"Differences in rodent voices are much like differences in human voices," explained Pollard.
As more water runs off, there is more erosion, while the drier conditions allow for a rise in the rodent population, which further decimates the soil.
It is true that when trapped they fight with a burrowing, rodent tenacity, but it is a mistake, say these officers, to credit their stubbornness to fanatic religious beliefs.
Since rodere means “gnaw” rodent literally means “gnawer.”
Eventually, if the parasites are lucky, their rodent host is eaten by a cat and the whole cycle starts again.
The only mammal added to the list this year was the Eastern Voalavo, a rodent that lives in the mountainous forests of Madagascar.
I'll dig like a psychotic rodent if I have to.
But the new study found that 70 percent of rodent and primate groups have species with an appendix.
The fearless rodent proved he was no scaredy-cat as he astonishingly squared up to his large opponent and refused to budge – giving a new slant to the game of cat and mouse.
This is an actual monster, some sort of rodent-like creature with a dinosaur beak.
Mickey Mouse starts off as an ugly, little rodent.
They found that if a rodent father remained in the nest with his pups - presumably due to the newfound bond with his offspring - his babies' brains developed normally.
And Oregon, "The Beaver State," borrows its nickname from the large, flat-tailed rodent that uses trees to build dams.
Unlike Plasmodium, however, which can rely on the natural behaviour of mosquitoes to spread it around, Toxoplasma’s rodent hosts have a strong aversion to helping it into its next home.
Their study was conducted in the prairie vole, a small rodent that mates for life.
The rabbit and hare once were thought to be part of the rodent family (like mice)!
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