Wednesday, September 30 | 42 days until the conference | 349 registrations

‘Yes!’ Catja called out. ‘Yes, the first guinea pig!’ She had jumped up from her chair and was pointing at the computer screen. Casper gave her a high five.

           Victor looked up from a report he had been reading, and walked over to her, grateful for the distraction.

           One of the most important participants (@RodentWhisperer, with over thirteen thousand Twitter followers, Casper quickly filled in) had posted a picture of himself on Twitter with the stuffed guinea pig they had sent to his address a few days earlier.

Very fitting surprise from #Rodentia15 #cantwait

           They kept looking at it for a while, and saw comments appear:

How did you get hold of that super cute thing?

Must have!

@NatSoRoPro - where can we order them?

           ‘I told you this would work,’ said Casper. ‘Just wait and see.’

           And, indeed, within an hour, the second photo appeared, posted by Bea Goffer.

Me, too! There’s nothing to fix on this one. Thanks #Rodentia15

           Lots of reactions and pictures followed. Someone had even posted a video of himself unwrapping his gift. 

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Written by Gerrit Heijkoop & Paula Vos

 Narrated by Kevin Stillwell