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This Wildlife Photographer Spent 10 Years Photographing Wild Hamsters, And Here Are His Best 30 Pictures
Did you know that wild hamsters exist? Me neither, until I saw the hamster images of Julian Rad, a wildlife photographer from Austria.
As he told me he has spent his past 10 years photographing the very rare European Hamster, a wild-living hamster species which only can be spotted in a few countries around Europe.
When looking at his cute hamster images you can see that he must have probably spent every free minute just to get all these perfect shots.
In 2020, the European hamster was classified as critically endangered across its global range, which is one step from extinction. Sadly, the species could become extinct within the next 30 years according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Although the reasons for its drastic decline are not fully understood, it has been linked especially to habitat loss, but also pollution, climate change, and historical fur trapping.
Wildlife photographers like Julian not only help the public become familiar with different species, but they can also help by using the power of images to raise awareness of threatened species.
Julian has an incredible talent for capturing these unique & beautiful moments and today it’s my honor to share with you some of his best images of wild hamsters that he has been able to capture over the last 10 years.
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Mad Dragon 3 years ago
Anybody else here just because you saw the title and went, "Wait, WILD HAMSTERS???"
Kookamunga 3 years ago
That's my favorite Rolling Stones song! "Wild, wild hamsters, couldn't drag me away...."
sharron lynn parsons 3 years ago
I love these little critters, never had one, too late, I have two cats !!!
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sharron lynn parsons 3 years ago
Such fun, he wants to take his time, for the most fun, I would love to cuddle !!!
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sharron lynn parsons 3 years ago
That looks like a long time, with great effort, enjoy sweetheart !!!
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Helen Davies 3 years ago
That one's carrying dinner in its cheeks ... It's the skip the dishes hamster!
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Lina Leo 3 years ago
Or two hamsters fighting and an incredibly fast shutter speed. One can never tell with hamsters.
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StarmanWaitingInTheSky 3 years ago
It's so much nicer to see hamsters in the wild than in a cage.
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sharron lynn parsons 3 years ago
I don't know what these are, but you chose them, they must be good. enjoy my sweetie !!!
Marion Friedl 3 years ago
Unfortunately the European Wild Hamsters are #CriticallyEndangered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hamster Thank you very much for this beautiful Bored Panda post, beautiful wild hamster photos.
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Megan Boomershine 3 years ago
They arw adorable wonder if he follows around a certain one or family?
sharron lynn parsons 3 years ago
Thanks for the post, very enjoyable, we love animals, and little critters, these are too cute, wish I could have one, thanks for sharing it made my day, I recall, a post where a man , did a garden with mice, I would love to see that again !!!
Megan Boomershine 3 years ago
They arw adorable wonder if he follows around a certain one or family?
sharron lynn parsons 3 years ago
Thanks for the post, very enjoyable, we love animals, and little critters, these are too cute, wish I could have one, thanks for sharing it made my day, I recall, a post where a man , did a garden with mice, I would love to see that again !!!
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