Habitrails for all sizes

A Habitrail for those of you that never got the opportunity to look after the class mascot in grade school, is a really cool system of cages, tunnels, observation areas etc. designed to keep your little hamster/gerbil/mouse active and happy. As a kid, I envied the fun that the hamster must be having!

Well, now I can envy fish too.

Octopus Studios has these Habitrail-esque aquariums that look so amazing. The company is based in France, but they ship worldwide -- though, prices start at $3400. And then there's that small problem of cleaning... (Found via Gizmodo)

Thankfully, we've recently found human-sized Habitrails locally.

If you're in Ottawa, and you have kids, I highly recommend checking out Cosmic Adventures. It's a little on the pricey side if you're going for a single visit, but since we live fairly close, we opted for the super-deluxe annual membership, where we've already broken even with 8 visits in 6 weeks. Since our son is still young enough to require constant supervision, we've made the sacrifice and gone up to the upper eschelons on the play structure with him ;)

My inner child is quite happy there.