COLUMBUS, OHIO — Matthew Pancake has been arrested in Columbus this week following a spate of break-ins, which included a pet retailer, leaving animals free to run across the parking zone of a strip mall.
Pancake, recognized by sporting a leopard print onesie, was finally apprehended by police following a tip from a citizen. Officers then found that Pancake’s pants have been full of hamsters.
An Ohio decide set Pancake’s bond at $10,000 for the break in, and remarkably no animals have been harmed, regardless of Pancake being wrestled to the bottom by police the place they have been overheard on body-worn cameras yelling “GET ON YOUR BELLY, PANCAKE!” They then needed to spherical up quite a few animals that have been free, together with a number of canine and birds, with one of many hen biting an officer’s finger.
Police are heard within the above video yelling “There’s gerbils in his pants!” However nearer identification revealed that the rodents have been really hamsters, not gerbils. Key variations between hamsters and gerbils embody tail and face size, with gerbils having longer, extra pronounced tails, in addition to slim rat-like faces. Meanwhile hamsters historically have quick, stubby tails and broader faces. In addition widespread domesticated gerbils are descendants of desert rats from Turkmenistan, whereas hamsters are usually thought-about “new world rodents,” originating from North and South America.
Pancake was charged with breaking and getting into, theft, in addition to vandalism.