Native to the country Syria and mostly known as Laboratory animals, Hamsters define a different level of fluffiness and cuteness. These are short-tailed rodents with chunky bodies, thick fur, and cheek pouches. These are funny, intelligent, interesting and beyond amazing. They prove to be great pets.

Hamsters are nocturnal animals meaning they sleep during the day and are active at night. Most hamsters divide their day into sleeping and walking. Hamsters are animals who mostly tend to live by themselves, prefer solitude.

They go along with humans but not with other animals. While they seem like a great pet option, hamsters like dwarf hamsters can live in a cage. Hamsters have a natural instinct to burrow. They can dig extensive tunnels beneath the ground which can be as far as 3 feet deep.

An unusual fact about hamsters is that they have the ability to store food in their cheeks and eat it later.

If they find food at a place where they don’t feel safe, they store it and eat it later at a safe place. The mothers put their babies into cheeks too to save them from predators.

When a baby is born, for the two weeks, it cannot open its eyes. Also in the later stages, it is observed that hamsters have poor eyesight and depth perception.

It is interesting to note that these tiny rodents can have up to 24 babies at a time. They breed in spring and summer and on an average they can have 7 litters (pups) but can also have a maximum of 24 pups in one go.