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64 pp.
| Lark
| July, 2008
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TradeISBN 978-1-60059-242-3$9.95
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4-6
By discussing the behavior of hamsters, gerbils, and guinea pigs in nature, this book also offers considerable information about them as pets (e.g., "hamsters stuff their cheeks with food...because no one feeds them in the wild"). Crisp photo album–style pictures with humorous captions reinforce the deft main text. Information about wild relatives such as the capybara concludes the volume. Ind.