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Friends? Looks more like snake kibble to me.
FIRST!!
Posted by: Suzy Q | January 18, 2006 at 02:14 PM
what was it Bill Murray said in Ghost Busters about "dogs and cats living together..."?
well, Dave is right, this here is a sign of, if not the beginning of the end, the (as Churchill might have said) end of the beginning.
Posted by: rickh | January 18, 2006 at 02:15 PM
See ... SEE!!! Thoses folks from PETA were right. This is the beginning of the end of the world as we have come to know it. All creatures great and small will live together in peace.
Now, fire up the grill before they come for your burgers.
Posted by: DJ | January 18, 2006 at 02:15 PM
Did the keeper's name have to be Yamamoto? Makes me suspect the snake-hampster thing is a decoy.
Posted by: pogo | January 18, 2006 at 02:18 PM
things scientists have learned from this:
1) frozen tastes as good as fresh!
2) Japanese zookeepers have a warped sense of humor.
("we named her 'meat'")
3)Hamsters, apparently, sleep with one eye open.
Posted by: insomniac | January 18, 2006 at 02:21 PM
"Cross-breed interaction." I bet the far-right republicans are a bit pissy on this subject.
Posted by: PeeJay | January 18, 2006 at 02:22 PM
Wait a minute, this "cross-breed interaction" that they promote could be offensive to some. Has anyone notified Pat Robertson that this is taking place so he can inform Tokyo that if they get hit by a hurricane they shouldn't run to God.
Posted by: CoastRaven | January 18, 2006 at 02:23 PM
Spooky - PeeJay and I simulposted the same thought.
Posted by: CoastRaven | January 18, 2006 at 02:25 PM
Actually I beat you by a minute. But yes, same page:)
Posted by: PeeJay | January 18, 2006 at 02:28 PM
aaawwwwwwwwwww
Okay.. so I'm a sucker for cute pet stories. Even when the pets aren't cute.
Posted by: Kafaleni | January 18, 2006 at 02:29 PM
We're only up to 2036? We must not be doing too badly.
Posted by: KOW | January 18, 2006 at 02:39 PM
Definately a sign. My snake wants to eat my cat, because the cat seems to think that she needs to hang out on top of his cage.
Of course, when she does walk on top of the cage, he moves and when he moves around she is entertained.
Posted by: Charlotte | January 18, 2006 at 02:52 PM
sooooooooo, since hamsters have a very short shelf life, errr, lifespan, when this one dies, will those vets freeze it and serve it up?
Posted by: crossgirl | January 18, 2006 at 02:58 PM
Hmmmm...or you could call this story "snake bides his time."
I'd encourage the hamster to wear vertical stripes -- very slimming...
Posted by: Betsy | January 18, 2006 at 03:00 PM
and the lion shall lie down with the lamb. the lamb wont get much sleep, tho. [woody allen]
Posted by: queensbee | January 18, 2006 at 03:03 PM
Their children would probably look like mink scarves.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 18, 2006 at 03:05 PM
Annie - Nay, but more like feather boas.
Posted by: Brainy Jello | January 18, 2006 at 03:10 PM
This is just the beginning. Soon all of the pets will unite and rise against us.
I'll bet the snake and 'meat' have the squirrels on speed dial.
Posted by: VictoriaE77 | January 18, 2006 at 03:18 PM
I've decided that I'm going to start giving my meals names, too.
Posted by: «LabSpecimen» | January 18, 2006 at 03:23 PM
("Ebony and Ivory")
Gohan and Aochan , live together in defiance of God's plan.
Side-by-side in their cage, goodness me, it sounds like fun!
Posted by: insomniac | January 18, 2006 at 03:26 PM
*snork* @ Queensbee (and Woody).
Let's see:
(Hippo + Tortoise)x(Snake + Hamster)x(Donald Trump + Suze Orman)=REPENT!!!
Posted by: Blue Meanie | January 18, 2006 at 03:30 PM
Rick--I thought of the very same thing as soon as I saw this story.
In reference to some sort of apocolypse, "Real Wrath of God type stuff," he says something like
"Dogs and Cats, living together--MASS HYSTERIA!"
Posted by: Andrew | January 18, 2006 at 03:56 PM
Rick--or, this could be the middle of the first-third.
Or perhaps it's only the 7/16 of the ante-penultimate hectare (3 furlongs Canadian).
Posted by: Andrew | January 18, 2006 at 03:59 PM
Don't make me cut and paste the whole conversation from IMDB!
*sigh*
Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria.
Posted by: Brainy Jello | January 18, 2006 at 04:00 PM
what would we CALL these combined creatures... like what if they liked each other soooo much that they procreated... you know.. a snake and tortoise ... a snortoise? tornake? the possibilities are endless, although, not all of them would be funny. hamster + hippo = a hipster????? hey, wait a minute....
Posted by: queensbee | January 18, 2006 at 04:06 PM
So...do they feed the snake OTHER hamsters? Bet that freaks Gohan out a little bit...
Posted by: Bill | January 18, 2006 at 04:11 PM
Aochan: You know, Gohan, you're looking a little peeked today, maybe you should eat another sandwich...
Gohan: You think? Really? But I've already had a dozen...
Aochan: No, really, eat all you like. Nobody likes a skinny hamster...
(Just a thought)
Posted by: Clark Kent | January 18, 2006 at 04:16 PM
I don't think that hamster's going to last long -- the picture shows that the snake is shedding, and pretty much no snake likes to eat when it's shedding -- but as soon as it sheds out......
...That is, if the hamster doesn't chew the snake up first :(
On another note -- why the heck are they feeding a snake HAMSTERS??!?!
Posted by: Kitt (defender of ophidian justice) | January 18, 2006 at 04:22 PM
Back when we had our snake, we tried to feed him a mouse once, and as aoon as we put the mouse in the cage, it started attacking the snake. He did eventually catch and eat the mouse. We ended up having to take the poor thing to the vet to make sure none of the scratches got infected. (the snake, not the mouse)
Posted by: VictoriaE77 | January 18, 2006 at 04:38 PM
Kitt - Good observation! That eye is definitely a little grey. I'd say it's a doomed relationship.
Posted by: Brainy Jello | January 18, 2006 at 04:45 PM
Hey, judi! Someone posted an article by Barry Jackson re: the Dolphins under the section of Dave's Columns. Is Dave ghostwriting now?
Posted by: Suzy Q | January 18, 2006 at 04:53 PM
Kitt - they're feeding the snake hamsters because they were doing this - hamster earwig from hell
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 18, 2006 at 04:54 PM
He's just saving it for later . . .
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | January 18, 2006 at 05:20 PM
Victoria: I had a pet rat snake as child. We fed it baby mice (eyes not even open yet), since it was basically a baby snake.
They didn't put up much of a fight, but Spot (yes, I named my snake "Spot." Yes, I was trying to be funny.) would stalk/hunt the blind mouse nonetheless. He would sneak around the terrarium, rattle his rattle-less tail against the cardboard box the mouse came in, then, well... he did what snakes do with mice.
The good part was not having to do that very often.
Posted by: Andrew | January 18, 2006 at 05:20 PM
But why hasn't the New Orleans "chocolate" incident been covered? Check out this guy's take on it:
http://mcbourniescolumn.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Pirate Pete | January 18, 2006 at 05:38 PM
From what I remember some snakes have preferences on what they eat. IE what the food looks like.
I seem to remember a lady who had this nice fur coat on. It happend to be the same color and look as what the snake prefered. The lady just thought the snake liked her.
The scientists never told. Why tell your financier that the boa has a hankering for your coat.
I hear they have been able to get a rattle snake and boa bread. A snake that can reach 30 feet in length with poisonous fangs. Yeah thats what scares me.
Posted by: Alfred | January 18, 2006 at 05:45 PM
Alfred -- not a chance. (The boa and the rattler). For one thing, that would be like trying to breed a cat and a dog in terms of relatedness. For another thing -- if they had, I woulda heard about it!!! ;) ;) ;) Dang, that would be SWEET if it did happen, though...
(Plus, boas only get to maybe 12 feet or so... TRUE boas anyway... But, the green anconda can get to be maybe 25+ feet and weigh maybe 300+ lbs., and it is in the boa subfamily).
You're right about some snakes having food preferences though -- I have one snake who will only eat food that has been freshly killed. Not live (like this snake here) not frozen and then thawed (like all my other snakes) but freshly killed, by me. :( NOT FUN!!! Other than that the snake is a sweetie, though...
Man, these snake posts -- I just ramble on and on.. ;)
Posted by: Kitt (defender of ophidian justice) | January 18, 2006 at 07:23 PM
Pat Robertson has hemmeroids. Perhaps devine intervention for his being an anus. Perhaps the hungry snake could be used as a palitaive. And Major Nagin's chocholate might help the medicine go down easier.
Posted by: HornedDolphin | January 18, 2006 at 09:10 PM
I don't understand why Gohan hasn't engaged a personal injury lawyer. Perhaps the legal zoo rules in Japan are somewhat different from ours, but a huge class action zoo suit by "hamsters" as a species against "rat snakes" as a species could tie up our legal system for years. That might not be such a bad thing.
Posted by: pete | January 18, 2006 at 11:54 PM
pete - that would be impossible - all the attorneys would have to recuse themselves, seeing as they are related to snakes.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 19, 2006 at 03:00 AM
HA!! That was MY story! Even if I didn't get credit for it and have no way of proving that I sent it in and that Dave picked MY story.. it still gives me a little warm glow. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......
Posted by: muffles | January 19, 2006 at 11:50 AM
Rick, Andrew and Brainy, I am a member of the club. First thought here, also.
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