| Mrs Pumblechook | 19 Jul 2009 5:23 a.m. PST |
Do hamsters have tails? link we don't have hamsters on Australia, and looking at the photo has got me curious. Now some might find that link disturbing, but that wasn't my intention. I just want to know if its a tail. |
| the Gorb | 19 Jul 2009 5:43 a.m. PST |
Yes, they are little pink nubs.
You can see it below the nose in the picture you linked to. Regards, the Gorb |
| Mrs Pumblechook | 19 Jul 2009 5:51 a.m. PST |
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Wyatt the Odd  | 19 Jul 2009 7:35 a.m. PST |
It shouldn't be that much of a relief given that you now know the punch line to a really rude joke about the difference between gerbils and hamsters. Wyatt |
| Roderick Robertson | 19 Jul 2009 8:14 a.m. PST |
That's a rather disturbing picture you found, Mrs. P! |
 Gungnir  | 19 Jul 2009 8:41 a.m. PST |
Hey, where did you get a picof my son's hamster? |
| Jay Arnold | 19 Jul 2009 8:49 a.m. PST |
It shouldn't be that much of a relief given that you now know the punch line to a really rude joke about the difference between gerbils and hamsters. Gerbils got more white meat. |
| Jerzei Balowski | 19 Jul 2009 11:54 a.m. PST |
No hamsters in Australia, even as pets? That's a shame, as they're quite cute. Had a few as a kid, before moving up to larger pets like dogs. |
| hurcheon | 19 Jul 2009 12:01 p.m. PST |
The tails are wee stubby ones, but they are very mobile with a range of movement, but th etail itself has no flex in it |
| Pictors Studio | 19 Jul 2009 1:22 p.m. PST |
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| Jerzei Balowski | 19 Jul 2009 2:47 p.m. PST |
No ham, only sters. No ger, only bils.  |
| Pictors Studio | 19 Jul 2009 3:22 p.m. PST |
Nice photo, Jerzei, it looks just like you. Is it new? |
| Mrs Pumblechook | 19 Jul 2009 4:47 p.m. PST |
bringing hamsters to Australia would be like bringing rabbits…… and you know how THAT turned ouy |
| Stronty Girl | 20 Jul 2009 6:03 a.m. PST |
Australia already has a ton of native rodents that have been there for 3 million years, so I doubt that feral hamsters would get much of a look in. We had an urban myth/joke when I was at school, that if you picked up a hamster by its tail, its eyes would fall out. |
| Wyatt the Odd | 20 Jul 2009 7:37 a.m. PST |
"Gerbils got more white meat." What does that have to do with duct tape?  Wyatt |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 20 Jul 2009 6:59 p.m. PST |
"Australia already has a ton of native rodents that have been there for 3 million years, so I doubt that feral hamsters would get much of a look in." Maybe, but rats, mice and those pesky rabbits found it quite hospitable. |
| Stronty Girl | 21 Jul 2009 12:55 p.m. PST |
Rabbits ain't rodents! So have introduced rats and mice been displacing the native Aussie rats and mice? Like the way the brown rat kicked the black rat's behind in Britain? |
