| The Syrian Hamster or otherwise known as the golden hamster was first discribed by G.R Waterhouse in 1839. But the first time any one catched a group of hamsters was in 1930. They were caught by Professor I Aharoni who was a zoologist in Jerusalum at that time who caught them near Alleppo in Syria (hence the name Syrian Hamster) The hamsters were found in a deep burrow which had a mother and 12 young. Unfortuantly when the hamsters were brought into captivity only 3 of the 12 young survived. By 1938 hamsters had arrived in the U.S.A and after World War 2 Syrian hamsters were brought back to Europe for research. After that hamsters multiplyed and over the years they became one of the most popular domestic pets in the world. Now we have all diferent types of hamsters like Albinos, Dwarfs and Chinese. |
