Over the last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the 6th Annual American Gerbil Society Show. It was standing room only as we paid our $1 admission fee and waltzed into the glow of rodent aficionados and their furry compatriots.
Among other events at the show were the Gerbil Olympics (not currently sanctioned as an official olympic event) which featured contests in chewing and in moving plastic balls approximately their own body weight around miniature train tracks.
Fortunately I brought my camcorder (see here to win one of these yourself) and was able to capture some footage of this as of yet undiscovered sport.
Betting was fierce, at one point a squabble broke out over the exchange of several Yu Gi Oh cards when Sparkles turned out to be not a gerbil, but an underweight hamster substituted at the last moment. Fortunately the event was well handled and no gerbils were hurt.
United Press Int’l has this to report:
“We like to think of the females as figure skaters and the males as quarterbacks,” judge Amy Paben said.
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May 22nd, 2007 at 9:54 am
OMG WTF Gerbil Olympics!!!
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:57 am
LOL!
That was my reaction too. But being there, seeing the beauty of gerbils in action, pushing their little palpitating hearts out while moving huge plastic balls around a track. (sniffle). Really, nothing quite compares.
May 22nd, 2007 at 7:12 pm
I love the video of the gerbil olympics. I am also a member of the AGS that ran the event. Is it possible that you can send me copies of the videos you took for the AGS archives?
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Hey Gerbilgal – right now I’ve only got that one 3 minute segment online. Send me an email (please use the contact form in the upper left of the site) and we can work out how to get the videos too you. I’ve got two races from the Olympics and some random crowd/chinchilla footage.
I’d be happy to pass it on too you.
AG
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January 14th, 2011 at 8:37 am
I love the video of the gerbil olympics. I am also a member of the AGS that ran the event. Is it possible that you can send me copies of the videos you took for the AGS archives?
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