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Most Popular Pet Names For Animals Other Than Dogs and Cats
We may know a thing or two about crazy dog names and even crazy cat names, but Zootoo rounded up the top registered pet names for other animals from horses and hamsters to fishes and ferrets. If you've ever owned different creatures (or need inspiration for future, less traditional pets), check out the findings for eight species and my special additions to each list.
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Hammie Time!
These hamsters with new wheels from Kia show the other hammies how to roll! Wait — even hamsters have to be materialistic and aspirational? Is no one safe from consumerism?
The Scoop: Hamsters Generate Electricity by Running a Wheel
While some hamsters show no interest in their wheels in the first place, others use a love of running to fuel something totally cool. Scientists at Georgia Tech harnessed hamster power by outfitting the small mammals with yellow jackets with electricity-generating threads sewn in. The size of these zinc oxide nanowire threads?
Cute Alert: Check Out the Puppy Photo Booth!
The Samsung Ultratouch Mobile phone claims not only that its product offers something for everyone (including kittens, puppies, bunnies and hamsters), but that its alternate uses are quite varied too (allowing puppies to take self-portraits, hammies to screen movies, and kittens to lounge by the fire). I'd call bullsh*t, but I'm too busy melting into a puddle from the cuteness.
Pet Peeves: My Hamster Hates Her Wheel!
Q: My hamster, Nibbles, doesn't ever seem to want to go on her wheel. I never hear it squeaking at night and I'm constantly watching her during the day, and she hates it. When I try to coax her on, she hops right off – my mice were always on their wheel, what's wrong with this hamster of mine?
Ruh Roh!
Disclaimer: This is one of those videos that I tried to edit so that we could just get to the funny part, but alas, there's no way to get to the hilarity without some sobering news first. Basically, a young woman vanished while on lifeguarding duty a few years ago. (Not funny.) While the news anchor discussed the cold case and named a possible suspect, a picture of the suspect so horrid and terrifying came up, I think I may have nightmares.
Hammie Time! The Diary of Edward the Hamster
This is like Dostoevsky's Notes From the Underground, only, with a malcontent hammie rather than a Russian prisoner. Who knew a little ham could be so neurotic? The obsessive running on the hamster wheel makes so much sense now .
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Hamster Who Evaded Firemen With Chocolate Camera Is Found Safe and Well
Call off the searches, people! Fudgie the hamster has finally returned from his nine-day spell on the lam . .
Do Tell: Have You Owned "Exotic Pets" As a Child?
Now a hamster's hardly an exotic pet in my mind but, according to a recent report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, children under the age of five shouldn't own any exotic animals – including those furry rodents!
Turns out lizards, tiny turtles, lil chicks, and even hamsters can transmit Salmonella to kiddies. Now, it's hard for me to figure out where the "under five" comes in, but the study says it's due in part to the fact that they often touch animals then touch their mouths, kiss creatures, or don't wash their hands after coming in contact with the pets.
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