Gerbils

For basic information read the gerbil FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and join the Gerbil Discussion List .
How to keep a gerbil (happy)
Wild gerbils are colored for camoflauge but modern gerbils come in every color but day glow. Check out some of the possibilities at The Gerbils Color Palette.
National Gerbil Society
This site claims to have a gerbil movie but I haven't been able to get it to run yet.
The The Safe Harbor Group WWW Server Page has a gerbil cam but it's not working right now. Let's hope they get the money to get it back online soon.
Different sources seem to disagree on exactly how many gerbil species there are. The gerbil most commonly kept as a pet or lab animal is the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) but it's certainly not the only gerbil. Another gerbil is the Duprasi or fat tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasis). Lewis Stead has started a Duprasi FAQ.

A Gerbil Brain from a collection of animal brain jpegs
TERU's Coastal Dunes Programme studies gerbil ecology (among other things)
Jeffrey A. French studies "cooperative breeding." This is the way that gerbils (and some other species) raise their young.

According to Harrison's Virtual Reality for Macintosh page " Gerbils is a 3D realtime rollercoaster simulator. You are a little gerbil and you race around trying not to get killed. You need QD3D to run it. " Also available from this page of Quickdraw 3D Sample Viewer Applications.
Pity the gerbil who ventures too near to Dr. Fun's Gerbil Launcher
Worship at the Church of Gerbil

Hundreds and Hundreds of Gerbils a story by Richard Seltzer
A picture titled gerbil that was posted to alt.binaries.pictures.misc on 12/14/95. It's not your standard fur ball. It's a strange psychedelic mandala of a gerbil. (This picture is from Jeff Lundstrom's archive of several binary newsgroups.)
origami gerbil