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> From: suegreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: GEORGES DONDAINE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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> Subject: Re: big gerbil
> Date: 16 April 2001 19:33
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> > From: GEORGES DONDAINE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: big gerbil
> > Date: 16 April 2001 17:25
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> > hi,
> > One of my friends has seen a big gerbil in a pet store in France. This
> > gerbil is 3 X as a monolian gerbil. The vendor in the pet shop don't
know
> > what is this... Perhaps a Shaw. But fhis gerbil is black!
> > Somebody know what is this?
> > Julian? Karin?
> >
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> There are no black Shaw's. Also Shaw's are rare in France. I am almost
> certain it will be a degu. Degus are relatively common pets throughout
> western Europe. These south American rodents are often mistaken for
> gerbils, but are not related. They are not black but the colour of a
very
> dark nutmeg gerbil, so they could be mistaken for black. They are about
> the size you describe and stand up on their hind legs just like gerbils
do.
>
> Sue
