WHICH IS WHY THEY WALK THAT WAY

The male Siberian hamster, for example, experiences a swelling of the testes up to almost 17 times their normal size when the days get shorter.

(Thanks to B'game, who says "This explains Mick Jagger.")

Comments

[Pirateboy]

They are known for this distinctive bluish tint of their fur (not fur).

[nursecindy]

Some men have the same problem when certain women's skirts and necklines get shorter.

[Loudmouth]

They know a looooong night's coming. Watch out ladies.

[Steve]

So that explains our daughter's two male hamsters.
I didn't know what sex they were until they turned around.
My first thought was "That exercise wheel will kill them in one night."

[ScottMGS]

So, "hung like a hamster" isn't the insult we always thought it was, eh?

[nursecindy]

ScottMGS? Yes it is. Steve, it's easy to tell the sex of an animal. Just turn it upside down and look at it's paws. If they're pink it's a girl. If they're dark it's a boy. I thought everybody knew that.

[Wolfsong]

Same thing happens to my uncle Stan. We use him to seal driveways.

[queensbee]

17 times? of course, kinda miniscule to start with - imagine a litttle teeeny hamster with the balls of a st bernard. there's a picture.

[mudstuffin in klumbus]

wolfsong - you related to bill brasky?

[Wolfsong]

No, not this week.

[SeanF]

"This hamster is suffering from ESS - Enlarged Scrotum Syndrome...

Your testicles are like a balloon. Sometimes they are empty. (inflates balloon) Sometimes they are full. And sometimes ... (pokes balloon with a pin) ... they can explode."