rodents
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NYC Is Looking for Someone Tough Enough to Vanquish the City’s Rat Army
New York City is on the hunt for a pied piper. This week, city officials announced that they’re looking to hire a dedicated rat czar that will lead the charge in rooting out the persistent vermin. The job will pay as much as $US170,000 ($235,994) a year but requires a “general aura of badassery,” according…
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Bones of Extinct Giant Cloud Rats Found in Philippine Cave
Alongside the tiny humans that once inhabited the Philippines lived several hitherto unknown species of giant rats, according to a new study published today in the Journal of Mammalogy. The research broadens our understanding of the twig on the tree of life constituted by these giant cloud rats, showing the rodents had more radiations than…
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The ‘Shower Rat’ Is Very Obviously Not Showering
It’s very easy to look at an animal mimicking a human-like behaviour and think, “Wow! That animal is doing a human thing! It looks so cute and happy.” (Because humans are so cute and happy, right?) That is almost never the case. If an animal looks weird, it probably is weird – and not in…