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Eddie's Big Adventure

This subway riding hamster was too funny to resist

by US Staff (Tue Dec 01, 2009)

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We found this in the New York Post and here is an excerpt from the newspaper describing the photos.

'The story of Eddie's [the hamster] wild ride dates back to 1996, when the District Attorney's office was preparing for the trial of crazed subway bomber Edward Leary. Prosecutors needed a model of a subway train to show jurors just where Leary detonated his explosives.

Architectural engineer Marie Venticinque was enlisted to construct the tiny train car replica.

The model did its job - Leary is a serving 94-year sentence for assault and attempted murder - and ever since has sat on a shelf in the DA's engineering unit.'

Enter Victoria Balenger who is a photographer with DA's office. She saw the train and recognized that it was 'perfectly hamster-sized' and brought the very tame hamster into work yesterday for the photo shoot.

PowderRoomGraffiti says well done Victoria.

You can see the original posting of the photos here.

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Brit Gal Sarah

Posted Wed Dec 2, 2009 at 3:31 am Reply Delete

LOL totally adorable! I once had a pet Hammie that looked just the same, cute. Report Abuse

Janie Emaus

Posted Wed Dec 2, 2009 at 1:48 am Reply Delete

Too adorable. And BTW, the hot new toy this year is the Zhu Zhu pet, a battery run hamster. Report Abuse

Annia

Posted Tue Dec 1, 2009 at 5:27 pm Reply Delete

My daughter's pet hamster used to ride the London Underground - alwys in his carry-box. He caused quite a lot of amusement. The other day I was waiting for a bus and a woman and I were moaning about the long wait. She suddenly dived into a large rucksack and produced a hamster in an exercise ball. He goes to work with her! I love eccentric people. Report Abuse