Hamster Lifestyle
Anela M., Grade 6
The rest of the time they spend eating and hiding the leftovers. These small rodents are nocturnal, so if you watch a hamster at night you might find it scurrying back and forth, hiding food. Hamsters also have large cheek pouches to carry all that food.
When you clean the cage, you may find pockets of food scattered around in different places. This habit is called “hoarding.” The word, hamster, actually means “to hoard” in German.
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Tardigrades
Sofia Jordan, Pacific Coast Charter School
They have been around longer then practically every living organism but were not discovered until the late 1700’s because they are so small (0.05-1.2 mm or 0.002-0.047”). They can even stand living without food for up to ten years, can dry themselves so that they are 3% or less water and rehydrate.
What amazing little creatures!