# Gerbiling

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerbiling/35078>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 30, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerbiling/35078 "2000-09-30T00:03:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sunrise\_4836](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@sunrise\_4836](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunrise_4836)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerbiling/35078/1 "2000-09-30T00:03:05Z")

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Is gerbiling an urban legend or is it really happening?

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerbiling/35078/2 "2000-09-30T00:08:37Z")

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Urban legend…I doubt very much anyone would get any pleasure out of stuffing cute little furry things with sharp claws and teeth up the arse.

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerbiling/35078/3 "2000-09-30T00:12:08Z")

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Yep it is.

[http://www.snopes.com/sex/homosex/gerbil.htm](http://www.snopes.com/sex/homosex/gerbil.htm)

If you search for the term you will find lots of threads dealing with this subject.

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerbiling/35078/4 "2000-09-30T00:21:37Z")

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Hi, **Sunrise** , and welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board. Please take some time to browse the archive of **Cecil Adams** ’ columns. You will find many of your questions answered there. For example, he wrote a column called [Is it true what they say about gerbils?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_216b.html).

Also, you might run a search through the threads already on this board. With almost 700,000 posts, you may find that a question you may have might already have been asked and answered by our membership.

Welcome again, and enjoy!