r/Awww • u/AndyAndieFreude • 9h ago

Other Animal(s) A 5 years old hamster

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u/silv3rbull8 8h ago

Is that like 500 in human years

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u/09Klr650 7h ago

Assuming they live to 4 on average, that's about 100 in human years at age 5?

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u/Dadbode1981 6h ago edited 3h ago

Internet says its 150 to 175 years old if converted to human years

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u/Koresh92 6h ago

That's a whole lot of yeats! Surprised he survived all of them. 🤣

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u/Dadbode1981 6h ago edited 3h ago

Id imagine terminal velocity for a hamster would be pretty high.

Edit: I know its the opposite, I was making a joke.

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u/Koresh92 5h ago

I honestly don't know. I'd assume a smaller critter like a hamster would require less speed to reach terminal velocity due to less wind resistance. As opposed to trying to yeet a tiger, which would create more drag and require more force. I'm no expert though.

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u/09Klr650 5h ago

This hamster will go faster than a regular one, less fur for wind resistance.

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u/Koresh92 5h ago

That's why I shave my "hamster". Less wind resistance.

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u/Dadbode1981 5h ago

Youre correct, I was just trying to joke, but you had to nerd out, ruined it.

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u/Koresh92 5h ago

Nah, I'm just an old drunk who fixes cars. Some actual nerd will jump on here and correct us both I'm sure. You was funny, I was funny. Have a good one.

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u/DifficultAgency1195 5h ago

Be careful man I heard when u say n e r d they come out of the wood works better stay strapped

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u/Koresh92 5h ago

You gotta say 3 times though. Like Beetlejuice.

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u/DifficultAgency1195 5h ago

Lmaooo can't have fun in these comments no more but I heard using a rocket to send hamsters to the moon works really well

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u/Koresh92 5h ago

I'm having fun. Careful with the rocket comments though. You'll get both nerds and Musk fanboys all riled up. "Musk doesn't yeet hamsters in rockets bro!! Rogan said so!".

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u/DifficultAgency1195 5h ago

Thats good man,I dont know the nerd and fan boys can try to beat the hamster to the moon cause musk knows hamsters are better for speed and Rogan has the hamster disease

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u/Dadbode1981 5h ago

Rocket yeet

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u/CourageNo5667 3h ago

Pretty low actually. Staff is roughly related to area, Gravity is a volumetric force. So as animals get larger, acceleration dominates more. Small animals reach a low terminal velocity. A mouse or a (young) hamster might walk away from a fall off any height.

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u/Dadbode1981 3h ago

Yes, I know, read further down...