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Woman pays £175 to have hamster stuffed as a poledancing stripper
A bereaved pet owner chose to remember her much-loved hamster by forking out £175 to have the dead rodent stuffed - as a stripper dancing on a pole in a thong. Jess Porter-Langson lost her Roborovski dwarf hamster Hammington, known as Hammy, in August last year but decided to do 'something special' to remember him.
The 27-year-old opted to immortalise her 'iconic' pet 'hustling for money' as a stripper and found a local taxidermy artist to fulfil her wishes. Photos show the taxidermy rodent wearing a bright pink thong, holding onto a stripper pole and surrounded by dollar bills.
The music merchandiser says the 'emotional support hamster' helped her through her formative years after moving to London in her early 20s. Jess says she was blown away by the 'perfect' creation, which now lives next to her bed to 'watch over' her. Jess said: "I bought a hamster and that became my little project over the lockdown. I built him an enclosure out of recycled material and stuff. It was my hobby.
Jess Porter-Langson and Hammy
"He ended up living a really long time. I only got the hamster because they live for one to two years and that's all I could commit to. Hammy died on August 27 2023, just shy of three years after I got him. He passed away in his sleep just of old age. A good way to go. Not like flying into a blender or something like some people's hamsters.
"He was a really big part of my formative life, especially after moving to London. He really was an emotional support hamster, which is crazy to say. This hamster was so iconic and all of my friends knew Hammy and wanted to see him. He needed something special.
"I don't even know where the stripping hamster thing came from but I thought, what is more iconic than a hamster on a stripper pole hustling for money?" Jess says she researched local taxidermy artists and found Bea Ostrowska (@beaoddcreations on Instagram) and paid her £175 to stuff Hammy. Jess said: "I was blown away. In my mind, I was preparing that something wouldn't be right and I thought I was going to have to tell her to redo it and take my dead hamster apart again.
"But when I saw it I was just gobsmacked like, wow this is beyond perfect. She did such a good job. I love the thong. She even sewed it out of little fabric. It's so good. I love his little smile as well. He's got this creepy little smile going on.
"He lives next to my bed so he kind of looks over me. It would be shocking if I ever brought anyone home, I wouldn't know what to tell them. Everybody loves him. I pitched the idea to my friends first and asked if it was morally questionable or a good idea and everyone said I had to do it. He deserved it."
Hammy after being stuffed
Taxidermist Bea said: "It was such a pleasure meeting Jess and helping her to immortalise Hammy. His little pink thong was a bit of a different project than my usual horror creations but this along with the fact that he was a beloved pet made it even more special."
Jess revealed stripper Hammy to TikTok in a video which received nearly 130,000 views, more than 19,000 likes and 500 comments. One TikTok user said: "I was NOT prepared for the stripping taxidermy hamster [shocked emoji] [cry laughing emojis]."
Another commented: "WHAT IN THE WORLD [cry laughing emojis]." A third added: "Did she make your hamster's nails longer or did Hammy have a long set of nails already?"
To which another replied: "He got a full set of acrylics [cry laughing emoji]."​Keep on Civin'
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Heavy snowfall in Juneau, Alaska, sinks boats in harbour
​ The city has received more than 5 feet of snow so far in January
​Heavy snow in Juneau, Alaska, has wreaked havoc on boats, roofs and roads.
Whitehorse's sister city has received more than five feet of snow so far in January. Last week, 30 inches of snow fell in three days.
"Oh my gosh, Saturday — I think it was the 13th of January — it started snowing, and that first storm dropped over 30 inches," said Matthew Creswell, Juneau's harbour master.
That was the start of two storms in an 11-day period dropping over 60 inches of snow, he said.
"What that causes is just excess weight and snow build-up for people who don't come down and keep their boats shoveled off. Yesterday morning alone, we had four boats sink in about a three-hour period, and the day before that, we had another one sink. ... So we are [at] about a total of eight boats over a 12-day period from this heavy snowfall," Creswell said.
The boats that sank will most likely be destroyed and disposed of, he added.
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"Depending on the size of the boat, the total process can run anywhere from $7,000 up to $50,000 just to remove and get rid of the boat." Some owners down south
Some owners of boats that sank are living in the warmer parts of the southern United States in the winter, he added.
He has been busy over the last few days trying to contact the owners.
"Folks from Whitehorse that come down ... a lot of their boats get pulled out and put on the boat yards over the winter," said Creswell. "But I think I've got a couple of Yukon boats in the harbour right now."
He hasn't had to make a call to the Yukon, he said.
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As far as he knows, Yukon-registered boats are weathering the snow and still floating.
City crews, meanwhile, have been extremely busy clearing snow.
"I don't think anybody is sleeping very much because you have to remember that every one of these people that's working 10-and 12-hour shifts goes home to a house that's also buried, and they're working on their own," said Tom Mattice, avalanche forecaster and emergency programs manager for the City of Juneau.
"We've been fortunate to have everybody taking care of themselves and their families and working really, really hard. And we hope to get through this with a limited amount of chaos, and we look forward to spring."
Avalanches continue to threaten the city, Mattice said.
"Over the next several days, we are going to be seeing more than an inch of moisture a day for days on end and with very warm temperatures that will likely produce region-wide avalanches once again," he said.
He added the new storm with 30-plus inches of snow has the ability to produce very large avalanches.
"So when we see this kind of event, we want people to be aware, to spend a limited amount of time near the avalanche stream, which includes the urban interface. And that's why we have urban avalanche maps to show people where those live."
​https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north...oats-1.7095587I am not delusional! Now if you'll excuse me, i'm gonna go dance with the purple wombat who's playing show-tunes in my coffee cup!
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Elon Musk announces first Neuralink wireless brain chip implant
​https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68137046
Think of it, first Starlink, now brain chip implants. Obviously a grand plan to remote-control all humanity via satellite
Stock up on tin foil, people
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The Right To Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed
Inert nuclear missile found in US man's garage
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Why would a private guy need rocket fuel??? There must be more behind this... 
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Snoop Dogg and Master P sue Walmart over cereal sabotage claim
American rappers Snoop Dogg and Master P are suing supermarket giant Walmart and a food manufacturing company for sabotaging their cereal brand.​
A lawsuit filed on Tuesday accuses Walmart and Post Consumer Brands of hiding boxes of Snoop Cereal and incorrectly saying it was out of stock.​
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Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen
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Didn't check the link, but the headline is gold
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US Senator Chris Coons finds doppelganger in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
​ What do a US Senator from Delaware and the Chancellor of Germany have in common? It turns out, quite a lot. ​
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Meet Fluffy the alligator snapping turtle found in Urswick Tarn, Cumbria
​ A small alligator snapping turtle pulled from a lake in Cumbia has been nicknamed Fluffy.
A dog walker found the exotic creature, which is native to swamps and rivers in southern parts of the US, in Urswick Tarn, near Ulverston, on Monday.
Veterinarian Dominic Moule spoke to the BBC about the discovery.
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What more proof do we need that "the elites" are all Alien shapeshifters?Originally posted by Broken_Erika View Post
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Celebratory gunfire in KC!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...arade-shooting​
Taylor Swift didi it!!!There's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.Comment
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