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A hamster has two cheek pouches inside the mouth in which to store food when out foraging. The pouches are emptied when back in the nest, and the food is stored at the back of the nest, for times when food is scarce.

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they have pouches in their cheeks they store their food in

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They have pouches in their cheek area where they can store a lot of food for later

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They can stuff so much food in their mouth because on heir back here is a sack behind each arm and when they want to store it it goes down there until they want to eat it.

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cause it has a pouch that connects to its back.

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Hamsters stuffs food in their mouths to move their food from a place to a different place to eat it later.

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hamsters use cheek pouches to store food.

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