Animal Spirits
“If you were asked to guess the heaviest drinker in the animal kingdom, you might pick the mighty elephant or the beer-and wine-loving human. You’d be wrong, because pound for pound the biggest boozer is the hamster.” The Week
Cute and cuddly I think you’d describe
The hamster and all of his tribe.
But believe it or not,
He’s really a sot
Who will liters of liquor imbibe.
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