# Someone wasn't thinking about the hamsters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-wasnt-thinking-about-the-hamsters/309801>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 25, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-wasnt-thinking-about-the-hamsters/309801 "2005-06-25T15:24:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-wasnt-thinking-about-the-hamsters/309801/1 "2005-06-25T15:24:04Z")

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[Real hamsters](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/4620879.stm), that is.

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> Patrick Von Heimendahl, a vet who examined the animal, told the BBC: “I find this utterly cynical to post a hamster. She is lucky to survive.”

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-wasnt-thinking-about-the-hamsters/309801/2 "2005-06-25T15:28:34Z")

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Wierd.

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-wasnt-thinking-about-the-hamsters/309801/3 "2005-06-25T17:16:58Z")

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Weird, hell. That is sick.

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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-wasnt-thinking-about-the-hamsters/309801/4 "2005-06-25T17:28:27Z")

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AH, I read that n the news at some silly hour of the night/morning and meant to post it. {b]Tapioca\*\* is fast and efficient! 🙂

SIck and nasty person who did that, though. ☹