Ground Squirrels Chew Snakeskins to Mask Their Scent
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This eau de snake  acts as camouflage, covering up the squirrelâs own scent so a meal-seeking rattlesnake will leave it alone.
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Darpa is studying squirrels' hibernation tactics to learn how they regulate their core body temp -- if soldiers could master it, they might survive heavy bleeding. In Danger Room.
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Despite their fearsome reputation, piranhas are wimps that gather in large shoals to protect themselves from predators, scientists said on Monday.
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London - British pigeon fanciers are developing methods to make their birds taste so awful that peregrine falcons in the wild are put off preying on them, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
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A group of Western county commissioners who have problems with the Endangered Species Act has petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to have the northern snakehead, an Asian fish that's invaded the East, protected under the act.
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Hearing this shout, Skip Snow slammed on the brakes. When the off-roader plowed to a halt, he and his partner, Lori Oberhofer, leaped out and took off running toward two snakes, actually &#151; a pair of 10-foot Burmese pythons lying on a levee, sunning themselves.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - An exotic animal with a long snout, bear-like claws and a tail like a raccoon scared the heck out of some narcotics investigators searching a home for drugs.
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By Steve Wiegand, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 3--Darrell Steinberg says he doesn't mind going out on a limb once in a while.   This is a good thing, since this week he's waaay out there with the squirrels and the turkey vultures.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- This building is the seventh circle of hell for anyone whose skin crawls when viewing a tangle of slithering snakes, whose spine stiffens when standing next to a teeming box of white mice, whose imagination turns baroque when contemplating the potential effects of reptile venom...
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Rotund rodent becomes trapped inside bird feeder after gorging itself on peanuts.
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Seals track prey with them, rats sense   nearby objects with them and robots could soon be using   whiskers in a similar way to see in the dark and avoid   obstacles, researchers said on Wednesday.
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By JOHN FLESHER  SENEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Mich. - Tracy Casselman runs a hand over the smooth, gray bark of an American beech, noting the scratch marks left by black bears that have clambered up the tree to munch nuts rich in fat and protein.
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It has long been suspected that manâs best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.
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An genetically-engineered, allergy-free kitty may prove the cat&#39;s meow for pet lovers who suffer sniffles whenever they&#39;re around felines.
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Officials have tried poison, gassing and euthanasia to control a breeding frenzy among squirrels in a city park here. Now, they plan to give birth control a shot.
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CLEVELAND - This squirrelly newcomer caused quite a stir at Jacobs Field. A brown squirrel ran onto the field in the bottom of the third inning Wednesday night and ran circles around the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians...
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Imagine discovering that the trim on your designer coat, labeled as faux fur, actually was rabbit. Or raccoon. Or even dog hair.