Funny things about humans-A thread for hamsters

[Lovelyness]

Albert: so I've got near to no chance of this stopping then

Nope! Nada! Not a chance!

 

[Maz]

Albert: how old do you have to be before your mum stops calling you "Baby Boy"?

I just did that the other night and immediately apologised! I said sorry, I know you're not a baby any more and are an older wise little man now. Thing is he still behaves like a baby!

 

[Socks Mum]

Hello, it's Scholz, the European hamster here! Victoria Raechel made a video all about me, I think it's terrific:

 

[Socks Mum]

There is a little bit of one of the family being a bit hissy, but I think the pictures of hamsters with flowers are very nice

 

[Maz]

If you're interested in the European Hamster, have a look at this photographer's photos of them - they are amazing

Hamster

Julian Rad is an award-winning wildlife photographer based in Austria. Julian Rad has worked with many international and national publishers and companies.

radwildlife.com

 

[Maz]

There's also more info here about the projects

European Hamster

www.zoo-berlin.de

 

[RainbowBrite]

Humans have really angry food. They say the buns are hot and cross. I think my seeds are happy.

 

[Socks Mum]

No wonder they have to store everything in a fridge to keep it cool!

 

[Frida]

Albert - The humans here eat something called chilli but say it's hot and drink lots of water whilst making funny noises. I'm confused

 

[Maz]

The humans here eat things that make them feel sick - why do they do that? Today they set light to some sticks on top of the food then blew them out again, ate it and then said ooh I feel sick. I think it’s a strange human ritual. Why not just nibble it and then have a wash?

(Birthday cake in case you hadn’t guessed!)

 

[Steve]

The humans here eat things that make them feel sick - why do they do that? Today they set light to some sticks on top of the food then blew them out again, ate it and then said ooh I feel sick. I think it’s a strange human ritual. Why not just nibble it and then have a wash?

(Birthday cake in case you hadn’t guessed!)

Hi Maz, is it your birthday?

 

[Maz]

Not mine, but a family birthday

 

[Steve]

Oh ok, well a happy birthday to them, and a happy unbirthday to you!

 

[Maz]

Thank you

 

[Socks Mum]

The humans here eat things that make them feel sick - why do they do that? Today they set light to some sticks on top of the food then blew them out again, ate it and then said ooh I feel sick. I think it’s a strange human ritual. Why not just nibble it and then have a wash?

(Birthday cake in case you hadn’t guessed!)

Socks: Humans don't have any pouches. I think they talk so much they shrink them. Everything they eat goes into their tummies!

 

[Hank]

What's the biggest thing you've tried to pouch? I was just given a treat and when I tried to pouch it for safe keeping, there was a lot of noise and things like, that's almost as big as you. It was taken and broken up, it's my treat surely I can decide what to do with it?

 

[Socks Mum]

Socks: A very thick piece of loo paper when I was new to different kinds of bedding. Mom had to help me pull it back out. Lucky she was watching! I've got better at knowing when to bite it off since then!

 

[RainbowBrite]

Training humans is really tough. Often my human is asleep when I want to go in my playpen. I pop out of my burrow to check and she is not there but will appear soon after. This is not good enough so it is important to keep her waiting a few more hours. Hopefully she will learn to appear when I summon her.

 

[Maz]

Tino - my human seems to think I'm deaf and don't know when she's out there, messing about. I'm not deaf, I just choose to not hear sometimes. Humans are very gullible I think.

 

[Maz]

Raffy - Humans can't do maths. They think you can make more daylight in a day in just 24 hours. There are only 24 hours in 24 hours so how can they suddenly make and extra hour today? As far as I'm concerned, I'm on hamster time and will ignore their silly maths.