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To: Stoat

I never understood why they (and hamster too) like to run on the wheel...


12 posted on 04/15/2008 11:54:41 AM PDT by paudio (Michelle Obama: a Typical Black Woman)
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To: paudio
I never understood why they (and hamster too) like to run on the wheel...

Perhaps it's for similar reasons that hamsters do?

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The exercise wheel is not a luxury item but a NECCESITY for the hamster. Hamsters are naturally active and a lack of exercise might result in paralysis, where an afflicted hamster will spend most of its time hunched over, often unable to raise its head.
 

14 posted on 04/15/2008 12:05:27 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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Hamsters like many humans mistake motion for progress. There a even some FReepers who suffer from it.
15 posted on 04/15/2008 12:09:05 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (John McCain - The Manchurian Candidate? http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm)
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To: paudio
I never understood why they (and hamster too) like to run on the wheel...

I walk by the gym and see people on treadmills, just like hamsters. They could probably tell you why.

34 posted on 04/15/2008 3:38:34 PM PDT by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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