rodent
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The scientists have also launched Fat Marmot Week, styled after Fat Bear Week, where the public can vote for their favourite rotund rodent in a bracket-style tournament at the end of August.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Lineage has already deployed odor-control spray systems, industrial air scrubbers, and fly and rodent traps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The walls were full of asbestos, mold and rodent carcasses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The team also suggested that owl pellets may have served as fuel, which could explain why the tiny rodent bones contained within them show signs of burning.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
The rodent had been living in my laundry bag, probably since the football season started.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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Previous research involving both humans and rodents has shown that stress and cortisol can improve memory for emotional events.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
While they can prey on domestic animals, they also help control disease-carrying rodents, and residents' attitudes towards them are mixed.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Humans usually contract it from fleas that have fed on infected wild rodents, or sometimes by handling the tissue or body fluids of a diseased animal, according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The viper, which has two hornlike projections on its snout, feeds mainly on rodents and ground-dwelling birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
They also discussed the harm rodents do to crops and food supplies and the rapidity with which they multiply.’”
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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