Vancouver Sun

Hamster packing

- “What in the World?” is a column compiled by Lucas Aykroyd. For more, visit www.lucasaykro­yd.com..

SendMyBag.com, a U. K.- based luggage shipping company, recently surveyed more than 2,000 British adults about the weirdest items that they pack for trips. A disproport­ionate number of people pack dead animals in some form. One woman always packs a stuffed dead hamster. Another woman brings sheep’s wool since she finds its texture soothing, and a man takes 15 lucky rabbit’s feet because he’s afraid of flying.

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