Clever Hamster Figures Out a Way to Use Her Exercise Wheel Without Ever Having to Stand Up

A very clever, and perhaps lazy, hamster figures out a way to use her exercise wheel without ever having to stand up. She just lays on her back and uses her legs to rotate the wheel from the outside. According to Ben Bever, the man who captured this footage of the supine rodent, he was concerned at first.

Was in the pet store, and saw this little girl lying on her back under her hamster-wheel. Was worried she was stuck or something, but she just kept running and running… on her back. She seemed perfectly content using her wheel upside-down.

Lori Dorn
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