Be very careful about ownership of these crates. Crates might continue to belong to the supplier and be returnable, whether it be milk, fruit or something else. To "repurpose" crates ...

Lol! Palate - "the roof of the mouth in humans and vertebrate animals" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palate) Pallet - "a flat transport structure that supports goods in a ...

It's a Campbells Dwarf Russian Hamster as at http://www.hamsterific.com/RussianHamster.cfm