Saturday, June 03, 2006

Hamster survives industrial shredder

A lucky hamster has escaped virtually unscathed after passing through an industrial shredder.

The animal is thought to have found its way into a skip of rubbish that arrived at a recycling plant in Flintshire, north Wales.

He passed along a conveyor belt and then through a giant shredder, which can tear a cooker or washing machine to pieces in seconds.

He then survived a rotating drum and vibrating grids before he was discovered in a sorting area by astonished staff, who named him Mike.

The ordeal, which probably lasted around four minutes, left the rodent with nothing more than a sore foot.

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