Syrian golden hamsters in the wild store up fruit in the summer for those lean winter months--unlike their fellow rodent species, who usually store grains and nuts. By the time the snow falls, the fruit has fermented, and the hamsters hit the sauce. They develop a lust for alcohol to the point where they prefer it to water every time.
However, if you put one of these fellows in a rolling hamster ball, you do not have to worry about a DUI. They have evolved with a liver five times the size of the livers of other types of hamsters, and they rarely get sloshed. As a result, they are the favored lab animal for studies about ethanol ingestion.
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