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December, 1990

Meet Squirmy, the world's most famous gerbil. As you may have noticed, gerbils keep a low profile. There are no Teenage Mutant Ninja Gerbils on TV, toy stores don't carry cute stuffed gerbils for kids to play with and there are no known songs—not even country-and-western songs—about pet gerbils. And that makes Squirmy's notoriety even more impressive.What did Squirmy do to warrant this fame? Perhaps you've heard this story:A friend of mine knows a nurse at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. S...

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