Gerbil Cannibals

This was in my reading material about the developmental stages of a first grader, and I just had to share:

"Amphibians such as frogs, toads, and snakes are common interests as are sharks, dinosaurs, and other "monsters." This is also an age where classroom pets, such as rabbits, gerbils, and so on, are big hits. This does not always work out as planned, however. In one of the classrooms the author was visiting, the teacher had brought in two gerbils. It turned out that they were male and female and soon had babies. Unfortunately, the father then ate the babies and within days both the mother and father died."