# Hamsters eating tiny burritos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389 "2014-04-30T20:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/1 "2014-04-30T20:12:56Z")
They said it couldn’t be done. [They were wrong.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOCtdw9FG-s) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/2 "2014-04-30T20:26:04Z")
OK. That was insanely cute. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/3 "2014-04-30T20:43:52Z")
I would’ve rather seen it with rats, who also have adorable little paw hands and might be less likely to shove the whole thing into their mouth, but still adorbz. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/4 "2014-05-01T13:13:24Z")
D’aaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/5 "2014-05-01T14:31:21Z")
I swiped that link. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/6 "2014-05-01T15:38:31Z")
I call foul. Those are normal sized hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/7 "2014-05-01T21:57:56Z")
Wonderful! I hate to sound dense, but can someone explain to me what those two sticks with the wire running between them are for? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/8 "2014-05-01T22:18:29Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Wonderful! > > I hate to sound dense, but can someone explain to me what those two sticks with the wire running between them are for? Fiesta lights? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/9 "2014-05-01T22:26:11Z")
Next, get the hamsters to _make_ tiny burritos. Then you can open the world’s smallest taqueria. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/10 "2014-05-01T22:31:18Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > I would’ve rather seen it with rats, who also have adorable little paw hands and might be less likely to shove the whole thing into their mouth, but still adorbz. Because of rodent racism. At least it wasn’t mice though. > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I call foul. Those are normal sized hamsters. Just your garden variety [miniature giant space hamsters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_giant_space_hamster#Giant_space_hamster). ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/11 "2014-05-02T00:56:46Z")
That was amusing, it’d be even funnier played backwards though… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/12 "2014-05-02T01:01:33Z")
I fail to see why this is amusing or funny. First of all, the hamster isn’t eating the burrito, he/she is tucking it in his/her cheek pouches. This is merely a storage area – think handbag or backpack – to transport to some other place. Chipmunks have those, too. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/13 "2014-05-02T01:51:06Z")
Gotta say the (NSFW) link to the Bubble Porn video at the end of the hamster video was hilarious too. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/14 "2014-05-02T02:15:04Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > Fiesta lights? Need a band of hamsters playing mariachi music to complete the effect. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/15 "2014-05-02T02:17:00Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > That was amusing, it’d be even funnier played backwards though… 😉 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/16 "2014-05-02T02:44:34Z")
Adorable! ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/17 "2014-05-02T03:51:29Z")
Very cute. How about tiny hot dogs on tiny buns next? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/18 "2014-05-03T07:08:54Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > I fail to see why this is amusing or funny. > > First of all, the hamster isn’t eating the burrito, he/she is tucking it in his/her cheek pouches. This is merely a storage area – think handbag or backpack – to transport to some other place. Chipmunks have those, too. But no one here knows that, Musicat 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/19 "2014-05-03T07:34:53Z")
Unless I’ve been parsing the separation wrong for years, and it’s supposed to be **Music@** , I don’t think **Music Cat** is an impartial judge of rodent cuteness so much as tastiness. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389/20 "2014-05-03T11:15:08Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Unless I’ve been parsing the separation wrong for years, and it’s supposed to be **Music@** , I don’t think **Music Cat** is an impartial judge of rodent cuteness so much as tastiness. Musi-cat or Music-at, take your pick. You haven’t seen me eating a double cheeseburger with everything. Nothing cuter. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-eating-tiny-burritos/687389.md?page=2)