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Cute Pet Hamster General Information
Hamsters are nocturnal by nature and therefore unsuitable as pets for young children. If they are handled frequently, hamsters enjoy being out of their enclosures and having the opportunity to explore. Hamster is the nickname of UK's BBC Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond. In March 1986, the British tabloid newspaper The Sun published a famous story in which it claimed that the comedian Freddie Starr had eaten a hamster.
Hamsters are popular pets all over the world, with the exception of Australia and New Zealand where their importation has been banned lest escaped pets form feral communities, interfere with the local ecology and become agricultural pests and a real problem. A hamster is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. A hamster is a rodent belonging to subfamily Cricetinae.
Note also that, if male and female hamsters live together without fighting, they will usually reproduce rapidly and cause more space problems. Russian Hamsters (Campbell's and Winter White) live approximately 1.5 to 2 years in captivity and Chinese Hamsters 2.5 to 3 years. The best known species of hamster is the Syrian or Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), which is the type of hamster most commonly kept as a pet.
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