Why A Hamster? In a survey conducted by the American Pet Products Manufacturing Association, the hamster has consistently been voted the most popular small pet of the year 1990s. Most People who have cast their votes for the hamster feel that they are fun to watch, and they are good, educational pets for children.

Sabtu, 13 September 2008

Rodents and Humans


Imagine a vast forest, home for centuries to a complex, interconnected ecosystem of thousands of birds, mammals, insects and plants. Now imagine that forest is razed for cattle grazing or stripped for building identical tract homes. Just where do those resident animals go?


Those species that cannot adapt to human encroachment into their habitats are doomed either to displacement because of the loss of their food supplies and living space, or to outright destruction. This latter fate has typically resulted from intentionally destruction by inter looping humans, predators themselves, who have historically viewed their non human counterparts on the food chain as competition.

To their credit, rodents for the most part, even those targeted just as vigorously for destruction, have not suffered the same sad fate as the predators. In fact, they have generally emerged survivors of human activity.

The names of only a few of the planet's hundreds of rodents species appear on the various lists that track the threatened an endangered species of the world. In light of the condition of most animal populations today, that is truly amazing. While individuals who do not care to coexist with mice, rats and their brethren may not be impressed by this fact, even they must admire how nature has enabled these rodent survivors to persist so efficiently.

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