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People who for years are literally incapable of reason, much less getting their own dinner or finding the six baby gerbils that “somehow” got loose in the bedroom.

The less popular pet species — your gerbils, iguanas, and cockatoos — should be grateful.

But he always had animals: dogs, gerbils, fish, rabbits and, most to the young Carr’s liking, cats.

Domestic rats, color-pointed gerbils, and American minks can also carry the mutation.

“I found that you can get a gerbil for four dollars and 99 cents,” he said.