Hamster Fighting

[mandy]

OH the Humanity!!!

[mikeschn]

So does someone have a photo chop of a really mean fighting hamster?

Mike...

[jeepr]

Where is PETA when we need them!?!?!??
















People Eating Tasty Animals

[Kurt (Indiana)]

I'm not a "physical fighter" unless provked beyond my limit. I can't understand the brutality of "animal fighting" .

Being human (to some degree) I do watch UFC and some of the "cage fighting" matches. (Strictly form an athletic view you understand)

The bottom line is that there needs to be a limit to what is acceptable.

Regarless of what is deemed "popular for viewing", the society needs some controls..

Ever hear stories about the (last days of ) Roman Empire????

[Claw]

End hamster fighting and live the Guinea Pig way!!
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/guineapig

[doug hodder]

The "cage" matches are the best...!! Doug

[Bobgorilla]

Where is PETA when we need them!?!?!??

Just how tasty are Hamsters any way? and for that matter Guinea Pigs?
I'd have to bet they're closer to "Rats on a stick, get em while they're hot" then real ham or real pigs (same thing aren't they)

[Podunkfla]

You asked for it... Dang? They really do fight them!
Hamsters on drugs! ... Fighting!!!



Prozac can make “adolescent” hamsters more aggressive towards their cage-mates, despite the antidepressant drug producing the opposite effect in adult hamsters, making them calmer.

The new findings may help explain why certain antidepressants appear to cause irritability and other abnormal behaviours in teenagers.

Kereshmeh Taravosh-Lahn at the University of Texas at Austin, US, and colleagues gave injections of the drug fluoxetine (sold in pill form as Prozac) to pubescent and mature hamsters. They injected either a low dose (10 milligrams per kilo of body weight) or a high dose (20 milligrams per kilo body weight), while other hamsters received a placebo.

The researchers then introduced a smaller, same-sex hamster into the cage of each experimental hamster and filmed all the fights between the two rodents that were initiated by the subject animals. None of the fights resulted in the skin-breaks or injury to the animals, the researchers stress.

As expected, the pubescent hamsters on a higher dose of drug appeared calmer, initiating about 65% fewer attacks than those on placebo. But surprisingly, those on the lower dose of antidepressant became more aggressive, initiating 40% more fights than those on placebo.

Watch a short movie of the aggression in action: http://media.newscientist.com/data/imag ... 0292V1.mov

Adult hamsters on either dose of the drug initiated fewer fights than those on placebo.

The whole story here:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/bei ... ssion.html

[raprap]

Fighting hampster


Rap

[Steve_Cox]

So does someone have a photo chop of a really mean fighting hamster?

Mike...

[raprap]

Perhaps another thread?

"Rat on a Stick" Recipe

Back in the early days of gaming, Flying Buffalo published a wonderful, light-hearted fantasy game called Tunnels & Trolls™ (T&T?). Not only was it a fun break from the rather grim tone of D&D®, but it had the advantage of having many solo adventures available. It was simple, fast, easy to play, and its author, Ken St.Andre, clearly had a wonderful (and slightly demented) sense of humor. I still have my official T&T pencil, marked "1/2 die weapon when sharpened."

Judges Guild published several adventures for T&T. One of them, Rat on a Stick, had the distinction of being the only fantasy adventure (at least, that I am aware of) involving fast food franchises! Think about it: All of those monsters crammed into a typical dungeon have to get food somehow ... so why not at the nearest Rat on a Stick stand? The adventure included the necessary rules for running a Rat on a Stick franchise and all the things that make life in the fast food industry in a fantasy world somewhat more, um, exciting than in the real world.

While sorting through the Judges Guild archives I, your humble Webmaster, unearthed the following recipe. After a bit of research and some help from a reader I found out that the author was Pixie Bledsaw, who also drew some of the first art in the early days of Judges Guild. Clearly a very creative lady!

I should warn you that I haven't actually tried this recipe yet. It looks very tasty, however. It is basically cheese-stuffed meatloaf, and the mere thought of that is making me want to abandon my computer and head for the nearest kitchen. I'll report further when I have a chance to cook up some.

The Recipe:

Ingredients
1 to 1-1/2 lbs. ground beef
1/2 cup finely crushed cheddar cheese crackers
1 egg
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 lb. cheese (Colby, Colby Cheddar, or Jack Colby)
1 Tbsp. honey
1 cup barbecue sauce
8 wooden meat skewers or equivalent

- For optional tails -
4 pieces spaghetti
red food coloring

Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Cut cheese into half-inch cubes. Impale cheese cubes on skewers, dividing cheese cubes evenly among skewers.
In large bowl, mix beef, egg, cracker crumbs, and pepper. If mixture doesn't stick together well, add 2 tablespoons milk.
Divide mixture into 8 sections.
Press each section flat until 1/2 inch thick.
Wrap each stick of cheese in a section of meat. Make sure there are no holes or cracks in the meat that would let the cheese leak out while baking.
Shape top end of meat "rat"into a point.

Optional tails:
Fill a small saucepan with water and add four drops of red food coloring. Bring to a boil.
Break 4 sticks of spaghetti in half. Place spaghetti in water, leaving one end out of water.
When spaghetti has softened and turned pink, remove from water.
Using unsoftened end, insert 1 piece of spaghetti into round end of "rat".
Drape soft end of spaghetti around handle of stick.
Place "rats" on baking sheet. (one with sides)
Dribble honey over "rats".
Pour barbecue sauce over "rats"
Bake 30 minutes at 400 degrees F, basting and turning occasionally.

Serve.

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Perhaps you might leave the tails off for hampsters on a stick?

Rap

[starleen2]

You Know it would have to happen – illicit drug use among professional fighting hamsters. Just the tip of the scandal to bring the industry down. There is a movement to call hamster sports entertainment because some high profile hamsters were accused of faking the matches for the entertainment value to the crowd.

[angib]

1. The Romans considered dormice (glires) to be a good entrée, like birds and fish. Apparently the edible dormouse is a different species to the regular dormouse (if you have them in the US).

2. About thirty years ago there was a restaurant near me that specialized in Roman cuisine (as in Ancient Romans, not food from around Rome) and they offered to pay a large amount per dormouse as they couldn't get a regular supply!

3. There's something obscene to be done with hamster and duct tape, but I'm glad to say I don't know what it is. And I probably don't want to find out.

Andrew

[Podunkfla]

You Know it would have to happen – illicit drug use among professional fighting hamsters. Just the tip of the scandal to bring the industry down. There is a movement to call hamster sports entertainment because some high profile hamsters were accused of faking the matches for the entertainment value to the crowd.

Yep... Going down the tubes just like pro wrestling. Well, maybe not that bad,
at ltast hamsters once had some credibility as lab professionals.

[1849]

What's worse than hamster fighting?

http://www.hampsterdance.com/classorig.html


Elliot