Spetsnaz material.

Rabies?

I didn't know you could attack train one.

Here's something to think about...rabies is one of the leading causes of death from contagious disease in third world countries. Not saying that this is a third world country, but it does exist and it is very very real.

-So, give the little bastard a rabies shot and play with him with some condoresque gloves-What is the problem here anyhow Rottenseed? Hell, Americas' a third world country and most people who own animals there, do so irresponsibly.

May I see some statistical evidence supporting your claim that most people who own animals in America do so irresponsibly?

>> ^Bloocut:

-So, give the little bastard a rabies shot and play with him with some condoresque gloves-What is the problem here anyhow Rottenseed? Hell, Americas' a third world country and most people who own animals there, do so irresponsibly.

If animals = children, the argument is irrefutable.

What the bleep did they do to the poor thing to get it so wound up? Fair play to the wee fella for putting up a good fight but it's blatantly obvious they cornered and intimidated it beforehand.

>> ^Reefie:

What the bleep did they do to the poor thing to get it so wound up? Fair play to the wee fella for putting up a good fight but it's blatantly obvious they cornered and intimidated it beforehand.


I don't see any corners there. It's in the middle of a road. And it's a wild animal, not a pet.

It didn't look to me like they were tormenting it. They were just having a bit of fun. The fact that they delicately picked him up and lightly set him down in the weeds at the end came as a bit of a surprise to me. Good to see they didn't hurt it.

I love it when the hamster attacks at 0:58. "Bwaaahhhh!"

>> ^residue:
May I see some statistical evidence supporting your claim that most people who own animals in America do so irresponsibly?
>> ^Bloocut:
-So, give the little bastard a rabies shot and play with him with some condoresque gloves-What is the problem here anyhow Rottenseed? Hell, Americas' a third world country and most people who own animals there, do so irresponsibly.



www.youtube.com

>> ^ForgedReality:
I don't see any corners there. It's in the middle of a road. And it's a wild animal, not a pet.
It didn't look to me like they were tormenting it. They were just having a bit of fun. The fact that they delicately picked him up and lightly set him down in the weeds at the end came as a bit of a surprise to me. Good to see they didn't hurt it.


No need to be a smart alec, that poor creature was doing a last resort attempt to fight because it had exhausted the option of flight. You walk down a road and get mugged by 3 assailants - there are no corners on the road but the word 'cornered' is very applicable to the situation.

As for the gingerly scooping up and depositing in the grass at the end, they were too scared of being bitten to pick it up by that point. The video clearly shows their repeated attempts to pick up the creature without being bitten, behaviour by them that is only making the critter more anxious. I only dread to think how things would have gone if one of them had been able to pick it up.

No shit Sherlock about it being a wild animal - I almost mentioned in my first post that a possible reason for the aggressive behaviour might be if it was a mother with a litter of kits nearby - then I noticed the bollocks and a couple of classic bits of male rodent behaviour.

They hurt it alright, they scared the crap out of it and all you can say is "good to see they didn't hurt it"... WTF? Were you even watching the same video?! Emotional distress is more damaging to small creatures than physical inflictions because it induces a confusion that can completely interrupt their regular routine, and one day later there's a dead rodent in the bushes because it's been too dazed to feed and look after itself.

Are you sure you haven't caught whatever this hamster has caught?

Mathias: On the moors, we were attacked by a hamstrathrope, a were-hamster. I was murdered, an unnatural death, and now I walk the earth in limbo until the were-hamsters's curse is lifted.
Bjorn: Shut up!
Mathias: The hamster's bloodline must be severed; the last remaining were-hamster must be destroyed. It's you, Bjorn.

>> ^sickio:
Are you sure you haven't caught whatever this hamster has caught?


A boot?

The other thing about rabies is it has a fatality rate of 100%.

You can receive very effective anti rabies shots if you tell a doctor you were bitten by an aggressive mammal.

However if you don't get the shots and develop symptomatic rabies you are in big trouble, but it's not 100% fatal anymore. You actually might have a 10%-20% chance of surviving symptomatic rabies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies#Induced_coma
>> ^zor:

The other thing about rabies is it has a fatality rate of 100%.

Go for the eyes, Boo!

Well, that video didn't make me feel very good.

It does only because it's usually not treated in time. By the time you're seeing symptoms, you're done.>> ^zor:

The other thing about rabies is it has a fatality rate of 100%.

>> ^chicchorea:

I didn't know you could attack train one.


absolutely. hampsters in general can be quite viscious.

i had a dwarf hampster that did monkey bars across the top of his cage, and would bite and scratch any human that put their hands in or on his cage.

Jim "The Hampster" Shapiro, R.I.P.

Apparently a European Hamster - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Hamster - a.k.a. a black-bellied hamster

... great thumbnail image

That little guy has some Tasmanian Devil in him.

Thanks for answering my next question. Is the black a warning color or something?

>> ^bamdrew:

Apparently a European Hamster - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Hamster - a.k.a. a black-bellied hamster

That little dude does NOT like being put in a little hamster harness to be taken on a walk.

>> ^Reefie:

>> ^ForgedReality:
I don't see any corners there. It's in the middle of a road. And it's a wild animal, not a pet.
It didn't look to me like they were tormenting it. They were just having a bit of fun. The fact that they delicately picked him up and lightly set him down in the weeds at the end came as a bit of a surprise to me. Good to see they didn't hurt it.

No need to be a smart alec, that poor creature was doing a last resort attempt to fight because it had exhausted the option of flight. You walk down a road and get mugged by 3 assailants - there are no corners on the road but the word 'cornered' is very applicable to the situation.
As for the gingerly scooping up and depositing in the grass at the end, they were too scared of being bitten to pick it up by that point. The video clearly shows their repeated attempts to pick up the creature without being bitten, behaviour by them that is only making the critter more anxious. I only dread to think how things would have gone if one of them had been able to pick it up.
No shit Sherlock about it being a wild animal - I almost mentioned in my first post that a possible reason for the aggressive behaviour might be if it was a mother with a litter of kits nearby - then I noticed the bollocks and a couple of classic bits of male rodent behaviour.
They hurt it alright, they scared the crap out of it and all you can say is "good to see they didn't hurt it"... WTF? Were you even watching the same video?! Emotional distress is more damaging to small creatures than physical inflictions because it induces a confusion that can completely interrupt their regular routine, and one day later there's a dead rodent in the bushes because it's been too dazed to feed and look after itself.


I don't see them trying to pick it up at all. They're being dicks, sure, but they're not TORMENTING it. They just thought it was funny how the animal chose to defend itself. Obviously it was defending something (a litter perhaps as I was suggesting and as you mentioned), but it had a choice to stay and fight or run into the safety of the weeds, so how was this a "last resort?" They weren't encircling it and preventing its escape, and at the end, they even made sure it got off the road and didn't get run over by a car or something.

PS - Calm down. There's medication you can take for that.

There are some seriously sensitive "animal rights" posts in this thread that don't make a lot of sense.

In Soviet Russia hamsters eat you.

Well if he doesn't want rabies then he shouldn't bite Russians. >> ^petpeeved:

Rabies?

Encephalitis?

We'll fuck you up. Best watch your back - The Hamster Alliance is worldwide.

I'd like to give this hamster to my ex-girlfriend.

In case anyone was wondering where Hamster style kung fu came from.