Ok, so let me establish a little context for you. My gerbil human, Almond, is an attention whore. He typically hops in his cage on a nightly basis as a means to tell us that he wants out. But, sometimes he's really selective about who he wants picking him up. So, he'll ignore everyone else. My sister's been away at college and he doesn't get to see her as much. And when she is home, he'll go totally nuts. Well, this weekend, my sister came home with her boyfran (he drove her home because she doesn't have a car on campus this year), and she was just chatting with her boyfran on the couch. My sister described the moment Almond heard her voice as:
"He immediately stood up in his bed... it was like the Tower of the Gods coming out the ocean... then he sat on his house staring me down--and I'm like 'Almond, no.'--and he just LEAPS off his house in my general direction."
I assure you this is his typical behavior. He tracks down who he wants to have hold them. But the Tower of the Gods thing killed me.