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The epitome of ridiculousness? Absolutely. But for those of you who think a vacation just isn't a vacation unless you get to act like a rodent, there is at long last a place for you: the hamster hotel in Nantes, France. This unique establishment provides guests with the chance to play out their fantasies of living like a hamster, according to The (UK) Telegraph. The Hamster Villa, located in an 18th-century building, was designed by a pair of French architects to resemble a giant hamster cage. We don't get it either. Visitors to the hotel sleep on hay bales and stretch their legs by running on -- what else? -- a giant hamster wheel. And forget snacking on baguettes and cheese during your ...

Photo: Eric Estrada, AFP / Getty Images Political pet-spotters have had their eyes trained on Portuguese water dog Bo Obama as he adjusts to life as the First Dog of the United States. But across the pond, former French president Jacques Chirac's miniature Maltese, Sumo, has had a rough transition out of the presidential palace. After a series of increasingly violent attacks on the former president, the pooch has been banished to a home in the French countryside, the Guardian reports. The troubled lap dog first garnered headlines in January, when Sumo bit 76-year-old Chirac, causing him to seek outpatient treatment at a Paris hospital, the Daily Mail reported at the time. The dog was ...

Photo: AP The ever-expanding Pitt-Jolie clan must have missed the memo that Guinea pigs are all the rage. While shopping at a pet and garden shop near their chateau in the south of France this weekend, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie let sons Maddox, 8, and Pax, 5, pick out gerbils and goldfish, Us magazine reports. According to Us magazine, Jolie, decked out in a black maxi dress, reached into the cage to pet the gerbils while Pitt strolled the aisles for rodent gear. With Brangelina throwing their celebrity weight behind gerbils, will a new pet craze sweep the nation? ...