to replace auto racing as we know it. [...]