21. The mona monkey carries food in cheek pouches . 22. These cheek pouches are second only to macaques. 23. It has internal cheek pouches for carrying food. 24. These cheek pouches allow it to gather up several kilograms of nuts per night for storage underground. 25. The cheek pouches of hamsters have been studied in laboratories to understand vascular membranes and healing better. 26. They have elongated cheek pouches extending to their shoulders in which they carry food back to their burrows. 27. The herbivorous gopher forages for vegetable and plant matter, which it collects in large, fur-lined, external cheek pouches . 28. Grass seeds have been found in its cheek pouches , so it may store some food for later use. 29. Seeds of mesquite, creosote bush, and broomweed have been found in the cheek pouches of desert pocket mice. 30. When their cheek pouches are full they retreat to their burrows where they disgorge the seeds they have collected.
