Not particularly interesting, but
I was awoken by my brother yesterday morning with the news that my hamster, Galvatron, had escaped. After finding him (a room and a half away) and returning him to his cage I was perplexed as to how he had escaped from his cage.

I discovered how in the evening, to my pure amazement (and hilarity) young Galvatron has learnt to open his cage door with his nose. It's one of the standard fare bar cages - nothing fancy: tubes to crawl in all held lovingly together with bars. One entrance/exit, a pull down barred door.

Young Galvatron has learnt that by throwing himself at the door then gripping its top with his teeth, whilst shimmying along it and pushing his head against the the top bar of the door (now that's convolouted!) he can pop it open.

Not quite sure how he survived the fall to the floor, or the lack of food and water all night - but suffice to say we learned how he did it when he proceeded to repeat the performance no less than three times in the evening.

The door is now held in place by loops of wire, The Galavatron is contained and I am amazed at his ingenuity.

Sorry for length, it's an image thing - I don't want to dwell on it.
(forthejest thinks this is the Endgame, Sun 27 Apr 2008, 2:12, Reply)