Gerbilling

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[[Image:614 image 16.jpg|thumb|250px|The satirical animated television series ''[[South Park]]'' depicted gerbilling in the 2002 episode "[[The Death Camp of Tolerance]]", in which a gerbil known as [[Lemmiwinks]] falls victim to the practice.]]
'''Gerbilling''' also known as '''gerbil stuffing''' or '''gerbil shooting''' is the supposed [[human sexual behavior|sexual practice]] of inserting small animals, usually [[gerbil]]s but also [[mouse|mice]] and [[hamster]]s, into the [[rectum]]; the idea being that the animals would "nose around" and stimulate the prostate as in [[anal sex]]. Despite apparently widespread public belief and persistent rumours, especially in the [[1980s]], no verified medical evidence of gerbilling exists; its status is that of an [[urban legend]].

'''Gerbilling''' also has an alternate meaning, associated with [[monowheel]]s, referring to when the rider loses his normal position in the bottom of the wheel and instead spins around the inside uncontrollably. This sense is derived from [[gerbil wheel]]s.

According to the [[Urban Legends Reference Pages]] (Snopes):

{{cquote|The notion of gerbilling (not necessarily restricted to homosexuals — the insertion of items into the rectum for purposes of autoeroticism is practiced by heterosexuals as well) appears to be pure invention, a tale fabricated to demonstrate the depravity with which "[[faggot (slang)|faggots]]" allegedly pursue sexual pleasure.''}}

The lack of medical evidence for gerbilling is not surprising when one considers that (1) rodents have claws, and (2) frightened animals are likely to bite.

In the mid-1980s an actor [[Richard Gere]], claimedt hat he had to have a gerbil removed from his anus at [[Cedars-Sinai Hospital]] in California. Snopes writes,

Medical literature, which covers examples of items retrieved from patients' rectums in extreme detail, has only rarly recorded a case of an animal being removed from a patient, mostly due to damage inflicted on a patient's insides due to rectal insertion of an animal.

== Pop Culture ==
Apart from the aforementioned South Park episode, the legend was also mentioned in the [[2000]] film [[Cecil B. Demented]], where in porn-star Cherish stars in a gerbilling movie.
* Male Pornstar Thomas O'neill is rumoured to have gerbilled in his home movies. with fellow pornstar Mike Strawbridge
* Pittsburgh indie band Truth in Advertising references the legend during the chorus of their song, "Richard," on their 2005 album, "Inconsequential Background Music."
* In the last verse of "Fack" by [[Eminem]] he raps about gerbilling, repeating the line ''Shove a gerbil in your ass through a tube'' several times.
* Half way through "Electric six's "Gaybar video a gerbil is shown running through a plastic tube.
* In a hidden track at the end of Robbie Williams' ''Escapology'' album, in a list of things he idly thinks about when bored, Williams includes 'Is the Richard Gere gerbil story true?'
* [[Roddy Bottum]], keyboardist for the rock group [[Faith No More]], would describe gerbil stuffing in graphic detail to shocked interviewers.

== See also ==
* [[Rectal foreign object]]
* [[Felching]]
* [[The Death Camp of Tolerance]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/gerbil.asp Full snopes article]
* [http://darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-10.html An urban legend from the Darwin Awards]
* [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_216b.html The Straight Dope: Is it true what they say about gerbils?]

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