his picture is on my 360 page but not a pic of his testis thats invasion of his privacy I was just wondering
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2006-09-13 07:29:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
All rodents display testicles that are oversized (per our standards). This is because rodents spend their entire lives concentrating on procreating (having babies), and as such, the males need to have a sufficient amount of sperm to impregnate a LOT of females at any given time. As such, their testicles are extremely large in order to house the quantity of sperm needed for them to sire considerable amounts of offspring.
So, yes, it's normal. You'll notice upon looking at ANY male rodent, that the testicles are particularly large. Prey species whose sole purpose in life seems to be to have offspring and LOTS of them, will display that same trait. ;)
2006-09-13 12:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by strayd0g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, their... male parts are exceptionally large. My mammalian bio textbook actually had a chart of testes mass in proportion to full body mass, and a wild species of hamster had the largest proportion of all the mammals.
2006-09-13 14:33:04 · answer #2 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hamster and other animal along that line do have large testicle for their size. I thought my guinea pig was abnormal but the vet checked him out and said that was normal for animal of his kind
2006-09-13 14:34:47 · answer #3 · answered by KimLee B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamsters are not proportioned like humans. So yes they will be large for his size!
2006-09-13 14:31:23 · answer #4 · answered by bcringler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋