Hamster Things is Stranger Things with Rodents

My love of Stranger Things is no secret. In fact, it’s already one of my all-time favorite shows. I’m bummed that it will be about a year before new episodes come out and I know I am not the only one hoping next season is longer. To tide us over for the moment, Mashable has imagined an even stranger Stranger Things world.

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In this universe the entire cast of the show was replaced by hamsters. The sets are exceptionally well done and look just like the ones from the show. Barb the hamster still gets taken, and no one knows where she is.

This is a fun video whether you like hamsters or not. Hamsters appear to be among the most difficult to control actors, perhaps even more so than Bobcat Goldthwait. At least the hamsters didn’t set anything on fire.

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Who has the fastest small pet of all? Find out with the Hamster Drag Strip. Just place your pet hamster, mouse, ferret, guinea pig or other small animal (maybe a snail, like Turbo?) in the chute and it’s a footrace to the finish. The tubes are 7 feet long and 4″ in diameter and sit on a wipe-clean 8′ by 23.5″ vinyl mat complete with graphics of cheering fans. The chutes stay in place with Velcro. Place your treats by the finish line and watch them race! Go hamster go!
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Hamster wheel used to control human-sized treadmill (video)

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Sure, your pet hamster's amazing leg strength may someday power a house, but can it beat you in a race? A pair of Chicago-based artists might be able to help you solve this mystery. The duo recently hooked up a homemade tachometer to a hamster's exercise wheel and mapped the data to a treadmill's motor. The fur ball's RPMs are transferred in real time, which gives it the ability to control its bipedal competitor's running speeds. The team cautions that no animals were harmed during this experiment, however a human ego may have been bruised after trying to keep up with a tireless rodent.

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