Hamsters in the news

A team of scientists at Northwestern University in the US have accidentally created overly-aggressive mutant hamsters following a gene-editing experiment. 🐹

They were trying to increase bonding between the lovable animals but failed.

Let's Discuss 👇https://t.co/jxOmKAMs0z

— Metro (@MetroUK) May 27, 2022

Hong Kong will cull more than 2,000 hamsters after a pet shop worker, a customer and at least 11 hamsters tested positive for the Delta coronavirus variant. Officials said it was not clear that the virus had been transmitted to humans from the animals. https://t.co/tZkjSpXglq

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 18, 2022

You know who loves booze? Hamsters. They can drink the human equivalent of 1.5 liters of Everclear a day, @sarahzhang writes:https://t.co/h13X9iROxu

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 27, 2021

Man in a Floating Hamster Wheel
From Florida to New York Sadly
Failed to Cross….. https://t.co/OC6bWI2zOG

— Raj Selvadurai (@RajSelvadurai1) July 27, 2021

Meanwhile… https://t.co/urXFLTJ21u

— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) May 2, 2020

I post this old Christmas photo because I just noticed my pocket square is my sister’s hamster. pic.twitter.com/3ME8UMuvoH

— M. T. Anderson (@_MTAnderson) December 25, 2018

Back in the 70s there was a DJ named Dr Demento who used to play a parody version of that song, titled “Hamster Love”. Audio here: https://t.co/69jRLX1kpw

— Sky Beaver (@skybeaverXL) June 13, 2022