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Parameters: ["{"payload":"{\"@context\":[\"https:\/\/join-lemmy.org\/context.json\",\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/ns\/activitystreams\"],\"actor\":\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/c\/lemmyshitpost\",\"to\":[\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/ns\/activitystreams#Public\"],\"object\":{\"id\":\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/activities\/update\/b86be446-c445-4564-8214-b15ad24057a5\",\"actor\":\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/u\/python\",\"to\":[\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/ns\/activitystreams#Public\"],\"object\":{\"type\":\"Note\",\"id\":\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/comment\/19568581\",\"attributedTo\":\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/u\/python\",\"to\":[\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/ns\/activitystreams#Public\"],\"cc\":[\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/c\/lemmyshitpost\",\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/u\/candyman337\"],\"content\":\"<p>I\u2019m always so boggled by how people can\u2019t (or don\u2019t care to?) distinguishing between their basic rodent species. Common rats, Mice and hamsters look very very different if you give it even a second of thought. Yet any time I watch clip compilations of rats there are always clips of hamsters and mice (sometimes even chinchillas!!) mixed in there.<\/p>\\n<p>So, for anyone who wants to learn some basics on how to distinguish them:<\/p>\\n<details><summary>rats<\/summary><p><img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/bf8fc57f-de86-4769-be4d-33c8dd797173.png\\\" alt=\\\"picture of a rat\\\" \/>\\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rat\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Wikipedia<\/a><br \/>\\nThe biggest tell is that they can get pretty big. A huge (larger than your hand) rodent with a long bald tail that doesn\u2019t look very overweight will almost always be a rat. The overweight ones will probably be rats too, people tend to overfeed their rats.\\nTheir face shape tends to be more square and blunt than in mice, especially when you look at them from the side.\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>mice<\/summary><p><img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/e2154514-9a85-42fa-93f5-e9fca98c048c.webp\\\" alt=\\\"picture of a mouse\\\" \/><br \/>\\nThere are a lot of very different Mice species (especially when looking at wild mice) but if you had to know just one it should be the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fancy_mouse\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Fancy Mouse<\/a>. It\u2019s not really a species, just the term for mice that have been selectively bred for domestication, so they can look vastly different in color and fur texture, but the overall body shape is somewhat consistent.<br \/>\\nGenerally, mice stay fairly small (generally smaller than your hand) and their head to body ratio is somewhat different compared to rats (I\u2019m actually not sure what exactly looks different, maybe less neck? It just looks different when you look at them side by side)<br \/>\\nTheir ears will also be bigger than rat ears (though large-eared \u201cDumbo\u201d variations are a thing for both mice and Rats):\\nPicture 1 is a Dumbo Mouse, Picture 2 is a (young) dumbo rat:<br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/2f25c81a-24aa-4dbf-b224-3a9ff5666b85.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Dumbo mouse\\\" \/><img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/bfaf6b1f-616e-417f-b102-52136757e3c5.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Dumbo rat\\\" \/>\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>hamster<\/summary><p>\\nThere are two variations of hamster you should generally know: the larger <a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_hamster\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster<\/a>\\nand the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwarf_hamster\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Dwarf hamster <\/a>, which isn\u2019t a species but more of a catch-all term. In captivity, a Dwarf hamster is usually going to be a Campbell, Roborovski or Djungarian Hamster (or a mix thereof).<br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/16778bdd-6f09-47c6-860e-26d2c971265e.png\\\" alt=\\\"Syrian hamster\\\" \/><br \/>\\nSyrian hamsters are larger than dwarf hamsters and Mice, but usually smaller than rats (some very fat hamsters exist of course). They only have a very short stubby tail and a round face. Very round if their cheek pouches are full.<br \/>\\nSyrian hamsters are <strong>strictly solitary<\/strong> and extremely territorial, you should <strong>never<\/strong> keep more than one in one cage (optimally, you wouldn\u2019t even have more than one in your house). They <em>will<\/em> kill and eat each other on sight. Don\u2019t let anyone tell you that \u201cit works for their hamsters\u201d, it does not.\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/4392e735-c471-4e79-8ef7-42258048ba47.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Dwarf hamsters\\\" \/><br \/>\\nDwarf hamsters are way smaller than Syrian hamsters and about as large as a mouse (depending on the species ofc). They\u2019re pretty recognizable because they\u2019re very round. Usually they don\u2019t have a tail either, with some species being an exception and having a slightly longer stub.<br \/>\\nThe biggest difference to Syrian hamsters is that Dwarf hamsters are <strong>very social<\/strong>!! Generally, you should never keep them alone, as they bond to each other and build social hierarchies. Solitary Dwarf hamsters can die from the stress of loneliness. It\u2019s sometimes even recommended to keep your groups number even so that no hamster is left out when every one else bonds as a pair.<br \/>\\nKeeping a solitary Dwarf hamster is less dangerous than keeping a pair of Syrian hamster though. Some people say that they can make it work by interacting a lot with the dwarf hamster so that they don\u2019t get lonely. I don\u2019t really know if that\u2019s scientifically proven though.\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>bonus round<\/summary><p>Here are some more common pet rodents you might want to know about:<br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/fbb55295-99f7-451c-b368-6f244731e17d.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Chinchilla \\\" \/><br \/>\\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinchilla\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Chinchillas<\/a>: Big boys, need a lot of space to run around and sand to bathe in.<br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/87f9b2d2-685f-4502-984e-2ab2441101d5.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Gerbil\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerbillinae\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Gerbils<\/a>: About as large as Syrian Hamsters but usually pretty lean looking. You can recognize them from the fact that their tail is covered in fur.\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/acb55d64-3e1b-4a82-8d7a-f7d9beb28f8e.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Guinea Pig\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinea_pig\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Guinea Pig<\/a>: You might confuse them with hamsters from a photo, but they are way way larger and more square, especially in their face scape. They\u2019re also pretty vocal, so you\u2019ll hear them coming lol.\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>check your knowledge<\/summary><p>Here\u2019s images of rodents, what are they?\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/c9cccaef-5c16-4748-86e0-8f50fc8c83b4.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 1\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/8403f3f8-366f-4f5b-acd6-bf6dd94b3fe4.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 2\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/ef153a09-6205-4726-8aa3-bf9777bdb64d.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 3\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/36ad9b73-15a2-4a67-9156-8a869c5321f1.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 4\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/14ae562e-cd43-4d8c-a0f0-c85c0bb2fad5.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 5\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/80f8f0c6-37aa-42d0-838b-1b055bea3ec7.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 6\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/49a33ac8-83c4-4cd2-bcd5-a4b533f1fcb7.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 7\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/e06a064b-128b-4bab-b674-2fb4e5d8bcd6.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 8\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/71fffcef-173a-478a-a30f-989c8bd42a34.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 9\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/4f8142c8-24a0-486b-bb8c-23f4189da7e8.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 10\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>solution<\/summary><p>image 1: Rat<br \/>\\nimage 2: Beaver<br \/>\\nimage 3: Syrian hamster<br \/>\\nimage 4: Fancy Mouse<br \/>\\nimage 5: Fancy Mice\\nimage 6: Trick question, they\u2019re <a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natal_multimammate_mouse\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">African Soft Furred Rats<\/a>, a species of mouse<br \/>\\nimage 7: Guinea Pig<br \/>\\nimage 8: Rat<br \/>\\nimage 9: Dwarf Hamsters (Roborovski, I think?)<br \/>\\nimage 10: A young Dumbo Rat<br \/>\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n\",\"inReplyTo\":\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/comment\/19495183\",\"mediaType\":\"text\/html\",\"source\":{\"content\":\"I'm always so boggled by how people can't (or don't care to?) distinguishing between their basic rodent species. Common rats, Mice and hamsters look very very different if you give it even a second of thought. Yet any time I watch clip compilations of rats there are always clips of hamsters and mice (sometimes even chinchillas!!) mixed in there.\\n\\nSo, for anyone who wants to learn some basics on how to distinguish them: \\n::: spoiler rats\\n![picture of a rat](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/bf8fc57f-de86-4769-be4d-33c8dd797173.png)\\n[Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rat) \\nThe biggest tell is that they can get pretty big. A huge (larger than your hand) rodent with a long bald tail that doesn't look very overweight will almost always be a rat. The overweight ones will probably be rats too, people tend to overfeed their rats.\\n\\nTheir face shape tends to be more square and blunt than in mice, especially when you look at them from the side.\\n::: \\n::: spoiler mice\\n![picture of a mouse](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/e2154514-9a85-42fa-93f5-e9fca98c048c.webp) \\nThere are a lot of very different Mice species (especially when looking at wild mice) but if you had to know just one it should be the [Fancy Mouse](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fancy_mouse). It's not really a species, just the term for mice that have been selectively bred for domestication, so they can look vastly different in color and fur texture, but the overall body shape is somewhat consistent. \\nGenerally, mice stay fairly small (generally smaller than your hand) and their head to body ratio is somewhat different compared to rats (I'm actually not sure what exactly looks different, maybe less neck? It just looks different when you look at them side by side) \\nTheir ears will also be bigger than rat ears (though large-eared \\\"Dumbo\\\" variations are a thing for both mice and Rats):\\nPicture 1 is a Dumbo Mouse, Picture 2 is a (young) dumbo rat: \\n![Dumbo mouse](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/2f25c81a-24aa-4dbf-b224-3a9ff5666b85.jpeg)![Dumbo rat](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/bfaf6b1f-616e-417f-b102-52136757e3c5.jpeg)\\n::: \\n::: spoiler hamster\\n\\nThere are two variations of hamster you should generally know: the larger [Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_hamster)\\n and the [Dwarf hamster ](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwarf_hamster), which isn't a species but more of a catch-all term. In captivity, a Dwarf hamster is usually going to be a Campbell, Roborovski or Djungarian Hamster (or a mix thereof). \\n![Syrian hamster](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/16778bdd-6f09-47c6-860e-26d2c971265e.png) \\nSyrian hamsters are larger than dwarf hamsters and Mice, but usually smaller than rats (some very fat hamsters exist of course). They only have a very short stubby tail and a round face. Very round if their cheek pouches are full. \\nSyrian hamsters are strictly solitary and extremely territorial, you should never keep more than one in one cage (optimally, you wouldn't even have more than one in your house). They will kill and eat each other on sight. Don't let anyone tell you that \\\"it works for their hamsters\\\", it does not. \\n\\n![Dwarf hamsters](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/4392e735-c471-4e79-8ef7-42258048ba47.jpeg) \\nDwarf hamsters are way smaller than Syrian hamsters and about as large as a mouse (depending on the species ofc). They're pretty recognizable because they're very round. Usually they don't have a tail either, with some species being an exception and having a slightly longer stub. \\nThe biggest difference to Syrian hamsters is that Dwarf hamsters are very social!! Generally, you should never keep them alone, as they bond to each other and build social hierarchies. Solitary Dwarf hamsters can die from the stress of loneliness. It's sometimes even recommended to keep your groups number even so that no hamster is left out when every one else bonds as a pair. \\nKeeping a solitary Dwarf hamster is less dangerous than keeping a pair of Syrian hamster though. Some people say that they can make it work by interacting a lot with the dwarf hamster so that they don't get lonely. I don't really know if that's scientifically proven though.\\n::: \\n::: spoiler bonus round\\nHere are some more common pet rodents you might want to know about: \\n\\n![Chinchilla ](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/fbb55295-99f7-451c-b368-6f244731e17d.jpeg) \\n[Chinchillas](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinchilla): Big boys, need a lot of space to run around and sand to bathe in. \\n\\n![Gerbil](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/87f9b2d2-685f-4502-984e-2ab2441101d5.jpeg) \\n[Gerbils](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerbillinae): About as large as Syrian Hamsters but usually pretty lean looking. You can recognize them from the fact that their tail is covered in fur. \\n\\n![Guinea Pig](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/acb55d64-3e1b-4a82-8d7a-f7d9beb28f8e.jpeg) \\n[Guinea Pig](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinea_pig): You might confuse them with hamsters from a photo, but they are way way larger and more square, especially in their face scape. 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INSERT INTO messenger_messages (body, headers, queue_name, created_at, available_at) VALUES('{\"payload\":\"{\\\"@context\\\":[\\\"https:\\/\\/join-lemmy.org\\/context.json\\\",\\\"https:\\/\\/www.w3.org\\/ns\\/activitystreams\\\"],\\\"actor\\\":\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/c\\/lemmyshitpost\\\",\\\"to\\\":[\\\"https:\\/\\/www.w3.org\\/ns\\/activitystreams#Public\\\"],\\\"object\\\":{\\\"id\\\":\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/activities\\/update\\/b86be446-c445-4564-8214-b15ad24057a5\\\",\\\"actor\\\":\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/u\\/python\\\",\\\"to\\\":[\\\"https:\\/\\/www.w3.org\\/ns\\/activitystreams#Public\\\"],\\\"object\\\":{\\\"type\\\":\\\"Note\\\",\\\"id\\\":\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/comment\\/19568581\\\",\\\"attributedTo\\\":\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/u\\/python\\\",\\\"to\\\":[\\\"https:\\/\\/www.w3.org\\/ns\\/activitystreams#Public\\\"],\\\"cc\\\":[\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/c\\/lemmyshitpost\\\",\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/u\\/candyman337\\\"],\\\"content\\\":\\\"<p>I\\u2019m always so boggled by how people can\\u2019t (or don\\u2019t care to?) distinguishing between their basic rodent species. Common rats, Mice and hamsters look very very different if you give it even a second of thought. Yet any time I watch clip compilations of rats there are always clips of hamsters and mice (sometimes even chinchillas!!) mixed in there.<\\/p>\\\\n<p>So, for anyone who wants to learn some basics on how to distinguish them:<\\/p>\\\\n<details><summary>rats<\\/summary><p><img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/bf8fc57f-de86-4769-be4d-33c8dd797173.png\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"picture of a rat\\\\\\\" \\/>\\\\n<a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Rat\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Wikipedia<\\/a><br \\/>\\\\nThe biggest tell is that they can get pretty big. A huge (larger than your hand) rodent with a long bald tail that doesn\\u2019t look very overweight will almost always be a rat. The overweight ones will probably be rats too, people tend to overfeed their rats.\\\\nTheir face shape tends to be more square and blunt than in mice, especially when you look at them from the side.\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n<details><summary>mice<\\/summary><p><img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/e2154514-9a85-42fa-93f5-e9fca98c048c.webp\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"picture of a mouse\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\nThere are a lot of very different Mice species (especially when looking at wild mice) but if you had to know just one it should be the <a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Fancy_mouse\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Fancy Mouse<\\/a>. It\\u2019s not really a species, just the term for mice that have been selectively bred for domestication, so they can look vastly different in color and fur texture, but the overall body shape is somewhat consistent.<br \\/>\\\\nGenerally, mice stay fairly small (generally smaller than your hand) and their head to body ratio is somewhat different compared to rats (I\\u2019m actually not sure what exactly looks different, maybe less neck? It just looks different when you look at them side by side)<br \\/>\\\\nTheir ears will also be bigger than rat ears (though large-eared \\u201cDumbo\\u201d variations are a thing for both mice and Rats):\\\\nPicture 1 is a Dumbo Mouse, Picture 2 is a (young) dumbo rat:<br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/2f25c81a-24aa-4dbf-b224-3a9ff5666b85.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Dumbo mouse\\\\\\\" \\/><img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/bfaf6b1f-616e-417f-b102-52136757e3c5.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Dumbo rat\\\\\\\" \\/>\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n<details><summary>hamster<\\/summary><p>\\\\nThere are two variations of hamster you should generally know: the larger <a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Golden_hamster\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster<\\/a>\\\\nand the <a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Dwarf_hamster\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Dwarf hamster <\\/a>, which isn\\u2019t a species but more of a catch-all term. In captivity, a Dwarf hamster is usually going to be a Campbell, Roborovski or Djungarian Hamster (or a mix thereof).<br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/16778bdd-6f09-47c6-860e-26d2c971265e.png\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Syrian hamster\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\nSyrian hamsters are larger than dwarf hamsters and Mice, but usually smaller than rats (some very fat hamsters exist of course). They only have a very short stubby tail and a round face. Very round if their cheek pouches are full.<br \\/>\\\\nSyrian hamsters are <strong>strictly solitary<\\/strong> and extremely territorial, you should <strong>never<\\/strong> keep more than one in one cage (optimally, you wouldn\\u2019t even have more than one in your house). They <em>will<\\/em> kill and eat each other on sight. Don\\u2019t let anyone tell you that \\u201cit works for their hamsters\\u201d, it does not.\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/4392e735-c471-4e79-8ef7-42258048ba47.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Dwarf hamsters\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\nDwarf hamsters are way smaller than Syrian hamsters and about as large as a mouse (depending on the species ofc). They\\u2019re pretty recognizable because they\\u2019re very round. Usually they don\\u2019t have a tail either, with some species being an exception and having a slightly longer stub.<br \\/>\\\\nThe biggest difference to Syrian hamsters is that Dwarf hamsters are <strong>very social<\\/strong>!! Generally, you should never keep them alone, as they bond to each other and build social hierarchies. Solitary Dwarf hamsters can die from the stress of loneliness. It\\u2019s sometimes even recommended to keep your groups number even so that no hamster is left out when every one else bonds as a pair.<br \\/>\\\\nKeeping a solitary Dwarf hamster is less dangerous than keeping a pair of Syrian hamster though. Some people say that they can make it work by interacting a lot with the dwarf hamster so that they don\\u2019t get lonely. I don\\u2019t really know if that\\u2019s scientifically proven though.\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n<details><summary>bonus round<\\/summary><p>Here are some more common pet rodents you might want to know about:<br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/fbb55295-99f7-451c-b368-6f244731e17d.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Chinchilla \\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Chinchilla\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Chinchillas<\\/a>: Big boys, need a lot of space to run around and sand to bathe in.<br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/87f9b2d2-685f-4502-984e-2ab2441101d5.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Gerbil\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Gerbillinae\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Gerbils<\\/a>: About as large as Syrian Hamsters but usually pretty lean looking. You can recognize them from the fact that their tail is covered in fur.\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/acb55d64-3e1b-4a82-8d7a-f7d9beb28f8e.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Guinea Pig\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Guinea_pig\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Guinea Pig<\\/a>: You might confuse them with hamsters from a photo, but they are way way larger and more square, especially in their face scape. They\\u2019re also pretty vocal, so you\\u2019ll hear them coming lol.\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n<details><summary>check your knowledge<\\/summary><p>Here\\u2019s images of rodents, what are they?\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/c9cccaef-5c16-4748-86e0-8f50fc8c83b4.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 1\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/8403f3f8-366f-4f5b-acd6-bf6dd94b3fe4.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 2\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/ef153a09-6205-4726-8aa3-bf9777bdb64d.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 3\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/36ad9b73-15a2-4a67-9156-8a869c5321f1.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 4\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/14ae562e-cd43-4d8c-a0f0-c85c0bb2fad5.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 5\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/80f8f0c6-37aa-42d0-838b-1b055bea3ec7.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 6\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/49a33ac8-83c4-4cd2-bcd5-a4b533f1fcb7.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 7\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/e06a064b-128b-4bab-b674-2fb4e5d8bcd6.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 8\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/71fffcef-173a-478a-a30f-989c8bd42a34.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 9\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/4f8142c8-24a0-486b-bb8c-23f4189da7e8.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 10\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n<details><summary>solution<\\/summary><p>image 1: Rat<br \\/>\\\\nimage 2: Beaver<br \\/>\\\\nimage 3: Syrian hamster<br \\/>\\\\nimage 4: Fancy Mouse<br \\/>\\\\nimage 5: Fancy Mice\\\\nimage 6: Trick question, they\\u2019re <a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Natal_multimammate_mouse\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">African Soft Furred Rats<\\/a>, a species of mouse<br \\/>\\\\nimage 7: Guinea Pig<br \\/>\\\\nimage 8: Rat<br \\/>\\\\nimage 9: Dwarf Hamsters (Roborovski, I think?)<br \\/>\\\\nimage 10: A young Dumbo Rat<br \\/>\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n\\\",\\\"inReplyTo\\\":\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/comment\\/19495183\\\",\\\"mediaType\\\":\\\"text\\/html\\\",\\\"source\\\":{\\\"content\\\":\\\"I\'m always so boggled by how people can\'t (or don\'t care to?) distinguishing between their basic rodent species. Common rats, Mice and hamsters look very very different if you give it even a second of thought. Yet any time I watch clip compilations of rats there are always clips of hamsters and mice (sometimes even chinchillas!!) mixed in there.\\\\n\\\\nSo, for anyone who wants to learn some basics on how to distinguish them: \\\\n::: spoiler rats\\\\n![picture of a rat](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/bf8fc57f-de86-4769-be4d-33c8dd797173.png)\\\\n[Wikipedia](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Rat) \\\\nThe biggest tell is that they can get pretty big. A huge (larger than your hand) rodent with a long bald tail that doesn\'t look very overweight will almost always be a rat. The overweight ones will probably be rats too, people tend to overfeed their rats.\\\\n\\\\nTheir face shape tends to be more square and blunt than in mice, especially when you look at them from the side.\\\\n::: \\\\n::: spoiler mice\\\\n![picture of a mouse](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/e2154514-9a85-42fa-93f5-e9fca98c048c.webp) \\\\nThere are a lot of very different Mice species (especially when looking at wild mice) but if you had to know just one it should be the [Fancy Mouse](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Fancy_mouse). It\'s not really a species, just the term for mice that have been selectively bred for domestication, so they can look vastly different in color and fur texture, but the overall body shape is somewhat consistent. \\\\nGenerally, mice stay fairly small (generally smaller than your hand) and their head to body ratio is somewhat different compared to rats (I\'m actually not sure what exactly looks different, maybe less neck? It just looks different when you look at them side by side) \\\\nTheir ears will also be bigger than rat ears (though large-eared \\\\\\\"Dumbo\\\\\\\" variations are a thing for both mice and Rats):\\\\nPicture 1 is a Dumbo Mouse, Picture 2 is a (young) dumbo rat: \\\\n![Dumbo mouse](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/2f25c81a-24aa-4dbf-b224-3a9ff5666b85.jpeg)![Dumbo rat](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/bfaf6b1f-616e-417f-b102-52136757e3c5.jpeg)\\\\n::: \\\\n::: spoiler hamster\\\\n\\\\nThere are two variations of hamster you should generally know: the larger [Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Golden_hamster)\\\\n and the [Dwarf hamster ](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Dwarf_hamster), which isn\'t a species but more of a catch-all term. In captivity, a Dwarf hamster is usually going to be a Campbell, Roborovski or Djungarian Hamster (or a mix thereof). \\\\n![Syrian hamster](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/16778bdd-6f09-47c6-860e-26d2c971265e.png) \\\\nSyrian hamsters are larger than dwarf hamsters and Mice, but usually smaller than rats (some very fat hamsters exist of course). They only have a very short stubby tail and a round face. Very round if their cheek pouches are full. \\\\nSyrian hamsters are strictly solitary and extremely territorial, you should never keep more than one in one cage (optimally, you wouldn\'t even have more than one in your house). They will kill and eat each other on sight. Don\'t let anyone tell you that \\\\\\\"it works for their hamsters\\\\\\\", it does not. \\\\n\\\\n![Dwarf hamsters](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/4392e735-c471-4e79-8ef7-42258048ba47.jpeg) \\\\nDwarf hamsters are way smaller than Syrian hamsters and about as large as a mouse (depending on the species ofc). They\'re pretty recognizable because they\'re very round. Usually they don\'t have a tail either, with some species being an exception and having a slightly longer stub. \\\\nThe biggest difference to Syrian hamsters is that Dwarf hamsters are very social!! Generally, you should never keep them alone, as they bond to each other and build social hierarchies. Solitary Dwarf hamsters can die from the stress of loneliness. It\'s sometimes even recommended to keep your groups number even so that no hamster is left out when every one else bonds as a pair. \\\\nKeeping a solitary Dwarf hamster is less dangerous than keeping a pair of Syrian hamster though. Some people say that they can make it work by interacting a lot with the dwarf hamster so that they don\'t get lonely. I don\'t really know if that\'s scientifically proven though.\\\\n::: \\\\n::: spoiler bonus round\\\\nHere are some more common pet rodents you might want to know about: \\\\n\\\\n![Chinchilla ](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/fbb55295-99f7-451c-b368-6f244731e17d.jpeg) \\\\n[Chinchillas](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Chinchilla): Big boys, need a lot of space to run around and sand to bathe in. \\\\n\\\\n![Gerbil](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/87f9b2d2-685f-4502-984e-2ab2441101d5.jpeg) \\\\n[Gerbils](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Gerbillinae): About as large as Syrian Hamsters but usually pretty lean looking. You can recognize them from the fact that their tail is covered in fur. \\\\n\\\\n![Guinea Pig](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/acb55d64-3e1b-4a82-8d7a-f7d9beb28f8e.jpeg) \\\\n[Guinea Pig](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Guinea_pig): You might confuse them with hamsters from a photo, but they are way way larger and more square, especially in their face scape. 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Yet any time I watch clip compilations of rats there are always clips of hamsters and mice (sometimes even chinchillas!!) mixed in there.<\/p>\\n<p>So, for anyone who wants to learn some basics on how to distinguish them:<\/p>\\n<details><summary>rats<\/summary><p><img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/bf8fc57f-de86-4769-be4d-33c8dd797173.png\\\" alt=\\\"picture of a rat\\\" \/>\\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rat\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Wikipedia<\/a><br \/>\\nThe biggest tell is that they can get pretty big. A huge (larger than your hand) rodent with a long bald tail that doesn\u2019t look very overweight will almost always be a rat. The overweight ones will probably be rats too, people tend to overfeed their rats.\\nTheir face shape tends to be more square and blunt than in mice, especially when you look at them from the side.\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>mice<\/summary><p><img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/e2154514-9a85-42fa-93f5-e9fca98c048c.webp\\\" alt=\\\"picture of a mouse\\\" \/><br \/>\\nThere are a lot of very different Mice species (especially when looking at wild mice) but if you had to know just one it should be the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fancy_mouse\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Fancy Mouse<\/a>. It\u2019s not really a species, just the term for mice that have been selectively bred for domestication, so they can look vastly different in color and fur texture, but the overall body shape is somewhat consistent.<br \/>\\nGenerally, mice stay fairly small (generally smaller than your hand) and their head to body ratio is somewhat different compared to rats (I\u2019m actually not sure what exactly looks different, maybe less neck? It just looks different when you look at them side by side)<br \/>\\nTheir ears will also be bigger than rat ears (though large-eared \u201cDumbo\u201d variations are a thing for both mice and Rats):\\nPicture 1 is a Dumbo Mouse, Picture 2 is a (young) dumbo rat:<br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/2f25c81a-24aa-4dbf-b224-3a9ff5666b85.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Dumbo mouse\\\" \/><img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/bfaf6b1f-616e-417f-b102-52136757e3c5.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Dumbo rat\\\" \/>\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>hamster<\/summary><p>\\nThere are two variations of hamster you should generally know: the larger <a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_hamster\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster<\/a>\\nand the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwarf_hamster\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Dwarf hamster <\/a>, which isn\u2019t a species but more of a catch-all term. In captivity, a Dwarf hamster is usually going to be a Campbell, Roborovski or Djungarian Hamster (or a mix thereof).<br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/16778bdd-6f09-47c6-860e-26d2c971265e.png\\\" alt=\\\"Syrian hamster\\\" \/><br \/>\\nSyrian hamsters are larger than dwarf hamsters and Mice, but usually smaller than rats (some very fat hamsters exist of course). They only have a very short stubby tail and a round face. Very round if their cheek pouches are full.<br \/>\\nSyrian hamsters are <strong>strictly solitary<\/strong> and extremely territorial, you should <strong>never<\/strong> keep more than one in one cage (optimally, you wouldn\u2019t even have more than one in your house). They <em>will<\/em> kill and eat each other on sight. Don\u2019t let anyone tell you that \u201cit works for their hamsters\u201d, it does not.\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/4392e735-c471-4e79-8ef7-42258048ba47.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Dwarf hamsters\\\" \/><br \/>\\nDwarf hamsters are way smaller than Syrian hamsters and about as large as a mouse (depending on the species ofc). They\u2019re pretty recognizable because they\u2019re very round. Usually they don\u2019t have a tail either, with some species being an exception and having a slightly longer stub.<br \/>\\nThe biggest difference to Syrian hamsters is that Dwarf hamsters are <strong>very social<\/strong>!! Generally, you should never keep them alone, as they bond to each other and build social hierarchies. Solitary Dwarf hamsters can die from the stress of loneliness. It\u2019s sometimes even recommended to keep your groups number even so that no hamster is left out when every one else bonds as a pair.<br \/>\\nKeeping a solitary Dwarf hamster is less dangerous than keeping a pair of Syrian hamster though. Some people say that they can make it work by interacting a lot with the dwarf hamster so that they don\u2019t get lonely. I don\u2019t really know if that\u2019s scientifically proven though.\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>bonus round<\/summary><p>Here are some more common pet rodents you might want to know about:<br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/fbb55295-99f7-451c-b368-6f244731e17d.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Chinchilla \\\" \/><br \/>\\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinchilla\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Chinchillas<\/a>: Big boys, need a lot of space to run around and sand to bathe in.<br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/87f9b2d2-685f-4502-984e-2ab2441101d5.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Gerbil\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerbillinae\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Gerbils<\/a>: About as large as Syrian Hamsters but usually pretty lean looking. You can recognize them from the fact that their tail is covered in fur.\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/acb55d64-3e1b-4a82-8d7a-f7d9beb28f8e.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"Guinea Pig\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinea_pig\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">Guinea Pig<\/a>: You might confuse them with hamsters from a photo, but they are way way larger and more square, especially in their face scape. They\u2019re also pretty vocal, so you\u2019ll hear them coming lol.\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>check your knowledge<\/summary><p>Here\u2019s images of rodents, what are they?\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/c9cccaef-5c16-4748-86e0-8f50fc8c83b4.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 1\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/8403f3f8-366f-4f5b-acd6-bf6dd94b3fe4.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 2\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/ef153a09-6205-4726-8aa3-bf9777bdb64d.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 3\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/36ad9b73-15a2-4a67-9156-8a869c5321f1.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 4\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/14ae562e-cd43-4d8c-a0f0-c85c0bb2fad5.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 5\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/80f8f0c6-37aa-42d0-838b-1b055bea3ec7.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 6\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/49a33ac8-83c4-4cd2-bcd5-a4b533f1fcb7.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 7\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/e06a064b-128b-4bab-b674-2fb4e5d8bcd6.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 8\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/71fffcef-173a-478a-a30f-989c8bd42a34.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 9\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<img src=\\\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/4f8142c8-24a0-486b-bb8c-23f4189da7e8.jpeg\\\" alt=\\\"image 10\\\" \/><br \/>\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n<details><summary>solution<\/summary><p>image 1: Rat<br \/>\\nimage 2: Beaver<br \/>\\nimage 3: Syrian hamster<br \/>\\nimage 4: Fancy Mouse<br \/>\\nimage 5: Fancy Mice\\nimage 6: Trick question, they\u2019re <a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natal_multimammate_mouse\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow\\\">African Soft Furred Rats<\/a>, a species of mouse<br \/>\\nimage 7: Guinea Pig<br \/>\\nimage 8: Rat<br \/>\\nimage 9: Dwarf Hamsters (Roborovski, I think?)<br \/>\\nimage 10: A young Dumbo Rat<br \/>\\n<\/p><\/details>\\n\",\"inReplyTo\":\"https:\/\/lemmy.world\/comment\/19495183\",\"mediaType\":\"text\/html\",\"source\":{\"content\":\"I'm always so boggled by how people can't (or don't care to?) distinguishing between their basic rodent species. Common rats, Mice and hamsters look very very different if you give it even a second of thought. Yet any time I watch clip compilations of rats there are always clips of hamsters and mice (sometimes even chinchillas!!) mixed in there.\\n\\nSo, for anyone who wants to learn some basics on how to distinguish them:  \\n::: spoiler rats\\n![picture of a rat](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/bf8fc57f-de86-4769-be4d-33c8dd797173.png)\\n[Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rat)  \\nThe biggest tell is that they can get pretty big. A huge (larger than your hand) rodent with a long bald tail that doesn't look very overweight will almost always be a rat. The overweight ones will probably be rats too, people tend to overfeed their rats.\\n\\nTheir face shape tends to be more square and blunt than in mice, especially when you look at them from the side.\\n:::   \\n::: spoiler mice\\n![picture of a mouse](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/e2154514-9a85-42fa-93f5-e9fca98c048c.webp)  \\nThere are a lot of very different Mice species (especially when looking at wild mice) but if you had to know just one it should be the [Fancy Mouse](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fancy_mouse). It's not really a species, just the term for mice that have been selectively bred for domestication, so they can look vastly different in color and fur texture, but the overall body shape is somewhat consistent.  \\nGenerally, mice stay fairly small (generally smaller than your hand) and their head to body ratio is somewhat different compared to rats (I'm actually not sure what exactly looks different, maybe less neck? It just looks different when you look at them side by side)  \\nTheir ears will also be bigger than rat ears (though large-eared \\\"Dumbo\\\" variations are a thing for both mice and Rats):\\nPicture 1 is a Dumbo Mouse, Picture 2 is a (young) dumbo rat:  \\n![Dumbo mouse](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/2f25c81a-24aa-4dbf-b224-3a9ff5666b85.jpeg)![Dumbo rat](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/bfaf6b1f-616e-417f-b102-52136757e3c5.jpeg)\\n:::  \\n::: spoiler hamster\\n\\nThere are two variations of hamster you should generally know: the larger [Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_hamster)\\n and the [Dwarf hamster ](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwarf_hamster), which isn't a species but more of a catch-all term. 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They're pretty recognizable because they're very round. Usually they don't have a tail either, with some species being an exception and having a slightly longer stub.  \\nThe biggest difference to Syrian hamsters is that Dwarf hamsters are **very social**!! Generally, you should never keep them alone, as they bond to each other and build social hierarchies. Solitary Dwarf hamsters can die from the stress of loneliness. It's sometimes even recommended to keep your groups number even so that no hamster is left out when every one else bonds as a pair.  \\nKeeping a solitary Dwarf hamster is less dangerous than keeping a pair of Syrian hamster though. Some people say that they can make it work by interacting a lot with the dwarf hamster so that they don't get lonely. I don't really know if that's scientifically proven though.\\n:::  \\n::: spoiler bonus round\\nHere are some more common pet rodents you might want to know about:   \\n\\n![Chinchilla ](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/fbb55295-99f7-451c-b368-6f244731e17d.jpeg)  \\n[Chinchillas](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinchilla): Big boys, need a lot of space to run around and sand to bathe in.  \\n\\n![Gerbil](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/87f9b2d2-685f-4502-984e-2ab2441101d5.jpeg)  \\n[Gerbils](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerbillinae): About as large as Syrian Hamsters but usually pretty lean looking. You can recognize them from the fact that their tail is covered in fur. \\n\\n![Guinea Pig](https:\/\/lemmy.world\/pictrs\/image\/acb55d64-3e1b-4a82-8d7a-f7d9beb28f8e.jpeg)  \\n[Guinea Pig](https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinea_pig): You might confuse them with hamsters from a photo, but they are way way larger and more square, especially in their face scape. 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Common rats, Mice and hamsters look very very different if you give it even a second of thought. Yet any time I watch clip compilations of rats there are always clips of hamsters and mice (sometimes even chinchillas!!) mixed in there.<\\/p>\\\\n<p>So, for anyone who wants to learn some basics on how to distinguish them:<\\/p>\\\\n<details><summary>rats<\\/summary><p><img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/bf8fc57f-de86-4769-be4d-33c8dd797173.png\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"picture of a rat\\\\\\\" \\/>\\\\n<a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Rat\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Wikipedia<\\/a><br \\/>\\\\nThe biggest tell is that they can get pretty big. A huge (larger than your hand) rodent with a long bald tail that doesn\\u2019t look very overweight will almost always be a rat. 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It\\u2019s not really a species, just the term for mice that have been selectively bred for domestication, so they can look vastly different in color and fur texture, but the overall body shape is somewhat consistent.<br \\/>\\\\nGenerally, mice stay fairly small (generally smaller than your hand) and their head to body ratio is somewhat different compared to rats (I\\u2019m actually not sure what exactly looks different, maybe less neck? It just looks different when you look at them side by side)<br \\/>\\\\nTheir ears will also be bigger than rat ears (though large-eared \\u201cDumbo\\u201d variations are a thing for both mice and Rats):\\\\nPicture 1 is a Dumbo Mouse, Picture 2 is a (young) dumbo rat:<br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/2f25c81a-24aa-4dbf-b224-3a9ff5666b85.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Dumbo mouse\\\\\\\" \\/><img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/bfaf6b1f-616e-417f-b102-52136757e3c5.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Dumbo rat\\\\\\\" \\/>\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n<details><summary>hamster<\\/summary><p>\\\\nThere are two variations of hamster you should generally know: the larger <a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Golden_hamster\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster<\\/a>\\\\nand the <a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Dwarf_hamster\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Dwarf hamster <\\/a>, which isn\\u2019t a species but more of a catch-all term. 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Don\\u2019t let anyone tell you that \\u201cit works for their hamsters\\u201d, it does not.\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/4392e735-c471-4e79-8ef7-42258048ba47.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Dwarf hamsters\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\nDwarf hamsters are way smaller than Syrian hamsters and about as large as a mouse (depending on the species ofc). They\\u2019re pretty recognizable because they\\u2019re very round. Usually they don\\u2019t have a tail either, with some species being an exception and having a slightly longer stub.<br \\/>\\\\nThe biggest difference to Syrian hamsters is that Dwarf hamsters are <strong>very social<\\/strong>!! Generally, you should never keep them alone, as they bond to each other and build social hierarchies. Solitary Dwarf hamsters can die from the stress of loneliness. 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I don\\u2019t really know if that\\u2019s scientifically proven though.\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n<details><summary>bonus round<\\/summary><p>Here are some more common pet rodents you might want to know about:<br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/fbb55295-99f7-451c-b368-6f244731e17d.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Chinchilla \\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Chinchilla\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Chinchillas<\\/a>: Big boys, need a lot of space to run around and sand to bathe in.<br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/87f9b2d2-685f-4502-984e-2ab2441101d5.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Gerbil\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Gerbillinae\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Gerbils<\\/a>: About as large as Syrian Hamsters but usually pretty lean looking. You can recognize them from the fact that their tail is covered in fur.\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/acb55d64-3e1b-4a82-8d7a-f7d9beb28f8e.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"Guinea Pig\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Guinea_pig\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">Guinea Pig<\\/a>: You might confuse them with hamsters from a photo, but they are way way larger and more square, especially in their face scape. They\\u2019re also pretty vocal, so you\\u2019ll hear them coming lol.\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n<details><summary>check your knowledge<\\/summary><p>Here\\u2019s images of rodents, what are they?\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/c9cccaef-5c16-4748-86e0-8f50fc8c83b4.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 1\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/8403f3f8-366f-4f5b-acd6-bf6dd94b3fe4.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 2\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/ef153a09-6205-4726-8aa3-bf9777bdb64d.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 3\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/36ad9b73-15a2-4a67-9156-8a869c5321f1.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 4\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/14ae562e-cd43-4d8c-a0f0-c85c0bb2fad5.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 5\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/80f8f0c6-37aa-42d0-838b-1b055bea3ec7.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 6\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/49a33ac8-83c4-4cd2-bcd5-a4b533f1fcb7.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 7\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/e06a064b-128b-4bab-b674-2fb4e5d8bcd6.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 8\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/71fffcef-173a-478a-a30f-989c8bd42a34.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 9\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<img src=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/4f8142c8-24a0-486b-bb8c-23f4189da7e8.jpeg\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\"image 10\\\\\\\" \\/><br \\/>\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n<details><summary>solution<\\/summary><p>image 1: Rat<br \\/>\\\\nimage 2: Beaver<br \\/>\\\\nimage 3: Syrian hamster<br \\/>\\\\nimage 4: Fancy Mouse<br \\/>\\\\nimage 5: Fancy Mice\\\\nimage 6: Trick question, they\\u2019re <a href=\\\\\\\"https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Natal_multimammate_mouse\\\\\\\" rel=\\\\\\\"nofollow\\\\\\\">African Soft Furred Rats<\\/a>, a species of mouse<br \\/>\\\\nimage 7: Guinea Pig<br \\/>\\\\nimage 8: Rat<br \\/>\\\\nimage 9: Dwarf Hamsters (Roborovski, I think?)<br \\/>\\\\nimage 10: A young Dumbo Rat<br \\/>\\\\n<\\/p><\\/details>\\\\n\\\",\\\"inReplyTo\\\":\\\"https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/comment\\/19495183\\\",\\\"mediaType\\\":\\\"text\\/html\\\",\\\"source\\\":{\\\"content\\\":\\\"I\'m always so boggled by how people can\'t (or don\'t care to?) distinguishing between their basic rodent species. Common rats, Mice and hamsters look very very different if you give it even a second of thought. Yet any time I watch clip compilations of rats there are always clips of hamsters and mice (sometimes even chinchillas!!) mixed in there.\\\\n\\\\nSo, for anyone who wants to learn some basics on how to distinguish them:  \\\\n::: spoiler rats\\\\n![picture of a rat](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/bf8fc57f-de86-4769-be4d-33c8dd797173.png)\\\\n[Wikipedia](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Rat)  \\\\nThe biggest tell is that they can get pretty big. A huge (larger than your hand) rodent with a long bald tail that doesn\'t look very overweight will almost always be a rat. The overweight ones will probably be rats too, people tend to overfeed their rats.\\\\n\\\\nTheir face shape tends to be more square and blunt than in mice, especially when you look at them from the side.\\\\n:::   \\\\n::: spoiler mice\\\\n![picture of a mouse](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/e2154514-9a85-42fa-93f5-e9fca98c048c.webp)  \\\\nThere are a lot of very different Mice species (especially when looking at wild mice) but if you had to know just one it should be the [Fancy Mouse](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Fancy_mouse). It\'s not really a species, just the term for mice that have been selectively bred for domestication, so they can look vastly different in color and fur texture, but the overall body shape is somewhat consistent.  \\\\nGenerally, mice stay fairly small (generally smaller than your hand) and their head to body ratio is somewhat different compared to rats (I\'m actually not sure what exactly looks different, maybe less neck? It just looks different when you look at them side by side)  \\\\nTheir ears will also be bigger than rat ears (though large-eared \\\\\\\"Dumbo\\\\\\\" variations are a thing for both mice and Rats):\\\\nPicture 1 is a Dumbo Mouse, Picture 2 is a (young) dumbo rat:  \\\\n![Dumbo mouse](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/2f25c81a-24aa-4dbf-b224-3a9ff5666b85.jpeg)![Dumbo rat](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/bfaf6b1f-616e-417f-b102-52136757e3c5.jpeg)\\\\n:::  \\\\n::: spoiler hamster\\\\n\\\\nThere are two variations of hamster you should generally know: the larger [Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Golden_hamster)\\\\n and the [Dwarf hamster ](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Dwarf_hamster), which isn\'t a species but more of a catch-all term. In captivity, a Dwarf hamster is usually going to be a Campbell, Roborovski or Djungarian Hamster (or a mix thereof).  \\\\n![Syrian hamster](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/16778bdd-6f09-47c6-860e-26d2c971265e.png)  \\\\nSyrian hamsters are larger than dwarf hamsters and Mice, but usually smaller than rats (some very fat hamsters exist of course). They only have a very short stubby tail and a round face. Very round if their cheek pouches are full.  \\\\nSyrian hamsters are **strictly solitary** and extremely territorial, you should **never** keep more than one in one cage (optimally, you wouldn\'t even have more than one in your house). They *will* kill and eat each other on sight. Don\'t let anyone tell you that \\\\\\\"it works for their hamsters\\\\\\\", it does not. \\\\n\\\\n![Dwarf hamsters](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/4392e735-c471-4e79-8ef7-42258048ba47.jpeg)  \\\\nDwarf hamsters are way smaller than Syrian hamsters and about as large as a mouse (depending on the species ofc). They\'re pretty recognizable because they\'re very round. Usually they don\'t have a tail either, with some species being an exception and having a slightly longer stub.  \\\\nThe biggest difference to Syrian hamsters is that Dwarf hamsters are **very social**!! Generally, you should never keep them alone, as they bond to each other and build social hierarchies. Solitary Dwarf hamsters can die from the stress of loneliness. It\'s sometimes even recommended to keep your groups number even so that no hamster is left out when every one else bonds as a pair.  \\\\nKeeping a solitary Dwarf hamster is less dangerous than keeping a pair of Syrian hamster though. Some people say that they can make it work by interacting a lot with the dwarf hamster so that they don\'t get lonely. I don\'t really know if that\'s scientifically proven though.\\\\n:::  \\\\n::: spoiler bonus round\\\\nHere are some more common pet rodents you might want to know about:   \\\\n\\\\n![Chinchilla ](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/fbb55295-99f7-451c-b368-6f244731e17d.jpeg)  \\\\n[Chinchillas](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Chinchilla): Big boys, need a lot of space to run around and sand to bathe in.  \\\\n\\\\n![Gerbil](https:\\/\\/lemmy.world\\/pictrs\\/image\\/87f9b2d2-685f-4502-984e-2ab2441101d5.jpeg)  \\\\n[Gerbils](https:\\/\\/en.m.wikipedia.org\\/wiki\\/Gerbillinae): About as large as Syrian Hamsters but usually pretty lean looking. 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