Recently, i had a serious diaper rash which may have been brought by my trying to house a hamster in my jock strap.. I mistook this as a symptom of lycantrophy and went ahead to visit the friendly neighborhood vet! Soon after, he was probing my testicles with his gloved fingers, growling erotically while my mom and dad looked on with concern..


i brushed this off as normal medical procedure and waited for him to come back from "taking care of matters that came up" he said..

He took a horribly long time to come back.. so i took the liberty of looking up his national-geographic-medical files on his other subjects/patients complete with helpful descriptions that expand our general knowledge.. this is what i found..



Description
Head and body length: 32 inches. Tail: 3 inches. Weight: 25-45 pounds, male larger.
Coat is olive brown above, pale underneath. Adult males have bluish naked rump, a bright blue and red muzzle, and yellow coloring on “beard” (coloring in females and juveniles is duller). Prominent bony ridges present on each side of the nose.
Range
West central Africa, southern Cameroon, equatorial New Guinea, Gabon and Congo.
Status
Habitat conversion for farming is the primary threat to habitats that support this species.
Habitat
Forest floor during the day; sleeps in trees at night.
Niche
Eats mostly fruit, seeds, fungi, roots, insects and small vertebrates; will also eat grass. Diurnal and terrestrial. Group size includes an alpha male, several females and juveniles. Excess males live alone or forage with the group. During dry season, several groups come together to form troops of up to 200. Home range is very large for this species: 9,000-12,000 acres.

source: http://www.lpzoo.com/tour/factsheets/mammals/mandrill.html




Fun Facts
1. He is capable of drinking 100 L (30 gal.) of water in just 10 minutes.
2. He stores fat in the hump, not water! In fact, he is born without a hump because the layer of fat does not develop until he eats solid food.
3. Unlike most mammals, his body temperature fluctuates throughout the day from 34oC to 41.7oC (93oF-107oF.) This fluctuation is important because it allows him to conserve water by not sweating as the environmental temperature rises.
4. He is no longer considered a wild animal. In Africa and Arabia it is a semi-domesticated animal that free ranges but is under the control of herders.

source:http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/dromedary_camelab.html




They are small, virtually tailless and velvet-furred with enormous cheek pouches, also, they are capable of using gangster signs to identify between themselves. They originated in the Middle East and southeastern Europe. The most common and popular, both as pets and laboratory animals, is this one. Color and hair-type varieties include cinnamon, cream, white, and "teddy bear" (the long-haired variety). Most of them are sold as pets or used in research are the descendants of 3 littermates domesticated in 1930.

The cheek pouches are a relatively unique anatomic feature . They are actually a cavernous outpouching of the oral (mouth) cavity on both sides, extending alongside the head and neck to the shoulders. These pouches are used to store food and allow them to transport food from where it is gathered to their den or nest The food is then eaten later, at their leisure. Owners not familiar with these cheek pouches often panic when seeing them fully distended for the first time, thinking they represent tumors or abscesses.

Potential life span: 2-3 years
Adult body weight: 100-150 grams (Adult females are slightly larger than adult males)
Desirable environmental temperature range: 65-75 F
Desirable relative humidity range: 30-70%
Ages for first breeding: male: 10-14 weeks; female reproduction: 6-10 weeks
Length of estrous (heat) cycle: 94 hours
Gestation (pregnancy) period: 15 1/2-16 days
Average litter size: 5-10 young
Age at weaning: 3 weeks

source: http://www.animalhospitals-usa.com/small_pets/hamsters.html

man, im so gonna be sniped in the balls for this! damn!
im such a mother fucker.. here, i forgot to provide the link to "sg_mly_handsomest" just cos i think you guys need it.. http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=11840286