This screaming hamster on TikTok has everyone wondering wait, why do they do that?!

A video on TikTok of nothing more than a hamster screaming at the camera has had over 15 million views. In the comments, it’s left people baffled – wondering if hamsters do even scream and why on earth they would do that. People in the comments have responded things like: “It’s not uncommon for them to scream intermittently just because they learned they can” and “the hamster is fine they’re literally the most dramatic pets who will scream at any inconvenience”. But what is the actual truth? Why oh why is that poor little hamster screaming? Here’s what the internet says. According to an animal website, hamsters are very vocal animals. But if your hamster begins to scream, you should be alarmed, because it usually means they are in distress. They scream when they are frightened or angry, or in severe pain. However, this site does also say that “it’s not impossible that a hamster might scream intermittently because he has learned he can. Call that one the dwarf that cried wolf.” It’s just usually not the cas