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How Many Years in a Hamster Year?

How Many Years in a Hamster Year?

What do people mean by "dog years"? We people live for about 78 years, but dogs live a much shorter life, about 1/7 of ours. So each calendar year for us feels like 7 years to them. Can this work with other animals? See how many times an animal's life divides into one "people-life," and that's how long 1 year feels to them. If cats live 10 years, 1 year for us feels like 8 years for them. Hamsters live about 3 years, so 1 year for us is 26 hamster years! That sounds like one busy year.

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