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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The parasitic dodder plant doesn't have a nose, but it knows how to sniff out its prey. The dodder attacks such plants as tomatoes, carrots, onions, citrus trees, cranberries, alfalfa and even flowers, and is a problem for farmers because chemicals that kill the pesky weed also damage the crops it feeds on.
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands - Chewing exotic flowers and common weeds, the indiscriminate eating habits of free-roaming goats have earned them expulsion from a U.S...
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Goats can help keep wildfires from springing up - by eating away brush prone to fueling them.
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A long-necked sea reptile that lived millions of years ago in what is now China may have used its stiff neck to sneak up on unsuspecting prey and suck them in, scientists said on Friday.
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AMANDA, Ohio - Sarah Young woke one morning to find her buckeye tree stripped bare of nuts. Was it the work of busy squirrels or a buckeye bandit? Young suspects the latter...
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Squirrels hit the genetic lottery with their chubby cheeks and bushy tails. It's hard to imagine picnickers tossing peanuts and cookies at the rodents if they looked like rats.
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New research shows that despite their reputation, rats will hlep each other, even strangers, acquire food.
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A farming co-op in the Netherlands has asked the ministry of agriculture to authorize the use of spicy tabasco sauce to protect their young crops from the insatiable appetites of hares, rabbits, crows and pigeons.
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Bats, lauded for scooping up mosquitoes and other nasty pests but reviled for drinking blood and spreading rabies, now have another unpopular habit to live down -- it appears they eat songbirds, scientists said on Tuesday.
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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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The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit is finally back in its old stomping grounds, munching olive-drab sagebrush and hopefully doing what rabbits do best.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - Nutkin the Squirrel can live out her later years hunting nuts indoors with a Pennsylvania couple, a court has ruled.
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A toad-eating Asian snake stores up toxins from its amphibian meals&#8212;and then tempts predators to attack, new research shows.
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By WES SMALLING, PHOTO BY JANE PHILLIPS  ANIMALS  If you leave your hummingbird feeder or your pet's food dish out at night, you might be awakened at 3 a.m. by a grumpy old bear rummaging through your backyard.
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MANILA, Philippines - A grumpy-looking iguana, a slithery python, and an enormous turtle were among a church full of animals blessed in an annual ceremony in the Philippines on Sunday.    The unusual service - which commemorates St...
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The slender brown-and-yellow Butler's garter snake is a mild-mannered creature that spends its time sheltering in burrows and eating earthworms. But it has sparked a heated dispute between the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and state legislators.