![Scared Hamster scared hamster meme](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/027/916/hamster.jpg)
Scared Hamster
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About
Scared Hamster, also known as Hamster Screaming, is a series of reaction image macros of a hamster with its mouth agape against the wall of a cage. The image has been used to express fear and/or disgust in numerous memes or reactions since it emerged in the mid-2010s.
Origin
On June 9th, 2016, Twitter [1] user @m0vingdae tweeted a video of a hamster screaming as the filmer attempts to fill its food bowl. They captioned the video, "This is a video of a hamster screaming at me because I'm trying to change his food." The post received more than 2,000 retweets, 5,500 likes and 173,000 views (shown below).
This is a video of a hamster screaming at me because I'm trying to change his food pic.twitter.com/l8FzV9oNWp
— dae moved ! (@m0vingdae) June 9, 2016
Two years later, the same user, under the Twitter name @dattebanyan, tweeted[2] a screenshot of the hamster screaming. They captioned the photograph, "Back when I worked at petsmart I took this picture of this hamster who literally screamed every time I tried to feed him and omfg I’m crying." The post received more than 125,000 retweets and 425,000 likes in five days.
![Back when I worked at petsmart I took this picture of this hamster who literally screamed every time I tried to feed him and Back when I worked at petsmart I took this picture of this hamster who literally screamed every time I tried to feed hinm and omfg I'm crying](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/212/618.png)
Spread
That day, following the post, people responded to the photograph with a series of jokes about and photoshops of the hamster (examples below).
Additionally, Redditor [3] daviddefnitely posted the photograph in the /r/funny subreddit. The post received more than 11,000 points (95% upvoted) and 375 comments.
![Hamtaro](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/218/2d4.png)
![Screaming Pikachu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/219/957.jpg)
![the 2 types of hamsters the 2 types of hamsters](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/220/77d.png)
Various Examples
![surprised pikachu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/228/009.png)
![Crucifix](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/230/482.jpg)
![The Scream](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/232/ac4.jpg)
![Person: you seem chill Me: I am My anxiety:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/233/c7f.png)
![Scared Hammond](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/235/cd1.jpg)
![TikTok Rewind Me: Nothing can be disliked more than the youtube rewind TIKTOK 16m ago Coming soon. #TikTokRewind Me](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/442/237/293.jpg)
Top Comments
justforsiiva
Dec 20, 2018 at 05:19PM EST
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