Friday, 14 October 2011

The Hamster Wildlife

 The Wildlife | The HamsterHamsters are solitary animals. Some types of hamster are so solitary that they will fight to the death if more than one hamster is in the same territory. Hamsters in the wild are nocturnal animals as the hamsters spend the daytime hours in burrows underground in order for the hamster to avoid the many predators within the natural environment of the hamster. The hamster will leave the safety of its underground burrow in the night when it is dark and the temperature is cooler in order to search for food. Hamsters are small, furry animals that are usually about six inches long.  They are fat, short tailed rodents.  They eat grains, carrots, and fruit.  They might also eat moths, beetles, grasshoppers and other insects they find around their burrows.    
    Hamsters eat at night and stuff their cheek pouches with plant food to take to their nests.  Stuffing their cheeks is a handy thing when they have to travel a long way back to the burrow. These animals will travel to find food for winter but mostly stay close to home. Hamsters live in burrows that are like underground tunnels.  The tunnels can be very large and have many rooms.  One room is used for sleep, one to store food, and another to stay in for a short time.  Sometimes these tunnels are over 11 yards long.  They will cover the entrance with a stone. Burrows might have more than one entrance.
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