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Okay, the rodent was a willing participant - after all, who turns down treats for a spin that charges a phone?

Who needs power outlets when you can charge off of animal labor? The next time someone asks you if a hamster running on a wheel can produce a measurable amount of energy, you can point them to one inventive young YouTuber who has proven that the answer isn’t just yes - it’s also enough energy to harvest.

Flamethrower, a Spanish YouTuber whose channel is full of experiments and DIY projects, most recently took to the video platform to post about his experiment in turning his brother’s hamster’s wheel into a machine he could use to charge his smartphone.

The answer is yes, actually

“After my parents prohibited me from genetically or cybernetically modifying it,” Flamethrower explained in the video , “I deemed its existence … unacceptably useless. So what did I do?…