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ALL ABOARD THE HAMSTER SUBWAY. Meet Edie, a hamster who has become a web sensation in photos of him riding an amazingly accurate, scaled-down model of the 4 train. His owner, Victoria Balanger, works as an evidence photographer for the Manhattan DA’s office, reports the New York Post, and shot the photos on a model train car built to show jurors in a 1996 trial where subway bomber Edward Leary detonated his explosives. The model just happened to be, in Balanger’s words, “perfectly hamster-sized.”
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France in trouble over giant hamsters
The country of France has received a stern warning from the EU over its failure to protect the endangered Alsace hamster.
The cuddly rodents are native to Europe and sport distinctive beige fur, white stripes and black underbellies. They hibernate for half the year and love to feast on cabbage, onions, beet root and alfalfa.
In 2001, there were some 1,600 hamsters roaming Alsace. In 2007, the London Telegraph reports, the number was 161.
The European Commission has long been on France’s case to provide a larger habitat with more feeding possibilities for the cuddly rodents. According to the EU, the hamsters require 600,000 acres of protected land to thrive. Currently, they have less than 8,500.
France’s official response: “We have taken note [of the European Commission’s action] and will examine their grievances.”
