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Topic: Kangaroo Rat

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  Rat    Kangaroo  
  Kangaroo Island    Rat Pack  
  Rat Terrier    Rat Race  
  Pet Rats    Rat and Mouse  
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Most admires:Lord Dracula
Favorite activity(s):Birdwatching
Favorite book(s):1984 by George Orwell
People talk about their ..:Geekiness,  Body Odour
Favorite animal(s):Mouse,  Owls,  Lizard
Politics:Animal rights
Currently has on their coffee table:New Scientist
Favorite sport(s):Hunting,  Dragon Boat Racing
Ultimate fantasy(s):Being reincarnated as a termite
Favorite era(s):Jurassic times
Worst habit(s):Taking Ecstasy,  Drinking
Membership(s):World Wildlife Fund
Favorite quote(s):"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." - Jack Handey
"The dingo's got my baby" - Lindy Chamberlain
 
 
 Expert Talk
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Energy continues to flow through the web as kangaroo rats and other plant-eaters, such as jackrabbits, fall prey to meat-eaters.
Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner

Also at risk are the San Bernardino and Merriam's Kangaroo Rats, the Least Bells Vireo and the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.
Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

The burrowing activities of kangaroo rats and patterns in plant species dominance at a shortgrass steppe-desert grassland ecotone.
The comparative and interactive effects of two keystone rodent species, black-tailed prairie dogs and banner-tailed kangaroo rats, on desert grassland communities in northern Mexico.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Peters and her team also investigated the role of kangaroo rats in generating and maintaining plant species diversity at patch to landscape scales (Kroel-Dulay et al.
Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

As this area is within a proposed Preserve for Stephens’ Kangaroo rats, incidental take under the current permit is not authorized.
Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant

Kangaroo rats detect minor temporal variations in foot-drumming patterns when distinguishing between drumming of familiar neighboring conspecifics and that of strangers (Randall 1994)
Tony Howell,
Skateboarder

These kangaroo rats uses sensitive front paws to sift through the sand, discovering seeds by smell as well as by touch.
Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran

In the desolation of a drought-stricken world, all living things mourned because a man who was alive was now as dead as the kangaroo-rats that had been killed for food.
Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender

Until this amazing discovery, the only specimens of heath rats in South Australia were subfossils from the Southeast, Kangaroo Island, Eyre Peninsula and Yorke Peninsula.
The valley's farmlands will be under 250 feet of water; the endangered Stephens' kangaroo rats that live there will be wiped out, but don't worry: We're pretty sure the threatened gnatcatcher will manage to fly to higher ground.
These Mobs can be as large as 100 , many of the smaller Wallabies and Kangaroo Rats live alone.
 
 
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Carly
2004-11-05 18:35:45
can you have them for pets
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