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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G7p7HK.3su@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.adventurers, Nick Cameron writes:
> > > (snip)
> > > I almost find it interesting that somehow you know that the hampster
> > > actually thinks it's going somewhere. If this is the case, why doesn't it
> > > act disoriented when it gets off the wheel?
> > > (snip)
> >
> > If the hampster knew it was staying still, it would stop running. As for
> > knowing its location, it has to do with intellegence. A small mammal with low
> > intellegence will most likely think "mabey I will move somewhere the next
> > time?". If the hampster is a super intellegent scientest it will probably • think
> > "I ram yet did not move! I must study this great object!"
>
> Maybe it just feels good to be running.
>
> If you lived in a wire cage like that, you'd spent time on the wheel too. If
> only to keep your muscles toned, waiting to seize a chance to strike back at
> your captors...
Last night my floor hamster, Jasmine, was hanging on upside down on the bars of
her cage on the top surface. I'd never seen her do that before :) She's a cute
little booger...
xfut - o-t.fun
-Tim
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