# Electricity Generated By Animals?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 29, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-generated-by-animals/951588 "2021-09-29T16:50:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-generated-by-animals/951588/36 "2021-10-01T23:58:36Z")

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Here’s [a previous thread on the subject](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-produce-power-from-hamsters-in-wheels/616454), hamster variant, from 2012.

Oh, [another one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-energy-potential-in-an-average-public-gym/456407), human variant, from 2008.

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