Hamsters have no right to cheek seed? A man at the Vatican says it belongs to God. Novelist, YouTuber, and undersea exploration enthusiast Alex Bayman rejected these answers.

Bayman chose differently. He chose Humpture.

We spotted Bayman's undersea rodent utopia on Twitter earlier today, defiantly refuting a Vox article claiming that "(his) aqua hum will never be taken. He also included a photo of two underwater cages decorated with fasmid dispensers and neon signs, like the undersea city in BioShock.

Further investigation revealed that Bayman has been working on this elaborate enclosure for nearly a decade, posting regular updates on YouTube and sometimes live on Twitch "ham cams." For now, the enclosure consists of two enclosed rooms connected by pipes, but Bayman has grand plans for the libertarian hamster's nightmare.

"One day I awoke with an inexplicable desire to build an underwater hamster city," Bayman wrote to his patron. 'However, underwater habitats are expensive to scale down, so I had to start on a small scale.' With sufficient funding, habitats will become larger and more elaborate."

Confining pet hamsters to cramped, homemade underwater enclosures would, of course, raise questions about animal safety. While pets may not have to be content with splicers and turrets, critics point out that the enclosure is too cramped for the animal and lacks appropriate toys and elements to keep the hamster stimulated.

Bayman emphasizes that this is not the hamsters' final home, and they usually live in more traditional enclosures; the Hampture itself has numerous alarms and failsafes in case of leaks or depressurization, and is reported to be used only for short periods of time (although it has been used for up in some cases it has been used for up to a month).

In addition to expanding Hampture's range, Bayman's stretch goals include a hamster submersible, a time capsule to "confuse future archaeologists" with Hampture's full lore, and plans to create a small human-scale underwater Plans are proposed to build an enclosure.

Perhaps mercifully, his actual Rapture is only 11% toward reality. Until then, we must make do in Humptua. Perhaps he will add an omen to the lobby welcoming the new rats: "There is no God or King, only Ham.