Robos in their natural habitat

Lougarry · 01-08-2012, 04:38 PM

Sorry if this has been posted before, but thought other robo newbies/wannabes like me might enjoy seeing it - from the BBC programme 'Wild China':
Roborovski hamsters - BBC 'Wild China' - YouTube

souffle · 01-08-2012, 04:58 PM

It is a lovely video but actually this was staged in the studio. A member of the Hamster Club was asked to provide the robos and they had a vet on hand all the time. They lived there in the habitat for quite a while, even longer than expected because one on the females gave birth to a litter and they had to stay there till they were grown!
It was written about in the NHC journal a few years ago

I do love it and it does look authentic

NotsoLittleOlive · 01-09-2012, 05:10 AM

I was wondering how they'd managed to film it!

Lougarry · 01-09-2012, 05:19 AM

Oh no! All my illusions shattered! Still, is it an accurate representation of their habitat, as that's what I was really after?

MzWiz0915 · 01-09-2012, 07:02 AM

What an adorable video

And an interesting story behind it

Amethyst_ice · 01-09-2012, 08:41 AM

oh...i thought it was real also! still, a little closer to imagining i guess!

samincittagazze · 01-09-2012, 10:06 AM

GUTTED that isn't real! I was so impressed by how healthy they looked for wild hammies, I would assume they would be thinner and more scraggly than tamed ones. But if they were tame after all...*pouts*