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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Microscope Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: BEBANG
Forensic Breakthrough: Doormat Bristle, Not Rival Cat
Our critic commandeers the BEBANG as a forensic instrument, magnifies the suspicious hair on his throne, and closes the case: an inanimate doormat bristle, utterly beneath his concern.

My human, in their infinite and often misguided wisdom, has acquired another small, shiny gadget. This one, a "BEBANG Handheld Microscope," is supposedly for "kids," an insult I'll overlook for now. It's a compact little brick with a glowing screen and a lens that promises to reveal the hidden world of the mundane. While my own eyes are instruments of near-…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★★☆
Case closed. A worthy forensic instrument.
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