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Monkey waiters serve tables in a Japanese restaurant

Neary — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:08:04 -0400

Web Address:

http://www.dailymail.co.u...

Summary:

monkey waiters that serve tables in a Japanese restaurant

Category:

entertainment

Species and Breed:

Mammal::Critter

Doctors: No hamsters or exotic pets for young kids

Neary — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:03:38 -0400

Web Address:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...

Summary:

Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease.

Category:

entertainment

Species and Breed:

Mammal::Critter

Study: Rats Weigh Cost and Benefit

Neary — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:55:00 -0400

Web Address:

http://animal.discovery.c...

Summary:

Rats, like humans, contemplate problems by carefully weighing the costs and benefits of a situation before making decisions, according to a new study on Wistar rats, a rodent developed for research.

Category:

offbeat

Species and Breed:

Mammal::Critter::Rat

Zapped Rat Causes Power Outage

Abominable — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:35:11 -0400

Web Address:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...

Summary:

Rat causes power outage in Stockholm.

Category:

offbeat

Species and Breed:

Mammal::Critter::Rat

Man used hedgehog as weapon

mmisowitz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:12:22 -0400

Web Address:

http://hosted.ap.org/dyna...

Summary:

This man was just trying to get his point across.

Category:

law/order

Species and Breed:

Mammal::Critter::Hedgehog

Tic the Spinning Hamster Teaches us Physics (video)

liberatr — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:01:24 -0400

Web Address:

http://www.popsci.com/ent...

Summary:

Why does he get pulled into the spin? How does he remain in orbit for 12 rotations before falling off of the wheel? How does he finally escape? These are the questions we will address “for Tic’s sake.”

Category:

tech

Species and Breed:

Mammal::Critter::Hamster

Huge Rodent Species Found

Mortecai — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:41:21 -0500

Web Address:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...

Summary:

King of the rats?

Category:

environment

Species and Breed:

Mammal::Critter::Rat

Sugar Gliders!!!!!!

Mortecai — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:54:54 -0400

Web Address:

http://www.petproductnews...

Summary:

Check out this cool article about Sugar Gliders.

Category:

health

Species and Breed:

Mammal::Critter::Sugar Glider

Pet Lover Creates Wheelchair For Ferret

liberatr — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:53:31 -0500

Web Address:

http://www.nbc5i.com/ente...

Summary:

"I've just always loved the little guys," Higbee said. "Some people call me the ferret guy." Higbee adopted Scooter and even built him a wheelchair that allows him to freely roam around the house.

Category:

offbeat

Species and Breed:

Mammal::Critter::Ferret