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Re: We aren't really hamsters (was Re: You are very mean, LEGO!)
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lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 03:10:32 GMT
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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...



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  Re: We aren't really hamsters (was Re: You are very mean, LEGO!)
 
"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G7p7HK.3su@lugnet.com... (...) think (...) 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 :) (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: We aren't really hamsters (was Re: You are very mean, LEGO!)
 
(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.dear-lego)

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