good question. don't recall ever seeing free running hampsters before.
but they are furry and they are creatures
Yep - furry and creatures - but the woodland is questionable.
And bushy-tailed they ain't.
Hamsters, really. More likely it's Guinea Pigs
How much ham would a hamster stir if a hamster could stir ham?
That's a pig of a question! Aren't they vegetarian?
sp--One pound, thinly sliced, please....and half a pound of provolone while you're at it.
Guinea pigs are definitely vegetarians, but I'm not sure about hamsters. I think so. hmmmm I suppose we could actually research this......nah!
hamsters: more than you ever wanted to know...
hamster, Old World rodent, related to the voles, lemmings, and New World mice. There are many hamster species, classified in several genera. All are solitary, burrowing, nocturnal animals, with chunky bodies, short tails, soft, thick fur, and large external cheek pouches used for holding food. Some of the larger species have scent glands on the flanks; the scent is used for territorial marking. Hamsters feed on grain and other plant matter and are serious agricultural pests in many parts of their range. The common, or European, hamster, Cricetus cricetus, of the temperate parts of Europe and W Asia, is reddish brown with black underparts and white patches on the nose, cheeks, throat and flanks. It is about 12 in. (30 cm) long, with a very short tail. It stores grain in its chambered burrow for use in winter during interruptions of hibernation. The Syrian, or golden, hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, of E Europe and W Asia, is familiar as a laboratory animal and pet, but is little known in the wild state; all of the domestic stock is descended from a single group captured in 1930. About 6 in. (15 cm) long, it is lighter colored than the common hamster, with white underparts. Rat-tailed, or Eurasian, hamsters (C. cricetulus) are widely distributed through Europe and Asia; these somewhat longer-tailed forms are quite fierce, preying on other rodents as well as on lizards and small birds, although their diet is mostly vegetarian. Other hamsters are found in Europe and Asia, and species of the hamster genus Mystromys, called white-tailed rats, are found in Africa. Hamsters are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Cricetidae. See mouse.
so they are woodland creatures!
Where does it say that? I see them as grassland creatures.
Yeah, I bet they're GRASSland creatures. <snicker>
Yeah, I snickered. You want to make something of it?
(Man, I've got too much loathsome work to do to be having a beer with lunch. Makes the tolerance for bullshit bureaucracy go way, way down.)
maybe a mix of both.
damn you wabbit, first you had me thinking about non woodchucking woodchucks and now hampsters. my brain is going to explode.
6 fathoms,, up periscope mr. bosun
Full fathoms five thy hamster lies,
Of his bones are coral made,
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
Nothing of him that doth fade
But hath suffered a sea change,
Into something rich and strange...
However, the cryof "four" was a golf analogy - here, a warning of an imminent explosion - not a depth measure...still, this IS a digression thread!
This isn't good, you know - I am late for work....because I went to SLEEP in the BATH for 45 minutes!
I really need a holiday...
Umm, that is bad. I've woken up in a bathtub before, but that was...
You know, it's probably not a suitable story for mixed company, and I don't come off so well in it.
(Quite the li'l pote -- not a typo, that -- is our bunny.)
