# HAMSTER! HAMSTER! Nom-nom-nom-nom! Newslink. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562 "2013-05-05T19:22:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/1 "2013-05-05T19:22:39Z")
Police dog eats tasty treat. Fur & all. > **[Police dog eats suspect's hamster](https://www.digitalspy.com/fun/a478851/police-dog-eats-suspects-hamster/)** > > A sniffer dog knocks over the rodent's cage, then devours the animal. > [@](#): > > Police officers were searching the home of Muza Khan in Oldham for drugs when the incident occurred. > > The sniffer dog knocked over the rodent’s cage, before devouring the animal. One of the dog handlers made him cough up the hamster, but it was already dead. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/2 "2013-05-05T23:38:04Z")
So THAT’S why the SDMB has been having so much connectivity trouble lately! Mystery solved! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/3 "2013-05-05T23:50:14Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > So THAT’S why the SDMB has been having so much connectivity trouble lately! > > Mystery solved! The SDMB post eating hamster has been[eaten?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y8Kyi0WNg40) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/4 "2013-05-06T09:33:33Z")
HAMSTER! HAMSTER! CRUNCHY WITH KETCHUP! Nom-nom-nom-nom! HAMSTER! HAMSTER! GOOD WITH PIE! Nom-nom-nom-nom! HAMSTER! HAMSTER! PASS THE DONUTS! Nom-nom-nom-nom! (A Police dog, after all.) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/5 "2013-05-06T12:15:00Z")
SNAKE! Ahhh, it’s a snake! ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/6 "2013-05-06T13:55:04Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > SNAKE! Ahhh, it’s a snake! If the hamsters are looking like badgers, you may want to lay of the mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/7 "2013-05-06T14:42:01Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > The SDMB post eating hamster has been[eaten?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y8Kyi0WNg40) No, but with one less hamster on the exercie wheel, how are the servers powered? ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/8 "2013-05-07T23:17:15Z")
I heard they went green in the server room, making biofuel from the hamster droppings. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/9 "2013-05-09T18:28:45Z")
Why does the OP specify “fur and all”? It’s not like a police dog is going to peel the hamster first. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/10 "2013-05-09T19:26:09Z")
Was that in the UK? (Can’t read that site from here). If it was US, well…that’s a part of the Fourth Amendment that got left out (it was on the back side of the paper, but during ratification, no one turned it over and noticed it): those with police powers may not eat a resident during searches of the premises. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/11 "2013-05-09T20:09:09Z")
Officer Rex claimed the hamster was reaching for a concealed vacuum cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/12 "2013-05-10T06:56:50Z")
It was a drug sniffing dog. It had the munchies. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-hamster-nom-nom-nom-nom-newslink/657562/13 "2013-05-10T07:17:08Z")
Freddie Starr ate my hamster.