Today's Trivia - Hamsters That Booze It Up

You’d never guess by looking at this adorable hamster that it should be attending AA meetings for rodents. But it should.


"Got whiskey?"

In the wild, a Syrian Golden Hamster spends its summers gathering and storing fruit. By winter, when it needs to break into the stash, the fruit has fermented. Over time, its appetite for alcohol only increases.



Catching some z's after a night of partying.

And because so much of its natural diet involves alcohol, a Syrian hamster has evolved to sport an astonishingly large liver that is nearly five times normal size (in relation to its other body parts). As a result, this hamster rarely gets tanked.

These three are still going at it!