New research spotlights fluorescence in a jumping rodent known as a springhare. Source: https://www.livescience.com/pink-fluorescent-mammal-springhare.html
Tag: rodent
Borneo’s ‘carnivorous’ squirrel actually mainly eats one kind of seed
The Bornean tufted ground squirrel reputedly kills and eats deer – but the first scientific study of the rodent suggests it mainly feeds on the seeds of one tree Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251844-borneos-carnivorous-squirrel-actually-mainly-eats-one-kind-of-seed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
CDC Warns of Increasingly Aggressive Rodents Looking For New Food Sources
New submitter Way Smarter Than You shares a report from The Seattle Times: Humans aren’t the only ones hankering for the days they could dine out at their cities’ restaurants: Some rats that miss feasting on the scraps are becoming increasingly brazen to find new food sources, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday. Amid stay-home restrictions set across…