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Aroooo

sarmonster wrote in wtf_nature Feb 26, 2012 22:47

The silence of the night was pierced by the chilling, lonely hunting howl of the.... Grasshopper mouseBefore crunching into its prey, the grasshopper mouse howls. ... The grasshopper mouse even stands on its hind legs and throws its head back. The grasshopper mouse regularly howls just before a kill ( Read more... )

mammal, mouse, rodent, predator

World's biggest dam.

msmanuscript wrote in wtf_nature May 07, 2010 20:22

World's biggest beaver dam can be seen from space

This woodland construction is the world's biggest beaver dam, which at 2,790ft is more than twice the length of the Hoover dam and can be seen from space. mammal, rodents, space, rodent

Giant rat has no natural fear of humans

wofl_iron wrote in wtf_nature Nov 18, 2009 19:23

I was doing a search of "new animal species" and I came across this. It's slightly old, but I didn't see it posted, so I thought I'd share.

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Provisionally named the Bosavi woolly rat, this was one of more than 30 new species and subspecies discovered in a recent expedition of the extinct volcanic crater of Mount Bosavi in Papua New Guinea. A team ( Read more... )

rat, new discovery, rodents, rodent, giant rat

Of mice and mines: trained rats search for explosives and tuberculosis

alifelessdoll wrote in wtf_nature Mar 28, 2009 18:32

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rat, rats, mammal, rodent

Giddyup, capybara!

yougimmepanda wrote in wtf_nature Mar 23, 2009 17:09

This was on splodefromcute, but it definitely has wtf-ian qualities ( Read more... )

primate, monkey, capybara, south america, rodent

Giant rat captured in China!

laurelleaf wrote in wtf_nature Feb 20, 2009 08:31

...Really.

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rat, rats, mammal, rodents, rodent

Rat Staring Contest

kitschyduck wrote in wtf_nature Feb 17, 2009 22:11

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rat, rats, mammal, rodents, rodent

Albatross under threat from predatory mice

kinkakinka wrote in wtf_nature Jan 02, 2009 12:19

A recent RSPB survey of the Critically Endangered Tristan albatross has found that it has suffered the worst breeding season on record. The albatross, which is only found on Gough Island (a South Atlantic territory of the United Kingdom), is losing vast numbers of chicks to predation by the introduced house mouse (Mus musculus ( Read more... )

bird, mammal, mouse, feeding, rodent, predator

The Year's Weirdest Animals

shakatany wrote in wtf_nature Jan 01, 2009 16:38

New Scientist has also made a list of the years weirdest animals including a hairy frog that actively breaks its own bones to produce claws that puncture their way out of the frog's toe pads, probably when it is threatened and zombie caterpillars among others.

primate, mammal, snake, sex, gecko, parasite, reptile, bacteria, frog, insect, fish, slug, flying insect, mollusk, rodent

SCIENCEEEE from August but w/e

blasphemusfish wrote in wtf_nature Dec 23, 2008 13:01

Rat Brained Robots?"AFTER buttoning up a lab coat, snapping on surgical gloves and spraying them with alcohol, I am deemed sanitary enough to view a robot's control system up close. Without such precautions, any fungal spores on my skin could infect it. "We've had that happen. They just stop working and die off," says Mark Hammond, the system's ( Read more... )

science, robot, rodent