Just try looking away while a hamster stuffs morsel after morsel into its cheeks: These little guys could put your entire Thanksgiving table to shame. But how do they do it?
The English TV series "Wild at Heart" trained X-rays on a golden hamster (a species native to northern Syria and southern Turkey) to show how how just far the pockets in the little critter's cheeks expand. It turns out they reach from their mouths all the way down to their hips.
