According to a new study, golden Syrian hamsters are extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. While the species is popular among pet owners, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, a veterinarian at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in Riems, Germany, believes the findings, which were published on bioRxiv on April 20, do not cause for concern. "This paper's message is not that hamsters are ticking tim
