Question: why do hamsters have pouches to carry their food? Surely they can just eat it and go like other animals?
Asked by 06kitet to Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: General.
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but you see what I mean about carrying food though
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They store it as a way of making sure they have food the future. I’ve heard they can store half their body weight in food in these pouches! Imagine what a human would look life if they did that!
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True – but why do you have pockets to store that chocolate bar in?
It’s the same thing – the pouch allows the hamster to store the food for later so it’s got a tasty supply of hamster snacks!
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They like to save it up because they only have small stomachs
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Do they save the food for later or to take back for baby hamsters? I guess, like us, they want to make sure they have food for later – it’s sensible, if you have more food than you need at the moment, to hang on to some for later on, when you might not have a food supply around.
But you’d think they could just use their pockets or get a bag, like we do – I’m not sure I’d fancy food that had been in my mouth for a few hours….
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