25 hamster facts you may or may not have known about and if you didn't well now you do!
#1
there are many different wild species out there including the European hamster but only
5 of them are domesticated and that includes the Syrian hamster, Chinese hamster, Roborovski,
winter white and campbells dwarf.
#2
Syrians were first named in 1839 and they were first brought to the US in 1971.
#3
hamsters have cheek pouches in the sides of their mouth which they can store food and
nesting materials and these can expand all the way down to the sides of their hips.
#4
the word hamster
comes from the german word hamstern which means to hoard because
hamsters hoard food in their cheek pouches
they bring it back to their nest and they
create very large hoards.
#5
in the wild hamsters can
create burrows as deep as 3 feet under the ground and they
make different chambers such as a bedroom chamber, a chamber for their food as well
as a bathroom chamber.
#6
hamsters have 16 teeth
that includes, 4 incisors and 12 molars.
#7
hamsters are omnivores which means they can eat a variety of different foods such
as seeds, grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables as
well as animal proteins like lean cooked
meats as well as insects.
#8
hamsters are nearsighted
so they have pretty poor vision.
#9
hamsters cannot catch the common cold
as Rhinovirus is not zoonotic so if you come
down with the cold
you can still interact with your hamster without worrying about them
getting sick.
#10
hamsters are illegal in places like Australia and Hawaii
due to the fact that their climate
is very similar to a hamsters and they are concerned that if a hamster were to escape
that they could create wild colonies which could cause damage to
native plants and animals.
#11
hamsters have pregastric pouches which
allow them to digest the lactose enzymes which
means hamsters can have dairy unlike other animals.
#12
hamsters can travel up to
5 miles in a night in the wild.
#13
hamsters are solitary animals
and do best on their own.
#14
hamsters cannot successfully hibernate
in captivity and doing so can lead to death.
#15
hamsters can start reproducing
as young as 4 weeks of age.
#16
a healthy hamsters teeth will be a yellow/orange color.
If your hamsters teeth are white that can be a sign of stress or malnutrition.
#17
hamsters naturally don't drink a ton of water
due to the fact of where their originate from
#18
Syrian hamsters in the wild are considered to be on the vulnerable list due to increased
agriculture.
#19
Hamsters have 4 toes on their front feet
and 5 toes on their back feet.
#20
hamsters will eat their offspring
if they feel threatened or stressed.
In fact many other animals do this and the reasoning for it is because in the wild if
a predator animal has sniffed out a hamsters nest
then the hamster would rather the energy
from their offspring to go to them rather than the energy go to the predator.
#21
a syrian hamster cannot be crossbred
with a dwarf hamster because they are different
species, same goes for if you tried to breed
a Chinese hamster with a dwarf hamster it's
not possible due to the fact that they just aren't the same species.
#22
Syrian hamsters and chinese hamsters were commonly
used for human medical research.
#23
hamsters use their scent glands on their hips to help mark items so that they can find
their way back when they travel really really far.
#24
hamsters produce 2 different types of
poops and one of these poops they actually
eat because it helps it helps them to reabsorb
any nutrients they missed when they were first
digesting them.
and #25
hamsters cannot physically throw up
due to the fact that they lack a gag reflex.
So that is it for this video I hope you guys have learned maybe something new about hamsters
and I will see you guys in my next video!
Bye!