Zhu Zhu Pets: Like a Hamster Without the Mess and Death

Zhu Zhu Pets are like pet rocks only cute. The trendy little toy looks and feels like a real hamster only it doesn't make a mess and will never die. Children can play with them without fear of being bitten and...

Hamster powers environmentally friendly paper shredder

The ultimate New Year's gift - a hamster that will power a paper shredder. It runs around its wheel and this powers the shredder that then deposits the paper in the hamster's cage to act as bedding. " The hamster...

Pet hamsters banned in Vietnam

Realizing the threats to the agricultural sectors, Vietnam has banned the sale and possession of hamsters, whose popularity has been soaring.The Ministry of Agriculture says anyone caught with a hamster will be...

Hamsters' popularity on the rise

Some people don't like to have rats as pets, but in order to celebrate the Chinese new year, many in China are turning to the next best thing - a hamster. Though some might say a hamster is just a rat with a...

The Hamster Lazarus

Other reports are calling him "the Jesus hamster," but if you know your biblical references, it's more like the fireman was Jesus and the hamster was Lazarus...that the hamster's name is Christmas is just, well,...

Hamster On A Plane Forces Landing

It wasn't "Snakes on a Plane," but an Austrian Airlines jet made an unscheduled stop Friday after a passenger sneaked a hamster aboard and the rodent escaped

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