Hamsters can carry almost half their body weight in their cheeks, and now this impressive feat has been caught on camera in an unprecedented way. Using X-rays, researchers from the BBC filmed a Syrian ...

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A control series of 30 male hamsters, weighing about 90 gm., were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (6 to 10 mg. per 100 gm. of body weight) and burned with a standardized technic. A copper rod, ...

Hamsters can stuff their cheeks with up to 20% of their body weight. Most of the time, they fill their cheeks with food, but sometimes mother hamsters store their babies in their cheeks for protection ...

A hamster that suffered a prolapsed cheek pouch is doing well after undergoing surgery. Mr Pickles was handed into RSPCA Derby, where officers found he had the condition, which can be caused in ...

This is largely due to the fact that it is considered a farmland pest by many and has been widely trapped for its fur. It has also been the victim of a leap in intensive farming and increased building ...

Hamsters are among the cutest pets a person can own. Japanese clothing company Mocolle agrees and created t-shirts designed to show off their cuteness — except it has a hidden, naughty bonus. Called ...