Obituary

The hamster — orb-shaped, cheeks full, running on a wheel that goes nowhere — became the internet's image of the grind: doing everything, going nowhere, looking adorable doing it. It died on the wheel, still running.

Portrait: Nicoleon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born

2009

Died

2015

Cause of death

Roundness became its whole identity

Last sighting

A 'me on the grind' post, 2015

Resting place

Section N, Row 1

Category

animal