Chubby hamster become Internet star after its determined under-the-door escape

There are few things quite so undignified as the women on the street who has attempted to defy the laws of physics by squeezing into some jeans that are quite clearly too small for her. We’ve all seen her; we’ve all judged her.

Well, in this video that’s taking YouTube by storm, a hamster shows the same wanton disregard for what onlookers might think as it attempts the impossible by trying to fit through a gap under a door that, at first glance, seems far too small for his chubby frame. What’s extraordinary is that the furry escapee manages it.

Sure to be dubbed the Houdini of hamsters, the video shows this latest animal star of the Internet diligently plotting his escape, sniffing out the widest point of exit before valiantly – if not particularly elegantly – spending a minute shoving its wide rodent behind under the door.

Top marks for effort and credit where it’s due, this hamSTAR defied all the odds to prove everyone wrong. He is now sure to be enjoying the sweet scent of free air.

The runaway animal’s whereabouts are currently unknown but he is thought to be relatively harmless.