Hamster rides teeny-tiny subway (photos)

"Edie's Big Adventure," spotted on Dangerous Minds. Says Edie the hamster's "person," Victoria Belanger, who shot these photos:

I'm a photographer for the [New York City] DA's office and there is a women there who makes these models (trains, apts, buildings, etc) for court cases, as a visual aid for the jury. The train is perfectly hamster sized so I brought my super tame hamster into work yesterday for a little photo shoot. They came out better than expected. I'm really excited about them.

(newyorkshitty.com, alternate link for partial gallery is here)

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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Xeni Jardin

Good catch — try this link instead:

Link to Dangerous Minds copy of image gallery
fennylaise

@GEM Thanks for the nostalgia trip. I loved Hammy Hamster. :D
fennylaise

@GEM Thanks for the nostalgia trip. I loved Hammy Hamster. :D
jockmac22

Too cute … Thanks Xeni for the new link.
GEM

Canadians of a certain age will most likely remember “Tales from the Riverbank”. A TV series in which Hammy Hamster had all kinds of adventures — including sailing, driving a motorboat and diving in a diving bell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Riverbank

BTW, the series was created in 1959!
Freddie Freelance

Where would a Hamster be going to on the Lex?
Vanwall

Hmmm. Studies for Edward “Hopper”?
Bender

Keep the little fella in there for a few hours and it will smell like train.
Anonymous

I want the woman’s job. Or at least to be her assistant.
- Gilbert Wham
  
  Indeed.
Bender

a real train, I mean. I like the group Train, and I don’t mean to say that they smell like hamster urine.
Anonymous

They came out better than expected. I’m really excited about them.

Yeah, my life is pretty boring too.
Kimmo

That’s a great photo.
Anonymous

what a fun thing to do! the lil guy is too cute.
Santa’s Knee

Eddie needs a blue windbreaker and a .38 special…
Xeni Jardin

@Vanwall ouch!
Anonymous

The reason the New York Shitty link does not work is because the traffic from this site has overwhelmed my server!

Miss Heather, Editrix, Newyorkshitty.com
jockmac22

Xeni, the link appears to be broken — Looks like their error page has an error.
Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Cute!