# Man killed by hamster **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254 "2004-09-27T03:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/1 "2004-09-27T03:59:27Z")
[http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=313440](http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=313440) I had no idea hamsers were so dangerous. :eek: (OK, so it was only an allergic reaction to a bite, and I guess it can happen with any animal bite. Still…) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/2 "2004-09-27T04:03:22Z")
There’s a joke in there somewhere about abusing the search engine, but I’m not quite confident enough to reach out and grab it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/3 "2004-09-27T04:05:51Z")
Well, gerbils have been known to kill [Sims](http://thesims.ea.com/us/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/4 "2004-09-27T04:15:51Z")
> [@](#): > > I had no idea hamsers were so dangerous. The SDMB hamsters have been slowly killing Jerry for years. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2004, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/5 "2004-09-27T08:38:34Z")
I thought for a moment this thread was going to be about Richard Gere. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/6 "2004-09-27T09:11:40Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I thought for a moment this thread was going to be about Richard Gere. Go on, explain. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/7 "2004-09-27T09:18:22Z")
Gerbil, gerbil, gerbil. And please don’t explain. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/8 "2004-09-27T10:44:26Z")
Wonder if it had “big sharp pointy teeth!” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/9 "2004-09-27T10:54:57Z")
My first reaction when I read the story was “was it the hamster bite that killed him, or the incompetent health care?” Anyone know which hospital he went to? ---
**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:** [September 27, 2004, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/10 "2004-09-27T10:56:52Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Go on, explain. How to say this… Richard Gere is widely reported to have enjoyed rectally inserting small rodents. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/11 "2004-09-27T12:18:38Z")
So…what you’re saying is that the Hamster Dance is a Savage Tribal Victory Celebration, just before their Dreadful Cannibal Feast, eh? I always knew that little bastards had it in em, \< Insert Monty Python Joke \>with their hypodermic needles & their Atomic Bombs!\< /Insert Monty Python Joke \> ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/12 "2004-09-27T12:43:35Z")
Was this hamster named Lemmiwinks? ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/13 "2004-09-27T13:12:25Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Anyone know which hospital he went to? The emergency room at Saitama Red Cross Hospital, according to [this Japanese link](http://flash24.kyodo.co.jp/?MID=RANDOM&PG=STORY&NGID=soci&NWID=2004092701000332). I used to go to the local Red Cross hospital when I was in Tokyo and it was a competent and well-respected hospital. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/14 "2004-09-27T14:12:59Z")
Finally, Ebichu strikes back. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/15 "2004-09-27T14:54:51Z")
Ah Ha! Monty Python got it wrong. It’s not, “The Killer Rabbit”, it’s, “The Killer Hamster”. RUN AWAY!! RUN AWAY!!! **Panting** That Hamster is dynamite. Anyone have a Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch? ---
**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:** [September 27, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/16 "2004-09-27T15:08:49Z")
[Hamtaro](http://www.hamtaro.com/) has started to kill kill kill! As we knew he would. World Domination shall soon be…_ours!_ Exxxcellleeennnt! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/17 "2004-09-29T03:53:33Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > How to say this… Richard Gere is widely reported to have enjoyed rectally inserting small rodents. That would explain the walk. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-killed-by-hamster/266254/18 "2004-09-29T04:31:46Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Was this hamster named Lemmiwinks? That’s probably one of the more disgusting episodes of South Park, but the “Lemmiwinks” song was rather endearing, no?