pygmy
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When you’re a consulting detective—even one who happens to be a pygmy shrew—trouble often has a way of finding you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"In addition, pygmy rattlesnakes were expected to have an increased prevalence of Ro, as they primarily consume lizards and frogs which are known to transmit the parasite."
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
The strain on the cruise ship is mostly spread by long-tailed pygmy rice rats via their saliva, feces or urine.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
The first rediscovered species was the pygmy long-fingered possum, a striped marsupial weighing about 200g, which is understood to have vanished from Australia during the Ice Age.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
My dad was like a thirteen-thousand-pound elephant freaking out over an itty-bitty African pygmy mouse.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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