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 her or 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, (2) frightened animals are likely to bite, and (3) rodents can be quite large.

Medical literature, which covers examples of items retrieved from patients' rectums in extreme detail, has never recorded a case of an animal being removed from a patient, nor of damage inflicted on a patient's insides due to rectal insertion of an animal. False rumors surrounding various male celebrities engaging in gerbilling have become popular urban legends over the years.<ref>Brunvand, Jan Harold. ''Encyclopedia of Urban Legends''. Page 166. W.W. Norton & Company, 2001.</ref>

== Pop Culture ==
* In the last verse of "Fack" by [[Eminem]] he raps about gerbilling, repeating the line ''Shove a gerbil in your ass through a tube'' four times.
* Half way through [[Electric Six]]'s "Gay Bar" video a gerbil is shown running through a plastic tube.
* [[Roddy Bottum]], keyboardist for the rock group [[Faith No More]], would describe gerbil stuffing in graphic detail to shocked interviewers.
* The comical minstrel [[Stephen Lynch (musician)|Stephen Lynch]] published a song entitled "Gerbil", wherein he sang of a fictitious misadventure about this particular phenomenon.
* The 1987 [[Dayglo Abortions]] album [[Here Today, Guano Tomorrow]] includes a song about gerbilling called "Hide the Hamster".
* In the video for Electric Six's "Gay Bar", a gerbilis seen running through a small tube across the scene, possibly a reference to gerbilling.

== 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?]

== References ==
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