My gerbil first chewed the cardboard for 15 minutes, then fell asleep...

Actually, I read something in a library book once that said gerbils often spend more time exploring a maze than trying to complete it, hinting that they might have a sense of imagination and abstract thought, an insanely-rare and almost unheard of mental capacity outside of humans.

I made one out of wood, so my gerbil couldn't eat the whole thing. My hamster took twenty minutes to get out. My gerbil took seventeen seconds. It really show the difference between the animals.

here's an experiment you should try instead. Make mazes that are small with a few dead ends but make a trail to the end using blue duck tape, train him to relize that the blue duct tape leads him to the exit to see if he has memorization ability, then once he enters the maze use the duct tape to lead him to a dead end to see if he just follows the tape or if he actually memorized the maze patterns.

I made a maze for one of my gerbils , he was so lazy he just sat there and started chewing the cardboard

I'm getting a gerbil today; I've been watching these videos for a while.

A-MAZE-ING.

Who else was going... nope, yeees, nope other way

I might make another video about the maze. I'll use a different gerbil next time and cover their scent trail after each try. Maybe that'll trick them. :) And yes, Salt is gone. :( May she rest in peace.

My gerbils would get out…by chewing up the whole thing

Lol Gerbil said some "you ain't finna trick me dis time mate"

If you think about it, most rodents at least regarding mazes are smarter than humans in this situation. Used to breed them and have them as pets, gerbils are vastly underrated when it comes to smarts, had a few who literally learned to jump out of the tank, and one who could walk on the sides of it like a squirrel does on phone wires...pretty damn impressive. Never seen a hammy do that lol they're too dumb compared to Gerbils, Rats, Mice etc. Gerbils are also a lot more social and bond with you better than hamsters.

I watched this video soooo many times, I NEED A GERBIL.

The Gerbil might of been originally looking for food instinctively in the first few attempts without knowing it was solving something. Until was more logical to just go for the food at the end.

Brilliant! sooo funny to watch!

so cute!

I always used to do something like his but with old vhs tape boxes and rewarding them with treats for finding the right path

You should try a new maze, and then the exact same maze with new materials. She now knows the way because of her scent (even after 24h). ;-)

My gerbils love eating cardboard. They would probably eat there way out. This is a good indicator of animals minds developing just as much as humans do

Thanks for showing me how cool gerbils are

Very impressive!

wow I should try that with my two gerbils up have a white one and a black one

Awwww!! So cute!!!

Who else listened to the mission impossible theme song while watching this?

great experiment!

my gerbil would still be investigating the finish while yours finished the maze for the first time. :P

j'adore, i love your maze, nice idea

Awe. Very smart.

Brilliant!

AWESOME!

NICEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's so cool! I want to try something like that!!

at the end she was really hungry lolol awesome, loved it

Oh that maze is actually so cute, tempted to make one for my hamster! lol

i made one for my gerbils too when i was a kid, but they just sat there and chewed the walls lol

My Girbel would eat the walls of that maze!!

So cool! Really neat video!

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really like the fast music for the fast part

Awesome. :D

Me trying to finish Halo 2 as a kid

AWWWWWWWWWW ITS SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awww cute

Awesome video ! Like it !

AMAZING

really exciting :)

My gerbil just died so this is very calming for me now

Way cool!!

that is aMAZEing

So cute :3

Cool!

my gerbil can't go that long without pooping

So cute

very nice

My gerbil would definitely try to jump the maze, she probably wouldn’t do the maze but she would find a different way out

According to psychologists, most things are "organized" best into memory when re-introduced after a night's sleep. Interesting how well that worked here!

Thank you for not using that Hamster Dance song

lovely ;D

Nice

Nice maze

Wow so talented

Cool!!!!!!!

so cute lol.

ahaha love it ;)

I feel inspired to make a maze for my guinea pigs, now. :D

so cute

I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!

Cool video. However, animals put in mazes don’t know they’re supposed to solve it ASAP. For them it’s just another fun place to explore in hopes of finding something interesting (food, burrow, another animal, whatever). I’d venture to guess she solves it faster each successive time because she’s already explored it and is bored - not necessarily just because she knows it better.

♫ A great adventure is waiting for you ahead. Hurry onward Lemmiwinks, for you will soon be dead. ♫

that's cool

Cool :)

WOW SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-). my gerbils would just chew the cardboard. XD M

Pretty damn cute

Cool

Wow so smart (:!

cool. :)

Very nice! A good motivation for gerbils by the way is play time in a large space with room to run and things to explore. They are not as motivated as other rodents like mice and rats for food reward.

Awhh this is so cute !! I have 2 gerbils :)

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I need to get a glass because my hamster's first reaction was to jump the wall. Animals are smarter than we think.

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Cool! I didn't know this!

They love chewing on cardboard and paper!!!

He is so cute

R.I.P. Salt :(

at 1:28 gerbil realizes everthing is horseshit and knows exactly where to go.

aww rip salt

are gerbils good at solving puzzles like this? i know rats like to do so, but dont know if gerbils do

My gerbil would just chew up the walls

I have done this once before! :D

mine would start chewing cardboard right away))

she knows her way back maybe after she sees the start she remembers the end

It's the Classic SML Music!!!!!!

What kind of box did you use?

For a sec I thought I was watching food wishes.

genial quiero ese laberinto y a gerbil :D

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Cute. I saw something like this on Fringe and wanted to see if people actually do that. They're so adorable. I want to get one some day.

I wish I had a gerbil...

sometimes i like to cover my body in vasaline and pretend im a slug.

What do you use to edit with🤔