THIS JUST IN: Mini ham with Napoleon complex

by Meg on December 27, 2008

According to The BBC News UK, Pet Shop Boss Mandy Bower says "PeeWee" the ham seemed to stop growing at three weeks old. He’s less than an inch long.

Apparently, this full grown hamster is also blessed with a full-grown Napoleon Complex. According to the article, Bower says "He’s a bit bossy with the others" and "Hamsters sleep in a big clump and he sleeps under everybody else, in the warmest spot. I’m surprised he hasn’t been squashed."

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Read more on this little Dude and his chances of making it into the Guiness Book of World Records over at BBC News UK..

{ 26 comments }

1 i_wuvs_puttins 12.27.08 at 8:47 pm

Thimble ham!!! Squeeeee!

2 chanpon 12.27.08 at 8:48 pm

I shall crush you like I deed with ze rest of Europe if you do not grant me ze warmest sleeping spot.

[One word, Hampoleon: Caterloo. - Ed.]

3 Annie 12.27.08 at 8:56 pm

EEEEEEEEEE he is so cute!

4 AuntieMame 12.27.08 at 9:04 pm

Just out of curiosity…how big is a 50p piece? Quarter sized?

5 Michelle S 12.27.08 at 9:13 pm

My gosh he’s so nom-able but he’s hardly worth the trouble! Size of a cocktail onion! I’d want to snorgle him but I’d be ‘fraid he’d get stuck in my nostril. :(

6 lurkertype 12.27.08 at 9:14 pm

He’s the rule of cuteness “if an everyday small object makes you look small, it’s cute”! He’s the definition of it!

7 Von Zeppelin 12.27.08 at 9:14 pm

MicroHamster: “Can you loan me 50p? I’m a little short today.”

8 Mud Bug 12.27.08 at 9:16 pm

Napoleham weel rule zee world !

9 Jenn 12.27.08 at 9:19 pm

Melts in your mouth, not in your hands, the bite sized hammie treat!

10 nismo 12.27.08 at 9:25 pm

So tiny and yet so bossy.

11 Theresa 12.27.08 at 10:09 pm

I would never send him into exile.

12 Felicityanne 12.27.08 at 10:27 pm

AuntieMame: a 50p piece is one inch in diameter.

13 Mojojo Jojo 12.27.08 at 10:55 pm

That news story is from 2003.

14 Fransouah 12.27.08 at 11:31 pm

holy marketing ploy, someone should make those available by the bagful, like pop-corn (pop-cuy? slurp)

15 Vallie 12.27.08 at 11:51 pm

Let’s have a big hand for this little guy’s ability to hold his own with the big hams. Well actually, I guess any hand would be BIG compared to him, wouldn’t it?

16 David Harmon 12.28.08 at 1:39 am

So I guess this would be a “pygmy” hamster. I’m surprised if they’re not trying to breed him, or even clone him.

17 auntyb 12.28.08 at 2:54 am

Hammy McNugget!

18 Elanor 12.28.08 at 5:05 am

*died*

19 berthaservant 12.28.08 at 6:11 am

Pee-Wee? That’s the best they could do for a name?

How ’bout “Gator” or “Brutus” or “Steel” or “Marshofluffer” or “Edwin” or “Dr. Funkenstein” or “Herr Kommandant” or “Pellets” or “Crack” or “Jub Jub” or “Q-Bert” or something?

Pee-wee?

20 ana 12.28.08 at 8:08 am
21 Janni 12.28.08 at 8:56 am

I’m hoping so hard nobody tries to breed this little guy.
*makes faces like Hiro in Heroes*

22 Katrina 12.28.08 at 3:24 pm

Berthaservant et ux – do you remember “Too Many Daves?” from Dr. Seuss? Yeah, like that….

23 eikoleigh 12.28.08 at 7:37 pm

wow

24 Boomer's Babysitter 12.28.08 at 8:13 pm

Marshofluffer? Oh, Berthaservant, you’ve come up with a winner, there!

25 hamster-on-rye 12.29.08 at 4:22 am

“Dinky” or “Gherkin” or
“Button” or “TinyGuy” or
“Nugget” or “Kiss” or…
Well, I really like “Marshofluffer” from
Berthaservant…
This is fun! Why should my
nephews have all the fun?

26 Katrina 12.31.08 at 4:35 pm

I think he needs a regal name like ‘MacMillan’ or ‘Thor’ or if is is a girl, well, ‘Ariadne’ or ‘Ophelia’or ‘Ragnhilde’. Yeah, big and bold and hard to spell.

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