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Hamsters sometimes hoard keys and shiny objects

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While they usually stuff their expanding cheeks with seeds, these rodents have a bizarre fascination with utterly useless human trinkets. If given the chance, they will fiercely drag keys, coins, and loose jewelry straight into their bedding. They essentially operate tiny, highly unorganized pawn shops deep inside their plastic exercise tubes.

Hamsters sometimes hoard keys and shiny objects
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